Season 2

From the desk

How this season is filed

Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report

Robert Stack’s trench coat and that theme song are still a nervous-system event. True-crime television before the binge era: reenactments, 1-800 tip lines, and cases that followed you to bed. Living-room séance as public service — missing persons, UFO asides, and the dread that the story might still be happening down the street.

TV Flash files Season 2 of Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2002) on NBC/CBS as a mid listed season (2; 2 of 13) — 52 listed hours, 1989-09-20–1990-09-16 from “Episode #39” (S02E01) to “Episode #90” (S02E52). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Desk essentials in this season

1. S02E01 Episode #39

   Episode #39: living-room séance as weekly public service — missing persons still the actual assignment.