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Murder Call : Season 2
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Air date: 07 Jul '98 - 20 episodesMurder Call was an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The idea to the series was born by the books of Tessa Vance by Jennifer Rowe: Suspect/Deadline and Something Wicked. Both books were integrated as episodes in the TV series. The series dealt with the cases confronted by an unconventional team of homicide detectives, Tessa Vance and Steve Hayden.
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List of Episodes (20)
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Murder Call (1997)
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1. Dared to Death
07 Jul '98When a professional stuntman is found dead, hanging in a harness outside the window of his apartment, Steve and Tessa must determine whether it was an accident, suicide or murder.
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2. Many Unhappy Returns
14 Jul '98Steve and Tessa rush to solve the crime of a man who is murdered on his 50th birthday.
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3. Skin Deep
21 Jul '98When Dr. Theo Magnus, a leading cosmetic surgeon, is ambushed in his clinic and brutally murdered with a scalpel, his family and staff shed little light on the mystery.
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4. Fatal Charm
28 Jul '98Steve and Tessa investigate when the body of a young women is found, having been killed by a blow to the head before being set alight.
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5. Short Circuit
04 Aug '98When a young woman is electrocuted by her twin brother's robot, the subsequent investigation leads Tessa and Steve to uncover a bizarre tangle of relationships.
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6. Cold Comfort
11 Aug '98The body of a beautiful women, victim of hit-and-run accident, is taken to the morgue. Tootsie arrives shortly afterwards to find the body missing and her new assistant murdered.
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7. Murder in Reverse
18 Aug '98When the body of a women is found in a local dump, Tessa and Steve discover that her husband received a ransom note two days before.
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8. More than Meets the Eye
25 Aug '98A gruesome discovery draws Steve and Tessa into a case that leads them into the dark stormwater tunnels of the city.
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9. Deadfall
09 Sep '98Thorne is convinced he saw a man pushed off a building roof, but cannot locate the body at first. When the body turns up, Steve and Tessa not only have to track down the killer, but discover why the body disappeared.
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10. Deadline (1)
22 Sep '98A bizarre murder in a city amusement park is the first in a series of horrible killings inspired by an innocent nursery rhyme. Homicide's youngest and brightest detective, Tessa Vance, is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the nursery rhyme killer prepares to strike again.
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11. Deadline (2)
22 Sep '98A bizarre murder in a city amusement park is the first in a series of horrible killings inspired by an innocent nursery rhyme. Homicide's youngest and brightest detective, Tessa Vance, is confronted by a psychopath from her past as the nursery rhyme killer prepares to strike again.
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12. Something Fishy
29 Sep '98Steve and Tessa uncover a web of blackmail and obsession while investigating the murder of two business partners.
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13. A Dress to Die For
06 Oct '98When the detectives attend an extravagant costume hire shop, they find the shop's young security guard dead.
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14. Menu for Murder
13 Oct '98When a food critic drops dead in a restaurant, Tessa finds there is no shortage of suspects as the critic was universally loathed and regularly received death threats.
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15. Cry Wolf
20 Oct '98Steve and Tessa are called to the murder scene of a woman who had called the police twice the night before she was murdered.
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16. A View to a Kill
27 Oct '98When Tessa and Steve investigate the death of a museum curator, they soon realise that his public face as a knowledgeable and well liked man who could rake in the funding dollars, hides a private life littered with sexual indiscretions and money troubles.
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17. Blowing the Whistle
03 Nov '98When the referee at a women's soccer match is murdered in full view of 100 people, the detectives are puzzled when they cannot find a single eyewitness.
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18. Instrument of Death
10 Nov '98The Klein String Quartet is a hotbed of passions and hatreds. When its founder and first violinist is found murdered, the other three members come under Steve and Tessa's spotlight.
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19. Bone Dead
17 Nov '98Tessa and Steve are drawn into a web of mystery and intrigue when legendary paleontologist Dr. Charlie Minogue is murdered, and his attractive assistant disappears.
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20. Mix 'N' Match
24 Nov '98Following the bizzare murder of a medical professor, Tessa and Steve must carefully interpret a series of cryptic clues left by the killer.
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