Pretty good episode with the usual familiar elements -- a mysterious death; Poirot, Hastings, and Japp on the trail; a red herring or two; greed; romance; and a curious ending in which Poirot gives the confessed killer a twenty-four hour head start on the police. Last shot: Japp waving his fist angrily in the direction of the departing Poirot.
The locations were shot in Dunstan, Somerset, in the Southwest of England, a village that has been more or less voluntarily trapped in some previous century. It's picturesque and attractive, even in the rain, and Dunster Castle, which has been a kind of fortress for 600 years, can be glimpsed sitting atop a hill in some of the shots on Main Street.
I don't like to carry on about the location but it looks so terribly PEACEFUL, given current events, that one can easily imagine spending his or her twilight years prowling the many tiny shops and open markets. Let it rain.
The episode struck me as above average and moves along speedily.
The locations were shot in Dunstan, Somerset, in the Southwest of England, a village that has been more or less voluntarily trapped in some previous century. It's picturesque and attractive, even in the rain, and Dunster Castle, which has been a kind of fortress for 600 years, can be glimpsed sitting atop a hill in some of the shots on Main Street.
I don't like to carry on about the location but it looks so terribly PEACEFUL, given current events, that one can easily imagine spending his or her twilight years prowling the many tiny shops and open markets. Let it rain.
The episode struck me as above average and moves along speedily.