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Had to smile about the headless horseman, recalling the rhyme in the Will Hay film Ask A Policeman (the cops couldn't remember the last line!)
When the tide runs low in the smugglers' cove And the 'eadless 'orseman is seen above, He drives along with his wild hallo... And that's the time when the smugglers go in their little boats to the schooner, and bring back the kegs of brandy and rum and put them all in the Devil's Cave below
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That was a pretty good episode. Lot's of people with motives for the "whodunnit" brigade. A plot that moved on quite well and a fair amount of humanity from the core cast.
Best line in the show: "I'm a detective, Jones." |
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One of the better ones with Neil Dudgeon, still don't like his Barnaby though. At least they gave Jones a girlfriend and didn't make he seem a total prat as they have done in previous episodes. I thought the storyline was good and a very good twist at the end. I didn't see that coming.
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One of the better ones with Neil Dudgeon, still don't like his Barnaby though. At least they gave Jones a girlfriend and didn't make he seem a total prat as they have done in previous episodes. I thought the storyline was good and a very good twist at the end. I didn't see that coming.
The "dumb sidekick" is a "perennial ploy" sometimes used to make the principal character in detective dramas seem more intelligent by comparison. Though to be fair, the former "Barney Bee" seemed often to solve many of his cases by divine intervention, as there was no evidence that we saw from which he was able to draw his conclusions. |
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this one seemed a decent episode for a change, just not warming to Dudgeon though
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this one seemed a decent episode for a change, just not warming to Dudgeon though
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Pretty boring. All been done before. People on a list being knocked off. One dies before each ad break.
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Pretty boring. All been done before. People on a list being knocked off. One dies before each ad break.
It's Midsummer Murders. That's what we expect. That's not a bad thing. And I much prefer Mr Dudgeon to Mr Nettles. |
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Did no one else groan when the killer turned out to be a "double" of the person who they thought was the killer? Up to then I'd thought it was good, but that twist was just too unlikely.
I like ND in this (I always like him anyway), and I'm glad to see Jones is normal again (he was a twit last time I watched). Don't like Mrs Barnaby, though. Don't know why. Too good to be true? |
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Surely Deirdre's fingerprints would've been found on the gun that she hit her brother with? I also felt that it was too out of the blue that the trainer was the murderer. How were we supposed to guess that, given his peripheral role in the episode up to that point? Those quibbles aside, it was a really good episode.
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it was the trainer
![]() I'll be honest, I tuned in but found myself distracted by pretty much anything else. I think that says all that needs to be said. |
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Getting better at long last
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Did no one else groan when the killer turned out to be a "double" of the person who they thought was the killer? Up to then I'd thought it was good, but that twist was just too unlikely.
That said ND was bearable in this ep, Jones is indeed clever again and has/had a girl. I'm quite liking Mrs Barnaby I have to say. |
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Well, quite.
It's Midsummer Murders. That's what we expect. That's not a bad thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9oFx...ure=plpp_video Barnaby appears at about 1 minute in |
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Newbie here!
I am new to this thread.
I have watched MM for quite a few years but not from the beginning. I really only started watching as soon as Jason Hughes was cast as DS Jones as I have been a fan ot his since he was in "This Life". I have to say I think I prefer the new Barnaby...I am also a fan of ND. I loved last night's episode the best, Ben finally got to have a G/F and I hope they havent finished, I liked her..... ![]() I have read through all the pages of this thread and why are people compaing this to shows like Morse, Lewis as I like all three but have to say I am more of a Morse/Lewis gal myself! ![]() I have found MM sometimes rather daft but then thats way I love it, its not your usual "serious" intelligent cebral who dunnit show..... |
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I am new to this thread.
I have watched MM for quite a few years but not from the beginning. I really only started watching as soon as Jason Hughes was cast as DS Jones as I have been a fan ot his since he was in "This Life". I have to say I think I prefer the new Barnaby...I am also a fan of ND. I loved last night's episode the best, Ben finally got to have a G/F and I hope they havent finished, I liked her..... ![]() I have read through all the pages of this thread and why are people compaing this to shows like Morse, Lewis as I like all three but have to say I am more of a Morse/Lewis gal myself! ![]() I have found MM sometimes rather daft but then thats way I love it, its not your usual "serious" intelligent cebral who dunnit show..... |
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Oh one more thing I too have noted how Ben Jones sounds more welsh...I know Jason is welsh but its unclear whether Ben is......?
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Thanks for the heads up? Is is on during the day i might set my recorder for it then! Wouldnt mind seeing the first ever one.....
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I have found MM sometimes rather daft but then thats way I love it, its not your usual "serious" intelligent cebral who dunnit show.....
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Thanks for the heads up? Is is on during the day i might set my recorder for it then! Wouldnt mind seeing the first ever one.....
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John Nettles is DCI Barnaby, no other will do. Period.
I call the new one Defective Chief Imposter Barnaby
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John Nettles is DCI Barnaby, no other will do. Period.
I call the new one Defective Chief Imposter Barnaby ![]() My sympathies. |
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I, its not your usual "serious" intelligent cebral who dunnit show.....
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I thought the programme this week was good up until the ending. Swapped identities just didn't do it for me I am afraid.
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