Vera Season 2 Episode 1

Vera ends up being reunited, under tragic circumstance, with her first ever Sergeant, Stuart Macken. After his house is petrol bombed, Stuart is left badly hurt and his 18 year old daughter, Stella is fighting for her life in intensive care. Vera is surprised to discover that Stuart is a shadow of the man she knew twenty years before and he ends up committing suicide by throwing himself from the hospital balcony. Vera becomes determined to catch the assailant and find out why somebody would attempt to kill Stuart and Stella.