New! Updated 11/10/08RebusDetective Inspector John Rebus is a hard drinking, unkempt, womanizing police officer whose job is his whole life. He is the most senior and most experienced DI at his station. He has a mysterious past that his partner DS Siobhan Clarke learns about from time to time through various comments Rebus makes. She is a young woman who wants to succeed, but does not have much of a personal life. She feels being paired with Rebus jeopardizes her career because of his unorthodox methods, but she is also fascinated by the man and is extremely loyal. DI Rebus' boss is Chief Superintendent Templar, a woman who was one of Rebus' lovers in a distant past. Their relationship is now one where they barely tolerate each other. There was a Season One to Rebus in the early 2000s but I could not get into it. There was a different cast. I tried Rebus again and I love the recast series beginning with Season Two in 2006. Ken Stott plays Rebus to perfection. Claire Price is Siobhan Clarke. She does a wonderful job of telling the audience with her facial expressions and body language exactly what she is feeling in her dealings with Rebus. As a note, the program is set in Scotland and you may want to turn on closed caption to understand all the great dialog. 2nd Season - 2006(DVD set 1) "The Falls" A physician is found murdered. He had been tied to a chair and his wrists had been cut. The victim was a retired obstetrician. Detective Inspector Rebus is assigned the case along with his partner DS Clarke. Rebus was familiar with the doctor from a previous case. A tiny coffin with the figure of a baby was left at the scene. What message was the killer trying to communicate? When a second person is murdered Rebus races to prevent others from meeting the same fate. "Fleshmarket Close" A friend of Rebus asks for help finding a missing young woman. The woman lives on a council estate (subsidized housing project). She was last seen with a young hoodlum from the estate. Within a few days of the missing woman report, an illegal immigrant from Kosovo is found dead. The missing woman is also from Kosovo. DI Rebus and DS Clarke are assign the murder case. They uncover a complex web of relationships between the residences who live on the estate.
3rd Season - 2006(DVD set 2) "Black Book" The body of a young woman is found dead in a shallow grave. Apparently she had been buried alive. Rebus is certain he knows who the killer is. Twenty years before he had had a similar case but could not get enough evidence to charge the suspect. He also begins to believe the murderer is a serial killer who is responsible for the disappearance of many young woman. Chief Superintendent Templar decides to bring in a profiler. The profiler wants to take the investigation in a different direction. He clashes with Rebus. Templar wants Rebus to drop his line of investigation. Even DS Clarke believes Rebus is following the wrong path. "A Question of Blood" Rebus is called to the site of a school shooting. Two boys are dead and so is an instructor. One boy is taken to the hospital in critical condition. At first glance, it appears to be a murder suicide and the instructor appears to be the murderer. As a side story, DS Clarke is being staked by a small time criminal who is upset that Clarke put his friend in prison. By coincidence, this same criminal belongs to gang that may have provided the gun used in the shooting. DI Rebus confronts the small time hoodlum and as a result the gang tries to frame Rebus. Rebus digs deeper looking for the connection between the gang and the school shootings. "Strip Jack" A well known philanthropist is caught in a raid on a brothel. Rebus feels sorry for him and believes he was set up. The next day a young woman is found murdered and dumped in a river. Rebus is assigned the murder case, but he is still obsessed with finding out who set up the man. Then the philanthropist's wife if found murdered in much the same way as the first victim. Is there a connection? "Let It Bleed" A man goes into an investment brokers office and commits suicide. The investment broker claims to have never met the man before. Although there is no question that the victim committed suicide, Rebus decides to investigate the investment broker because he does not believe he did not know the victim. The broker is connected with a company that is expanding into the city and creating much needed jobs. Rebus is pressured by his bosses and powerful individuals to close the investigation, but he continues at the risk of loosing his job. 4th Season - 2007(DVD set 3) "Resurrection Men" An art dealer is found murdered. Chief Superintendent Templar decides to lead the investigation. Rebus seeming more agitated than normal and is very disruptive during the investigation. He is taken off the case and sent to a class for officers with discipline problems where he meets two other DIs that are discipline problems. Rebus keeps calling DS Clarke to get information about the murder investigation. Clarke is caught in the middle. She has been ordered by Templar not to talk to him. She feels a loyalty to Rebus, but she feels she is jeopardizing her career. "The First Stone" A minister who was about to assume the top leadership position in his church was found murdered along with woman in a compromising position. Both were naked and the woman was not his wife. The woman's husband is the obvious suspect. When a second minister is murdered, Rebus turns his attention to church administrators to uncover a motive. Within the church, he finds a culture where right and wrong is determined by the church regardless of the civil laws. "The Naming of the Dead" A man is found stabbed to death on the grounds of a resort where an international conference is taking place. Immediately Special Branch begins to interfere with Rebus' investigation. Shortly after that one of the conference members falls to his death from Edinburgh castle. Once again Special Branch pressures Rebus to declare the death a suicide and close the case. During the investigation Rebus gets involved with the sister of the man who died in his fall from the castle. Rebus is certain that Special Branch is involved in a cover-up. Rebus' superiors back Rebus even though they are under intense pressure to terminate Rebus' investigation. "Knots and Crosses" A murder case is dismissed because the prosecutor believes the confession was coerced by Rebus. A special investigator is sent to look into Rebus' tactics. DI Rebus views the inquiry as an irritation, but one member of the special investigative team decides to pressure DS Clarke into providing evidence that DI Rebus is unfit. The murder in question was the result of a territorial freud between the families of two drug dealers. Rebus feels that if he does not get the original suspect behind bars, there will be more killings.
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