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Old 26-02-2016, 09:38
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Nope, didn't get the one, I was on the wrong track all along. I thought it was the hostel owner who shot her. I thought it was suspicious that he walked past one window to smash the second, and that him smashing it down was to hide the signs that he'd tampered with that window to escape the locked room. Not sure how that would have explained the towel though.

And yeah, I agree with Vetinari, I don't think she would have looked so naturally slumped if she'd been slid on the towel. Surely her shorts would have ridden up as the towel slid out?

Also, how did her blood get onto the bathroom floor but not onto the towel?
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Old 26-02-2016, 09:48
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... It's never been the greatest kind of detective/crime series when it comes to plots and story lines. But it retains that feelgood factor which few series can match. ...
I think they need to keep an eye on the plots to stop them being too simplistic - it's a good show but too much of the same formula can feel a little predictable so that could probably withstand a slight adjustment, but I'm not sure how they would be able to do that without killing the enjoyment, some of which wouldn't exist without that formula.

Also, how did her blood get onto the bathroom floor but not onto the towel?
Or the pillow *slaps self* no! We do not ask these things!
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Old 26-02-2016, 09:50
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Nope, didn't get the one, I was on the wrong track all along. I thought it was the hostel owner who shot her. I thought it was suspicious that he walked past one window to smash the second, and that him smashing it down was to hide the signs that he'd tampered with that window to escape the locked room. Not sure how that would have explained the towel though.

And yeah, I agree with Vetinari, I don't think she would have looked so naturally slumped if she'd been slid on the towel. Surely her shorts would have ridden up as the towel slid out?

Also, how did her blood get onto the bathroom floor but not onto the towel?
I thought that the towel had been used to muffle the gunshot, rather than a pillow.

Perhaps it really was the hostel owner, and he's framed the boyfriend? Let's call Humphrey!
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Old 26-02-2016, 10:08
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I think they need to keep an eye on the plots to stop them being too simplistic - it's a good show but too much of the same formula can feel a little predictable so that could probably withstand a slight adjustment, but I'm not sure how they would be able to do that without killing the enjoyment, some of which wouldn't exist without that formula.!
Problem is, we already have a head start on the detectives, because we know it's not going to be a straight forward murder, and now, everybody is immediately going through the checklist

- did it happen earlier/later
- who was the last person to see alive
- is there poison involved
etc

Who cares, it's the blueprint of the show, it doesn't bother me, roll on the next series.
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Old 26-02-2016, 10:19
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Yes, why can't they have "normal", straightforward murders: drug gangs, robbery/murder, assault gone wrong, manslaughter, murder / suicide? (Ans: because the tourist board for the islands would never allow a "realistic" depiction of the place)

It's fortunate for the writers that they don't appear to have any forensic capability available. Otherwise they would have found no GSR on the victim but a clear indication on the killer. Plus the fibres from the pillow would have indicated the m/o immediately. The who thing could have been over in 5 minutes
Another example of evidence being 'ignored' cos it would reduce the number of suspects too soon.

But all murder mystery type shows are getting that way.
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Old 26-02-2016, 11:07
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... and now, everybody is immediately going through the checklist
I blame the Belgian with the funny moustache!

Who cares, it's the blueprint of the show, it doesn't bother me, roll on the next series.
Too right just so long as they don't get complacent in their success.
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Old 26-02-2016, 11:18
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As I said earlier I haven't watched the end of this, but I did notice the big disco amp speaker on a table near the shower room. I'd decided quite early on, it'd be another "killed earlier" scenario and that maybe the recorded gunshot was broadcast by the speaker.
Was it?
Yes, it was.
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Old 26-02-2016, 11:18
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Anyway, did anyone else feel Sally Bretton was woefully underused in this episode and it felt more like she was being introduced for a potential recurring character in the next series?
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Old 26-02-2016, 11:25
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Are those two really strangers? What is the real relationship between all the suspects?
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Old 26-02-2016, 12:40
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Anyway, did anyone else feel Sally Bretton was woefully underused in this episode and it felt more like she was being introduced for a potential recurring character in the next series?
Yep, I was looking forward to seeing her in her swimmy, I suppose it was a good gig for her though, filming in Guadeloupe.
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Old 26-02-2016, 12:51
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I thought that the towel had been used to muffle the gunshot, rather than a pillow.

Perhaps it really was the hostel owner, and he's framed the boyfriend? Let's call Humphrey!
No gunpowder on the pillow either, should have had blood marks.
We are too spoiled by "Silent Witness", "Bones" and other forensic shows.
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Old 26-02-2016, 12:54
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I only dip into it on occasion. ...........................
. The actors often look bored out of their minds.
You are right, they do!!

And Humphrey never gets tanned enough! Living so long in that climate does tan redheads in the end, at least on arms and legs!!

No insect bites either!
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Old 26-02-2016, 13:36
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Yep, I was looking forward to seeing her in her swimmy, I suppose it was a good gig for her though, filming in Guadeloupe.
I've always thought this was a good acting gig for the actors (well mainly the guest actors). They do a bit of work in a beautiful, hot place. It's basically a holiday for them.

Different for the main actors of course, which is why Ben Miller quit, but I'm sure it's still better than filming in Britain on a wet and cold location shoot.
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Old 26-02-2016, 16:46
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I've always thought this was a good acting gig for the actors (well mainly the guest actors). They do a bit of work in a beautiful, hot place. It's basically a holiday for them.

Different for the main actors of course, which is why Ben Miller quit, but I'm sure it's still better than filming in Britain on a wet and cold location shoot.
Certainly better than working on a rubbish 'science' programme that will be lucky to survive to the end of the series though I suspect he gets paid a lot more for that with it being ITV.
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Old 26-02-2016, 17:00
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Are those two really strangers? ...............
Always a good question with Agatha Christie. Any couple, allegedly strangers, who were constantly arguing and insulting each other always turned out to be lovers, involved in a conspiracy. Not necessarily (but usually) the murderers. Just one of the clichés she used time after time.
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Old 26-02-2016, 17:32
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Always a good question with Agatha Christie. Any couple, allegedly strangers, who were constantly arguing and insulting each other always turned out to be lovers, involved in a conspiracy. Not necessarily (but usually) the murderers. Just one of the clichés she used time after time.
She used the same cliché time after time?

I demand her books be cancelled, they're not as good as they were when that Mr Poirot was a young lad.
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Old 26-02-2016, 17:54
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She used the same cliché time after time?

I demand her books be cancelled, they're not as good as they were when that Mr Poirot was a young lad.
Been a while since I've watched any Agatha Christie, but another weakness was coming up with good surnames for characters. I think she quite often picked up a tube map and picked a station at random, for a surname or Lord so and so.
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Old 26-02-2016, 19:28
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Been a while since I've watched any Agatha Christie, but another weakness was coming up with good surnames for characters. I think she quite often picked up a tube map and picked a station at random, for a surname or Lord so and so.
Lord Heathrow Terminal Four.

He did it.
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Old 26-02-2016, 20:46
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Nice to see Humphrey getting a girlfriend. Might have been a good way to wrap the whole thing up, to be honest.

But I'm sure I'll tune in to the next series. Maybe the presumed change in Humphrey's circumstances will freshen things up a bit.
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Old 26-02-2016, 22:26
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She used the same cliché time after time?............
Sarcasm or irony?
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Old 26-02-2016, 22:55
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Be nice to let Humph have a girl in his life, frankly am bored by the amount of cops who have dysfunctional private lives.

And good to know this is back next year.....
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Old 26-02-2016, 23:19
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Yes, why can't they have "normal", straightforward murders: drug gangs, robbery/murder, assault gone wrong, manslaughter, murder / suicide? (Ans: because the tourist board for the islands would never allow a "realistic" depiction of the place)
I doubt many people even know where this show is filmed and getting to the French Overseas departments is not handy from the UK anyway, I don't think this is supposed to be a tourist board advert for Guadeloupe.

Humph's girlfriend could become the Joyce Barnaby of the show, every time she starts a new hobby or activity there is a murder at it
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Old 26-02-2016, 23:55
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I doubt many people even know where this show is filmed and getting to the French Overseas departments is not handy from the UK anyway, I don't think this is supposed to be a tourist board advert for Guadeloupe.

Humph's girlfriend could become the Joyce Barnaby of the show, every time she starts a new hobby or activity there is a murder at it
A good idea, but I bet more would like to see Humphrey and Florence get it together. That's deliberately left as a possibility, because Florence hasn't had a love life written into her part.
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Old 27-02-2016, 00:10
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I doubt many people even know where this show is filmed and getting to the French Overseas departments is not handy from the UK anyway, I don't think this is supposed to be a tourist board advert for Guadeloupe.

Humph's girlfriend could become the Joyce Barnaby of the show, every time she starts a new hobby or activity there is a murder at it
Because of that, I don't think they are major tourist destinations so a small increase is probably valuable as well as the income from the film crew, actors and extras during filming.
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Old 27-02-2016, 01:30
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Guadeloupe is a major destination for tourists from metropolitan France although with it being EU there is no duty free shopping like other parts of the Caribbean. Seasonal flights also service the island from the USA and Canada.
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