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List Price: $39.95Amazon.com's Price: $34.99 You Save: $4.96 (12%)Prices subject to change.
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0783421370890
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC
Label: WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer: WGBH BOSTON
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: WGBH BOSTON
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 05, 2003
Running Time: 1200 minutes
Sales Rank: 64916
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Editorial Review:
Description:
Inspector Ross Tanner must solve three mysteries, before his colleagues solve his. Clive Owen (Gosford Park) returns as Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner in three new cases of Second Sight. Afflicted with a rare and incurable eye disease, Tanner's vision is slowly dimming, yet his crime-solving senses are as sharp as ever. He's just been chosen to head the Special Murder Unit, an elite group assigned only the toughest cases. Tanner must hone his observation skills while staying several steps ahead of his colleagues—who are unaware of his debilitating secret.
Hide and Seek Tanner’s increasingly intimate relationship with Detective Inspector Tully (Claire Skinner) is put to the test as they attempt to unravel the brutal murder of a renowned violinist. Tanner must devise some unorthodox strategies to reveal what his eyes can’t show him.
Parasomnia The daughter of a powerful lord wakes up covered in blood. Then her fiancé is discovered bludgeoned to death in his own apartment. As Tanner gropes for clues in the night, his new deputy Jack Boyd (Mark Bazeley) suspects him of alcoholism, and wants him tossed from the unit.
Kingdom of the Blind Tanner is caught in the middle of a war between black youths and neo-Nazis. While investigating the murder of a young activist, Tanner's son disappears–now the case is personal.
Amazon.com:
Second Sight 2 follows the critically acclaimed, highly popular miniseries Second Sight--a co-production of BBC1 and WGBH (via the latter's Mystery! program on PBS)--with three bracing, two-part thrillers challenging ordinary notions of perception and deduction. Clive Owen returns as Chief Inspector Ross Tanner, whose eyesight is failing (his doctor sounds less certain this time that Tanner will absolutely go blind), subjecting him to blurry, distorting vision and even occasional hallucinations. Unwilling to give up his job, Tanner continues to rely upon confidantes working under him in his Special Murder Unit (now called the 'Special Money Unit,' investigating cold crimes and unusual cases), particularly Catherine Tully (Claire Skinner), who became Tanner's 'eyes' in Second Sight and is his lover in the first story here, 'Hide and Seek.'
Created and written by Paula Milne, Second Sight was most interesting as a study of a man who can no longer use his eyes to solve crimes and must turn to a kind of sixth sense, heightened intuition, instead. Second Sight 2 extends that idea into chilling storylines in which only Tanner can 'see' what his colleagues merely look upon. 'Hide and Seek' is a strong and tragic tale in which Tanner re-opens an investigation into the apparent murder of a world-class violinist. While the SMU team pokes through three possible murder scenarios, Tanner takes the extraordinary measure of building a mock-up of the victim's home within police headquarters. (Meanwhile, Catherine endures the humiliation of being found out as Tanner's secret girlfriend.) 'Parasomnia' is an absolutely spooky story about a sleepwalker (who fascinates Tanner on several levels) who has no memory of crossing town in her nightdress and bashing in her fiancé's head. Finally, 'The Kingdom of the Blind' finds Tanner's young son missing during an investigation into the racially charged killing of an activist. Through all of these, Owen's laser-focused, powerful performance is something special to behold. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Clive Owen gets the Second Sight
Clive Owen (King Arthur, Croupier, Closer) returns as Ross Tanner and this time he faces some tougher cases then the last ones. Hide and Seek, is the first two episodes involving a case that has a non-speaking little boy in which he saw the death of his mother. Tanner (Owen) must find the killer with the help of his former partners but one of them quits so Tanner has to bring in the new one. The result of the murder is a shocker. Parasomnia is the next two episodes in which Tanner has to solve a ... Read More
Rating: - Couldn't be better!
As a non-native English speaker I knew I would have a hard time understanding the subtle parts of the mystery without my native language subtitles. But I, for being a big Clive Owen fan, couldn't resist. Now I'm happy I did the right thing. It's worth watching Second Sight 1&2 series again and again. I liked Owen's performances in "Greenfingers" and "Close My Eyes". This role of his, Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner, exceeds them by far.
Each plot of the episode is excellent. ... Read More
Rating: - Bloody good!
Second Sight 2 is composed of three additional 2-part Mobil Mystery Theatre episodes. The protaganist is Chief Inspector Ross Tanner (Clive Owen), a brilliant detective who conceals the fact that he has been stricken with a rare virus that is slowly blinding him. Please watch them in order for maximum impact of the character arc which means you may have to watch Second Sight first to get introduced. The series is populated by a large supporting cast, all of whom are excellent, which raises this series ... Read More
Rating: - A terrific police procedural/character drama
This is a smartly-written and terrifically-acted show that not only boasts good casefiles but has flawed and complex characters populating its corners. Owen's Ross Tanner is one of the most compelling protagonists from the rich tradition of British murder mystery. Although the first series with Claire Skinner as DI Tully was excellent introduction to the character, this second series builds up on the unique premise (DCI Tanner, the head of the new Special Murder Unit of the Scotland Yard, is slowly--and ... Read More
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