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Having fled the country for high treason (see episode The Jail Birds), disgraced Sir Glutton (Christopher Benjamin) has returned to his native England and even his mansion to collect evidence on his co-conspirators to sell them out to Colonel De Coursey (Michael Culver), who is the law of the land in these days. Thing is, his mansion is currently occuppied by con-man Isaac Rag (Alfie Bass), who has never been a friends of Glutton but who's more than happy to make a few bucks off of him by delivering the letters to the Colonel. But on his way to deliver said letters, he runs into Dick Turpin (Richard O'Sullivan) and Swiftnick (Michael Deeks), who are quick to take the letters off Rag and then make it to Glutton's mansion, to make their erstwhile arch enemy pay after all these years. Thing is, Colonel De Coursey and his men are in pursuit, as they're as hell-bent to capture Turpin as they are to bring Glutton to justice. And an error in judgment on Swiftnick's part leaves the letters with Glutton, and while he and Turpin manage to only just get away with their lives, Glutton manages to worm his way back into the favours of De Coursey, even if that means betraying all those who have ever been by his side.

Filled to the brink with cloak and dagger, this episode somehow lacks the levity of Dick Turpin's first series - which is just really a shame, as while the plot of this entry is by no means bad, its focus on (adequately staged) action somehow undermines the character work that was so charming about season 1. That said, Blood Money is by no means a trainwreck - it's in fact very watchable -, but it's not outstanding within the series, either.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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