'D.I. Ray' Season 2 Puts Rachita in the Middle of Gang War in "Wrong Place"

Rachita Ray (Parminder Nagra) really went through it in D.I. Ray Season 1. Her fiancé turned out to be a sex trafficker, and the Birmingham police department was so toxic that Rachita turned in her badge at the end of the season. However, she's back in action as soon as Season 2 starts with a new case to sink her teeth into.

The second series picks up three weeks after Rachita's suspension when she gets called to the scene of a double homicide. The don of the Chapman gang was gunned down alongside a young nurse outside of Birmingham hospital. The nurse was in the wrong place at the wrong time, so we think, but the murder of Frank Chapman signals a brewing Birmingham gang war.

Before Rachita can dig into the case details, we discover that DCI Kerry Henderson (Gemma Whelan) fought to bring Rachita back onto the force. She doesn't exactly apologize for her behavior last season, but she does say the two got off on the wrong foot and that she respects Rachita's commitment to the job. We'll take it as a vast improvement over Supt Beardsmore (Ian Puleston-Davies), who is still thinly veiling his racism and contempt for Rachita being back at the office. She's cleared of all criminality surrounding Martin's (Jamie Bamber) sex trafficking exploits, and Beardsmore lets her off with "words of advice" for "bullying" and not playing well with management. So, the big boss still sucks, but the rest of the crew seems glad to have Rachita back at work.