The BEST episodes of The Sweeney season 2
Every episode of The Sweeney season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Sweeney season 2!
The Sweeney was one of the finest British police series of the mid 1970s. Jack Regan is a hard edged detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan police (called 'the Sweeney' from the Cockney rhyming slang 'Sweeney Todd' = 'Flying Squad'). He pursues villains by methods which are underhand, often illegal, frequently violent, and more often than not, successful.
#1 - Thou Shalt Not Kill
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/24/1975
The day before the start of a new term, the university branch of the National Mercian bank is robbed. Regan and his squad arrive and catch or shoot most of the gang but known killer Hands and simple side-kick Monks are still inside with the manager and two women hostages. Haskins' hesitancy in ordering the police marksmen to fire on the robbers leads to a car chase and fatalities, causing Regan to round on his boss.
#2 - Trojan Bus
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/3/1975
Australian villains Colin MacGruder and Ray Stackpole return to London and steal a bus, posing as its crew. They rob an art dealer travelling on the bus of a Goya painting, which they plan to sell to a buyer in Amsterdam. Regan tracks them down by leaning on their accomplice, the dealer's female assistant, leading to a river chase and a shoot-out, making it the end of the line for the boys from Down Under.
#3 - Country Boy
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/1975
A London gang have got the Metropolitan police and Sweeney running in all directions to answer alarm bells ringing at banks and shops all over London, whilst the gang are using this distraction for robbing a location with no alarms. The Sweeney have no clues, so Haskins brings in a telecommunications expert from Bristol CID to assist Regan & Carter. Jack is against it but soon discovers that DS Keel is the help he needs when the gang are rumbled and finally caught.
#4 - Poppy
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/1975
Violent criminal Vic Labbett returns to England to recover the proceeds of an earlier robbery. He intends to exchange the cash for diamonds, and return to exile abroad.
#5 - Stay Lucky, Eh?
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/1975
Two young villains, Tyson and Jenner, working for gang boss Tony Kirby, are relieved of the spoils of their robbery by a mysterious gun-man, who shoots Jenner in the leg. Nobody knows who he is until Regan has a word with Jenner's disgruntled father-in-law, which leads to a shoot-out in a theatre. At the same time Regan is made a tempting offer to go into private security work.
#6 - Faces
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1975
When a gang hijack an armoured security truck and steal the money, Regan, Carter and the Flying Squad set up an ambush to catch the crooks. But who's the informer?
#7 - Big Brother
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/1975
Regan loses his patience with a thug he is questioning about a wages snatch. Soon the press are sniffing round for a police brutality story and the suspect's gangster brother puts out a contract on Regan.
#8 - Golden Fleece
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/1975
Chief Inspector Haskins is framed for corruption while Regan and Carter investigate a spate of break-ins. Is there a connection?
#9 - I Want The Man
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/10/1975
Informant Popeye is abducted by villain Maynard whilst staking out small-time crook Frankie Little after a jewel theft. Regan pulls Little but agrees to drop charges if Little will go ahead as planned, acting as Maynard's driver on an upcoming robbery. However, all Little is able to phone in to Regan on the eve of the heist is "Old Readies". Regan must locate where the crime will take place before it is too late for Popeye.
#10 - Chalk and Cheese
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1975
When a wealthy couple are robbed of their possessions while driving down a country lane, Carter gets to meet up with an old friend, but not in the circumstances he would have wished.
#11 - Hit and Run
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1975
George Carter's wife Alison is killed by a hired assassin when she is mistaken for a fellow teacher with dubious connections.
#12 - Trap
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/1975
Regan and Carter are confronted by a newsman with information on the unsolved Golden Maid robbery. But does he still want that man? And why are Regan and Carter being photographed?
#13 - Supersnout
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1975
An informant of Regan's tells him about a hijack involving a lorryload of cigarettes where he will be the look-out man. But can Regan trust his snout?