Midnight Caller - Season 2
Season 2
Network
Episodes22
DatesSep 19, 1989 - May 15, 1990
Episodes
Season 2Episode 160 min
Tarnished Shield
Jack's mentor on the police force is reunited with him under horrific circumstances. His policeman son-in-law commits suicide after calling Jack's show. Jack finds himself involved in a convoluted plot of understanding why, which has him questioning the ethics of some fellow officers.
Sep 19, 1989
Season 2Episode 260 min
Evil is Live Spelled Backward (1)
Jack's show is plagued by a series of on-air murders and locations of dead bodies. Jack's intuition tells him it's a serial killer but he has a hard time convincing Lieutenant Zymak.
Sep 26, 1989
Season 2Episode 360 min
Evil is Live Spelled Backward (2)
When Devon becomes a kidnap victim of the call-in killer, Zymak and Jack work together to discover that the crimes are a twisted vendetta against Jack and KJCM.
Oct 3, 1989
Season 2Episode 460 min
Mercy Me
In an effort to help his friend whose son is being kept alive by life support, Jack showcases the issue of euthanasia on his show.
Oct 24, 1989
Season 2Episode 560 min
Watching Me, Watching You
Devon is stalked by a man who targets her during a traffic jam. She and Jack are forced into a situation that causes them to contemplate moving their relationship from platonic to something more.
Oct 31, 1989
Season 2Episode 660 min
Take Back the Streets
The drug trade hits too close to home for a San Francisco neighborhood. Their personal war on crime becomes the focus of Jack's show.
Nov 7, 1989
Season 2Episode 760 min
Someone to Love
Jack receives a call from a hospice. Tina Cassidy's battle with AIDS is near the end. As Jack goes to her, he reflects on their time together.
Nov 14, 1989
Season 2Episode 860 min
End of Innocence
A woman chooses imprisonment versus revealing the location of her daughter to her ex-husband. The young child is supposedly a victim of sexual abuse while her legal eagle parents sort through their own personality flaws. Jack becomes a link in the chain of lies and law-bending for the sake of the child.
Nov 28, 1989
Season 2Episode 960 min
Blood Red
Deacon's girlfriend, Susan, seeks Jack's assistance in dealing with her gambling debts. As Jack investigates outside of the official channels, he uncovers an art forgery ring that has Susan in the middle of it.
Dec 5, 1989
Season 2Episode 1060 min
Do You Believe in Miracles?
An abused wife calls Jack's show fearing for her life. Their paths cross and they become romantically involved. The reappearance of the abusive husband throws Jack into the middle of a murder investigation - as the prime suspect.
Dec 19, 1989
Season 2Episode 1160 min
Based on a True Story
A blessed statue of the baby Jesus is stolen from St. Michael's Cathedral. Jack uses his show to find out clues to its whereabouts and to prevent the mob family who donated the statue from exacting their own form of penance on the perpetrator.
Jan 16, 1990
Season 2Episode 1260 min
Planes
The devastating San Francisco earthquake is re-enacted as Jack and Billy help citizens connect with loved ones via the radio waves, Devon has a close encounter, and Zymak and his family re-unite under tense circumstances.
Jan 23, 1990
Season 2Episode 1360 min
Kid Salinas
An abandoned young boy seeks refuge within a modern day band of street thieves with similarities to the Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist.
Feb 6, 1990
Season 2Episode 1460 min
A Snitch in Time: Part 1
The exploitation of illegal immigrants in the work force and the sporting world is the premise for this episode. Jack introduces Devon to the world of boxing. Unfortunately, this leads to the more unpleasant side of things...
Feb 20, 1990
Season 2Episode 1560 min
A Snitch in Time: Part 2
Jack borrows Devon's car, unfortunately a young woman is killed by a hit and run driver matching Devon's car and Jack's description. The victim turns out to be the daughter of an influential retired lawyer, who wants retribution. Jack is hauled in for questioning, and becomes the pawn in a jewelry thief's deal for release.
Feb 27, 1990
Season 2Episode 1660 min
The Reverend Soundbite
Things are looking tense for Jack, when he and Deacon sit down to figure out the tangled web of lies and deceit to which he has fallen victim.
Mar 6, 1990
Season 2Episode 1760 min
Wrong Side of the Wall
Gang violence and police retaliation are the focal point for this episode. Zymak, accused of police brutality, is unable to come clean with his whereabouts as his marriage is disintegrating.
Mar 27, 1990
Season 2Episode 1860 min
Three for the Money
A long time prisoner of the correctional system is paroled, and he finds the real world too difficult to manage. Jack tries to dissuade him from breaking his parole just to get back into the system he knows so well.
Apr 3, 1990
Season 2Episode 1960 min
Protection
We don't see much of Jack in the episode, as his brother and his father hook up for the first time in years to help a damsel in distress retrieve a valuable artifact. (This was the premise for a spinoff show that didn't make it off the ground.)
Apr 17, 1990
Season 2Episode 2060 min
The Hostage Game
One of Jack's informants from his police force days seeks his assistance when his witness protection status is jeopardized. Jack is drawn into a government conspiracy that reaches to high office and global proportion.
May 1, 1990
Season 2Episode 2160 min
Nighthawk's Got the Blues
Jack's friend from childhood is too close to the hostage situations around the world; his brother is one of many on a hijacked plane. In retaliation, he kidnaps an official from the country claiming responsibility. He keeps regular contact with Jack via the radio show, alluding to his location.
May 15, 1990
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