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(1984)

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7/10
Tense episode
coltras352 May 2022
The ghost of Houston's dead nancee returns when her killer - the 'Butcher Boy' - strikes again. Taunted into a confrontation, Houston goes to Santa Maria Island where an unusual chief of police "rings back tender memories as a prelude to a macabre Same with a crazed, but cunning, mind....

Continuing to distance itself from the quirky/ light mystery of season one, this tense episode of season 2 has an emotional depth and is a suspenseful cat and mouse like tale as a serial killer, who had killed Houston's fiancée, taunts him, luring him to an island where he is ready to strike again. Lee Horsley acts well; there's plenty of tense action.
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7/10
Good story - ruined by an inept supporting character
eddielouie-130 October 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This episode is a mixed bag. On the one hand there is some emotional depth as Houston chases a serial killer who killed a woman he was going to marry ( although of course we have never heard of her before). The killer - whose identity we know - lures Houston to a small island community where he plans to kill Houston and the town's female Chief of Police who looks like Houston's ex. The plot gets convoluted and somehow this guy gets the drop on Houston all the time (until the end. The biggest problem is the Chief - she is just really bad at her job. The killer disarms her easily; she is easily caught in a car chase and then when SHE HAS A GUN ON HIM AND HIS BACK IS TURNED he kills her and she doesn't fire her gun!!! Ridiculous and detracts from the story's effectiveness. Lots of action though.
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