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The helicopter pilot!
He was in the helicopter, and could not hear a thing. And since their (victoria and Daniels) backs were turned, and they were 50 metres away, he couldn't see much either.

But, these things doesn't bother me. It's just a fun, light crime drama set in a beautiful place.
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Without a spoiler, I do ask myself how often have they used those plot devices in DIP, I can think of at least two.

Rather uninspiring start for me. Looking at some of the previous posts seems to suggest that is sacrilege for some reason.
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OK, as a drama, the plots do leave something to be desired, and the acting - more often or not by the guest actors - can be a tad wooden BUT DIP is still one of my "Must See" shows. It's a bit of lighthearted fun, totally inoffensive, and the scenery is gorgeous. I don't want to be watching heavy dark dramas all the time.
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Without a spoiler, I do ask myself how often have they used those plot devices in DIP, I can think of at least two.

Rather uninspiring start for me. Looking at some of the previous posts seems to suggest that is sacrilege for some reason.
Truth is DIP gets by largely for the fact we like the cast and scenery, at a time when it still gets dark around 4pm, and the central heating is on.

It isn't an all time great, but I'll be tuning in next week as usual.
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Nowhere near as good as the original 2 series, still worth watching though for the scenery (as well as Florence ) but still missing Camille.
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Without a spoiler, I do ask myself how often have they used those plot devices in DIP, I can think of at least two.

Rather uninspiring start for me. Looking at some of the previous posts seems to suggest that is sacrilege for some reason.
I remember the thread here for the last season. So many complained (rightfully so) that it was always the ones who found the body who were guilty.
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We've noticed it's often the most famous actor who dunnit - so if the most famous discovers the body, the mystery is instantly solved!
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Nowhere near as good as the original 2 series, still worth watching though for the scenery (as well as Florence ) but still missing Camille.
True, but Humphrey has grown on me, and it's mindless entertainment. Cranium free mindless entertainment, let's just give it that and enjoy it.

What else can we say that about? Sherlock is mindless, but he's a pompous git and I hate it. We still have Midsomer Murders here across the pond with Tom and Ben, and that show rankles but is good background noise.

I didn't like Miller, and do miss the gecko, but there you go. I'd LOVE to have Humphrey's shack on the water, don't miss Camille and the BS romance they started, don't miss Fidel even if J.P. has an annoying voice, glad Dwayne's britches weren't too big for him, and realize the murders are stupid and the summaries are straight out of Poirot.

Who cares. It's a fun ride.
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He was in the helicopter, and could not hear a thing. And since their (victoria and Daniels) backs were turned, and they were 50 metres away, he couldn't see much either.

But, these things doesn't bother me. It's just a fun, light crime drama set in a beautiful place.
OK, as a drama, the plots do leave something to be desired, and the acting - more often or not by the guest actors - can be a tad wooden BUT DIP is still one of my "Must See" shows. It's a bit of lighthearted fun, totally inoffensive, and the scenery is gorgeous. I don't want to be watching heavy dark dramas all the time.
Agree with both of you entirely. The setting alone is enough to get me to tune in - and Dwayne, who I think is brill
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True, but Humphrey has grown on me, and it's mindless entertainment. Cranium free mindless entertainment, let's just give it that and enjoy it.

What else can we say that about? Sherlock is mindless, but he's a pompous git and I hate it. We still have Midsomer Murders here across the pond with Tom and Ben, and that show rankles but is good background noise.

I didn't like Miller, and do miss the gecko, but there you go. I'd LOVE to have Humphrey's shack on the water, don't miss Camille and the BS romance they started, don't miss Fidel even if J.P. has an annoying voice, glad Dwayne's britches weren't too big for him, and realize the murders are stupid and the summaries are straight out of Poirot.

Who cares. It's a fun ride.
If you mean Harry, he's still in it.



I watched last night (though I had previously stopped soon after Humphrey replaced Richard), because I felt the need of some sunshine, and The Unforgotten on ITV sounded a bit too grim for my mood.

See how I feel next week. I mean, there's mindless and there's just too mindless.
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If you mean Harry, he's still in it.


See how I feel next week. I mean, there's mindless and there's just too mindless.
Is Harry still in it? Good.

True. We don't have the new season here, so I don't know how much mindless I can bear, either.
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He was in the helicopter, and could not hear a thing. And since their (victoria and Daniels) backs were turned, and they were 50 metres away, he couldn't see much either.

But, these things doesn't bother me. It's just a fun, light crime drama set in a beautiful place.
Still safer to go through the whole performance as if it was real. You'd be surprised what you pick up from that distance!
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We've noticed it's often the most famous actor who dunnit - so if the most famous discovers the body, the mystery is instantly solved!
Isn't the pleasure in working out how the impossible crime was committed even if you do know by whom?
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Oh sod off, if you've nothing to say about the episode, what are you even doing here?
I'm open to criticism, but just "it wasn't good" isn't a lot of help in a forum environment.

I think the story was solid (once I understood the CCTV part), there was humour what with the goat thing, and it was lovely to see Humphrey being awkward around his love interest. I've always loved this series for its humour and its attitude not to be overly serious. It's been fantastic for 5 whole series and it looks like it'll be the same for this 6th series.
I liked the episode, but the perpetual dismissal of criticism by Baz_James is tedious.
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Without a spoiler, I do ask myself how often have they used those plot devices in DIP, I can think of at least two.

Rather uninspiring start for me. Looking at some of the previous posts seems to suggest that is sacrilege for some reason.
So just like all other crime dramas?
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Nowhere near as good as the original 2 series, still worth watching though for the scenery (as well as Florence ) but still missing Camille.
Good opportunity for someone to write a drama series about a woman detective in Paris?
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I thought for a moment they were going to do something like him having been suffocated by gas from the volcano, Pompeii style, but that would be too simple for the programme!
It would also not fit in with the premise of the show; ie a murder. (Unless I misunderstood your point?)

The later dates may be because the show was going to be later in the running order and was bumped up because they felt it was a better opener?
Probably not given that (assuming Sally's character is in most of the episodes) she would have already been on the island only to arrive by plane some episodes later

Yeah, thought that also. And a massive, huge, big volcano as well!!
What reason would they have had to mention it previously? Someone go on a date up it or something? It was used as a plot device. No need to over-think it

As I said in #46

Hmm..

Never mind the weak plots and the poor acting, the scenery's great and .....

the legs on that Florence.....


She looks good in anything she wears. She has the toned legs of an athlete.
Right. It's poorly acted with weak plots... yet it regularly in the Top Ten shows on the channel. Go figure!

Without a spoiler, I do ask myself how often have they used those plot devices in DIP, I can think of at least two.
So they should have randomly introduced the [spoiler]... what... last season? One assumes they didn't know someone was going to write a story involving one! Or perhaps we could just play along and not over-think it too much? They might even end up with a school we haven't seen before in the next episode. You going to complain about that too? I assume it is rather a large island with lots of places we haven't yet seen.
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Right. It's poorly acted with weak plots... yet it regularly in the Top Ten shows on the channel. Go figure!

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I made a personal observation.

Glad you agree.

Now figure what?

Do you really think I care what ratings it gets?
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I liked the episode, but the perpetual dismissal of criticism by Baz_James is tedious.
But I wasn't even in that episode.

Still, I imagine it is pretty tedious being wrong all the time. Maybe you should find yourself another hobby?
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Good opportunity for someone to write a drama series about a woman detective in Paris?
She could team up with the German one from Paranoid. Ooooh, I think we've got a hit on our hands. Wanna form a production company?
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Isn't the pleasure in working out how the impossible crime was committed even if you do know by whom?
Yes - we still need to work out how & why, that's what keeps us watching.
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It would also not fit in with the premise of the show; ie a murder. (Unless I misunderstood your point?)
I am sure that would not stop them as someone else would probably be murdered as well - the island must rival Chicago for the number of murders per head of population!
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I am sure that would not stop them as someone else would probably be murdered as well - the island must rival Chicago for the number of murders per head of population!
To be fair, it's usually only one per episode,

Conversely Midsomer Murders, gets multiples every time.

What amazes me, is the number of new Midsomer villages, hamlets etc, which have been introduced over the years, as the scene of a murder.
It gives me the impression that that Midsomer must actually be the size of the county of Somerset, or maybe even Yorkshire.
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So just like all other crime dramas?
But it was only last season they used the same 'twist'? And it's not like they do 30 episodes a season. You'd think they could wait a couple of seasons before resorting to the exact same 'twist'.

Lazy writing if you ask me.
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To be fair, it's usually only one per episode,

Conversely Midsomer Murders, gets multiples every time.

What amazes me, is the number of new Midsomer villages, hamlets etc, which have been introduced over the years, as the scene of a murder.
It gives me the impression that that Midsomer must actually be the size of the county of Somerset, or maybe even Yorkshire.
Maybe it's an area half the size of Wales.
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