"The Adventure of the Clapham Cook" is the first Poirot show starring David Suchet...a man now inextricably tied to this famous fictional detective.
The story starts off with Poirot and his secretary discussing possible cases. Poirot again and again refuses to take cases which seem perfectly worth his time and finally, inexplicably, chooses what seems like a mundane and unimportant case. It seems a woman is upset because her maid just disappeared...though there's no reason to suggest foul play. Despite this, Poirot's interest is piqued and he pursues the case with as much vigor as one of his 'important' cases!
This episode does a good job of establishing the characters and style of the series. Well acted and surprisingly interesting!
The story starts off with Poirot and his secretary discussing possible cases. Poirot again and again refuses to take cases which seem perfectly worth his time and finally, inexplicably, chooses what seems like a mundane and unimportant case. It seems a woman is upset because her maid just disappeared...though there's no reason to suggest foul play. Despite this, Poirot's interest is piqued and he pursues the case with as much vigor as one of his 'important' cases!
This episode does a good job of establishing the characters and style of the series. Well acted and surprisingly interesting!