The BEST episodes of The Thin Blue Line season 2

Every episode of The Thin Blue Line season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Thin Blue Line season 2!

The Thin Blue Line is about the everday goings on at Gasforth police station. A small town station led by Inspector Raymond Fowler (Atkinson), who is coping with his failing relationship with his girlfriend of 10 years, Police receptionist Patricia Dawkins. Meanwhile, the ineptness of his own colleagues as well as the equally brainless C.I.D division means that life at Gasforth never goes quite as smoothly as planned. Starting in 1995 (Season 1) and ending in 1996 (Season 2) this 14 episode Ben Elton comedy gets you drawn in and laughing for ages, truly a classic for the video shelf!

Last Updated: 10/30/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
The Green Eyed Monster
star
7.88
83 votes

#1 - The Green Eyed Monster

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/23/1996

Inspector Fowler proposes to Sergeant Dawkins so as to help his chances for promotion, but his lack of sensitivity during the proposal prompts her to leave him instead. Fowler tries to find a new woman, but loses his interest when he hears that Dawkins is now with someone called "Toby."

Directors: John Birkin
Writer: Ben Elton
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Alternative Culture
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7.87
84 votes

#2 - Alternative Culture

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/1996

Constable Habib finds her younger sister holding drugs during a drug raid in a rave club, and hides the drugs to protect her, but she is discovered and charged for withholding evidence. Fowler, unhappy with the injustice, does his best to protect Habib.

Directors: John Birkin
Writer: Ben Elton
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Come on You Blues
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7.80
82 votes

#3 - Come on You Blues

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/1996

Gasforth Football Club is about to play Premiership team Chelsea, and Mayoress Wickham orders Fowler and his officers to personally see to it that nothing goes wrong in exchange for her recommending him for an MBE. However, things get complicated when the football players get up to no good.

Directors: John Birkin
Writer: Ben Elton
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Ism Ism Ism
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7.76
96 votes

#4 - Ism Ism Ism

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/1996

Dawkins discovers circumstantial evidence of a domestically abused wife, Grim applies to join the Todgers, and Mayoress Christabel Wickham informs Fowler of the presence of an illegal immigrant in Gasforth. Fowler apparently solves the crimes, but soon realises that they seemed a little too easy.

Directors: John Birkin
Writer: Ben Elton
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Court in the Act
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7.75
101 votes

#5 - Court in the Act

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/1996

Grim and Boyle enlist the help of Fowler and his officers to search the home of a suspected drug-dealer, and Goody finds the drugs in the kitchen. But the too-obvious location, Boyle's discretion and Grim's uncomfortableness lead Fowler to believe something is going on behind the arrest.

Directors: John Birkin
Writer: Ben Elton
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Fly on the Wall
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7.43
90 votes

#6 - Fly on the Wall

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/1996

Fowler receives a letter from the BBC, who then come and make a fly on the wall documentary about Gasforth Police Station. Unfortunately, Grim convinces the officers, sans Fowler, that they are all going to become international television stars, prompting them all to undergo many changes to look "nice for the telly" and end up making fools of themselves in front of the cameramen until a farmer enters the station with a gun.

Directors: John Birkin
Writer: Ben Elton
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Road Rage
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6.88
84 votes

#7 - Road Rage

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/1996

Sergeant Dawkins leaves for a break with some nature-loving activists, but during this time, they get into a feud with the police for their extreme methods, forcing Dawkins to choose between their arrogant leader, Stallion, or Fowler.

Directors: John Birkin
Writer: Ben Elton
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