An arrogant detective, Charles Courtney, prides himself on never having committed a single mistake in his long and distinguished career. He keeps a shelf of labeled mementos from each of his cases. On the shelf there is an open space and a blank tag for what Courtney calls "The Perfect Crime". One day a defense lawyer stuns Courtney when he confronts him with evidence that the detective helped convict an innocent man who has since been executed. Courtney kills the lawyer, bakes him in a pottery kiln, and places the vase in the open space on his shelf as a memento to his perfect crime.
The second series will see Jim Bergerac starting to put his life back together, while his mother-in-law Charlie Hungerford has a new man in her life. Jim’s even tentatively dating, with his daughter’s encouragement, although it’s a big step for him. But t
