Epsiode Descriptions
Poison Pen
Originally aired Thursday, June 7, 2001
Helga Allowby (Sue Johnston), a self-described spinster, has been accused of sending noxious poison pen letters to the residents of her village–and she wants Hetty (Patricia Routledge) to prove her innocence. Hoping to penetrate the mistrust that pervades the village, Hetty goes undercover as Tara Hall, a visiting painter. When Hetty turns up next on the mailing list, she suspects that Miss Allowby is guilty of bad penmanship.
The Astral Plane
Originally aired June 14, 2001
Hetty (Patricia Routledge) gets mystical as she investigates Maurika Rome (Kate Layden), a spiritualist suspected of using séances–and blackmail–to prey on the savings of the recently widowed. When Hetty goes undercover and invents a late husband she wishes to contact, she begins to wonder if Mrs. Rome isn't the real thing–until a woman claiming to be her "late husband's" illegitimate daughter shows up demanding money. Geoffrey's (Dominic Monaghan) secret romance with Rome's daughter Sara (Tabitha Wady) threatens to undermine Hetty's carefully laid trap–and nearly causes him to quit the agency.
A Rose by Any Other Name
Originally aired Thursday, June 21, 2001
The children of well-to-do widow Gillian Snape (Janet Hargreaves) are worried that her photographer-fiancé Lester Rose (Ronald Pickup) is marrying her for her money, and hire Hetty (Patricia Routledge) to investigate Rose's past. With Geoffrey's (Dominic Monaghan) help, Hetty learns that Rose is a gambler and a gigolo–with several previous identities. Surprising facts revealed by two women from his past–and Hetty's
tense undercover visit to his studio–expose a somewhat less thorny side of the man. Still, is he the
marrying kind?
Woman of the Year
Originally aired Thursday, July 5, 2001
Hetty (Patricia Routledge) goes undercover to a women's shelter in a confidential location–and where no man may enter. Detective Chief Inspector Adams (John Graham Davies) suspects that the shelter's security has been severely compromised by an inside informer. Hetty's quest to find the leak opens her eyes to the terrifying realities of spousal abuse, and results in a gripping conclusion as she leads the women in defending their sanctuary against a violent motorcycle gang.
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