Local bootleggers come under suspicion after the murder of a revenue tax inspector.Local bootleggers come under suspicion after the murder of a revenue tax inspector.Local bootleggers come under suspicion after the murder of a revenue tax inspector.
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- TriviaRichard Bradshaw who plays Peter slim is also a stuntman and has performed stunts in 5 episodes of Midsommer murders as well as doubling for Hugh Jackman and Pierce Brosnan he was also a stunt performer in Messiah 2 vengeance is mine which also starred Neil Dudgeon as DI Warren.
- GoofsThroughout the episode, Beltane is given as 4 May. It is actually 1 May (although fertility rites such as The Stag were often performed the night of 30 April, sometimes known as Walpurgisnacht). In addition, while some Beltane fertility rites were, indeed, incorporated into the modern Easter, that festival is more generally descended from Eostre, the festival of the Spring Equinox.
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[Reverend Grigor has gatecrashed a Cider Festival at the local brewery and is preaching fervently about the evils of alcohol. He even accuses the vicar of being a fornicator]
Samuel Quested: Tell me, Norman. If "the other" is so wrong, how come you've got six children of your own?
[crowd laughs]
Samuel Quested: Six we know of, that is.
[more laughter]
Rev Norman Grigor: I can assure you, Samuel Quested, that I made those children to glorify the Lord. The act itself gave me no pleasure.
Chloe Baker: I'm sure your wife would say the same.
[uproarious laughter]
That was the first hint, seeing everyone throwing up. Not a typical beginning to a Midsomer Murders episode. Then it just got weird, as some of the married women were clearly looking for extra love from other married men, and it was leading up to the town elders calling for a Stag Night.
It was obvious to me that the dirty fat old guys wanted to attack the young women, but the old fat girls were thinking they were the objects of attention. Maybe that point was intended as humour, but it came across as nasty and gross that everyone was willing to participate, no matter the consequences.
The ending and revealment of the murderers was anti-climactic. The villagers and their life priorities were pretty disappointing and low class, from Stag Night to killing tax men. The final scene was way over the top, and really over-acted by everyone. It seemed like they were trying to turn a really awful bit of fiction into MacBeth, and everyone worked extra hard to seem a lot more terrified, passionate, sincere, and excited than they needed to be. Seemed like a train-wreck.
When John Nettles was on as Barnaby, this kind of thing would never happen.
- Johnny_West
- Mar 21, 2022
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