User Reviews

This is a great opening episode to Series two, it boasts a hugely memorable and dramatic opening scene, which lasts about ten minutes. Just when you think it's done, it keeps going.

It's full of drama and suspense, the plot is deep, but the episode is easy to follow. We finally get to meet the infamous Seline, we'd get to know her better.

Only gripe, the way in which Vera treated Holly, she was rough on her, but got her just deserts, although Wunmi would move onto great things, as she is a terrific actress.

Some of Vera's glances past the camera are Worthing of Silent Witness, when Burton would broodily gaze by the camera.

Excellent. 9/10

In the first episode of the second season, Vera and Joe investigate an arson attack at the home of a police sergeant with whom Vera used to work. He was not home at the time; however, his teenage daughter was, and she is critically injured.

Vera goes to the hospital to see her old friend and colleague, and to her horror, she witnesses his suicide. Devastated, Vera soldiers on and she and her team hone in on who might be the killer. But they have to find him before he can be arrested.

This episode had more of a human touch to it. At the end of the previous season, Vera was having obvious heart trouble and Joe forced her to go to the doctor. Now she has been diagnosed as having angina. We get to meet Joe's wife. And again, Vera comes out with the unexpected quip. When asked by Joe if she was ever romantically involved with the late sergeant, she scoffs, "Use your eyes. Isn't it obvious that he was way out of his league?" Good episode with a neat twist.

Okay I just have to say this. I had said previously that I can relate to Vera. She is a loner, I get it but her staff care about her and would do anything for her. I wish she could just let loose and be cordial for one night as per their request. The dinner at Joe's house was overly awkward and did not have to be in my opinion. I know Joe understands her but my goodness. I do love her and Joe's relationship. He's like the son she never had.

Also, Holly leaving was interesting. Vera really does love and respect her staff even though she is not very good at showing it.

The episode was decent if not a little confusing.

It took several viewings, some research and a lot of pondering, but I finally understood the plot! If anyone is still in doubt as to who did what, go to the video at 1:20:48 and you'll see what you need to see. And by the way, teenagers can absolutely put their parents through the wringer!

The opening story of the second series sees Vera battle health issues and a colleague who puts in a transfer request.

Vera also feels she has been caught napping. Her first sergeant, Stuart Macken is in hospital as his daughter was seriously injured in an arson attack. A hooded figure threw a petrol bomb. A distraught Macken then throws himself to his death at the hospital.

A shaken Vera probes Macken's ex-wife's family and also examines the arrests that Macken had made in a recent protest.

I just thought the story ended up being too convoluted for its own good. By the time the culprit was revealed, my thoughts were that it was too left field. In fact it was too far fetched as if logic took a back seat.

My good Friend Vicki has watched every season of "Vera.I had a vague memory of seeing Season One, so I started now with Season Two. I liked it for the lack of glamour, the camera work, the scenery, and the few nods to humor amid the grim landscape (both physical and psychological.) I have no idea, however, what the heck happened. Reviews don't reveal the details and I have no inclination to watch it over again. What was Vera's relationship with her old superior? Right from the get-go the mystery was confusing. Why did he kill himself? Was he mentally deranged or what. Characters were introduced willy-nilly. The teacher (got short shrift as an actress for sure, Stella was unconscious through an hour and twenty minutes, and the young man : I don't even know who he was, or why he was in the mix. I liked Rose Leslie (Lena Holgate) was she the culprit? I don't know who threw the fire bomb. Atmosphere A, Plot line D.