HUDSON AND REX: Episode 803: “Best Kind”
Yacht Sea
What You Need To Know
HUDSON AND REX is a police drama on UPtv and Up Faith & Family. Episode 803, “Best Kind,” guest stars Sandra Yawn (Captain Sandy) from Bravo TV’s BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN. She portrays Captain Michelle Sirocco, whose yacht becomes a crime scene after a murder occurs on the water. Police Detective Mark Hudson and his dog Rex track down the murderer before another victim falls.
Season 8’s third episode, “Best Kind,” maintains the high quality of this long-running series with plenty of twists and turns to keep viewers guessing. Sandra Yawn adds a fun dynamic to the episode. She successfully steps outside her comfort zone in Reality TV into scripted acting. BELOW DECK MEDITERRANEAN fans will appreciate her performance.
The episode begins with a tense business meeting aboard the yacht, Best Kind. James Endicott, president of Waterfront AI, and his business partner, Veronica Goodman, pitch a software deal to businessman James Kaufman. Kaufman’s wife, Andrea, attends the meeting. Kaufman rejects the proposal and humiliates Endicott and Veronica before they disembark.
Meanwhile, Kaufman continues his rudeness toward the staff, demanding a deckhand deliver a drink to his room. Captain Sirocco runs a tight ship and maintains professionalism, directing deckhand Blaine to serve the requested drink. Andrea Kaufman awakens from a nap on the deck. On returning to their room, she discovers her husband’s lifeless body.
Hudson and Rex arrive at the crime scene and find Kaufman shot in the chest with a spear gun. To complicate matters, a thief has stolen Kaufman’s prized watch which he never removed. Hudson must uncover the killer before that person takes another victim. The suspect list includes numerous enemies Kaufman wronged. Hudson follows clue after clue, knowing whoever took the watch leads to the murderer. Can he find the killer before they strike again?
Episode 803 of HUDSON AND REX delivers a moral worldview where a detective pursues justice and strives to do the right thing. It also includes light action violence, murder, the suggestion of an extramarital affair, criminality, and characters drinking alcohol. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children.
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Strong moral worldview where a police detective pursues justice and strives to do the right thing; <b>
Foul Language
</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>No foul language; <b>
Violence
</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Light violence with some blood shown includes a dead body with a spear through his chest, a character fights off a police officer, and a woman pulls a gun and holds it to a man’s head; <b>Sex<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>No depicted or implied sex scenes but characters talk about a man hitting on yacht employees, and there’s a suggestion of an extramarital affair;<b>
Nudity
</b>No nudity;<b>
Alcohol Use
</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A character requests a drink delivered to his room; a woman talks about not mixing alcohol with spear guns, a character suggest that another character spit in a man’s drink, an alcoholic drink is seen next to a dead man; <b>
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>No smoking content or drugs; and, <b>
Miscellaneous Immorality
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>A man mistreats his wife, employees and staff on a yacht, a character admits to having a past record of robbery, and characters murder, steal, lie, evade police, plot to steal money, and hold a character hostage, but justice prevails in the end.
