I have become somewhat of a fan of Midsomer Murders, but in any series this long, it's inevitable that a few bad shows creep in among the good. I'm sorry to report that "The Creeper" is one of the worst.
DCI Barnaby behaves out of character, "forgiving" a criminal on his own recognizance (in previous episodes, he has been quite normal, for a policeman, in his attitude towards the unlawful). The mystery itself was not well portrayed. I mean, I do not always guess the killer (I'd say I have a scoring rate of about 25-40%), but this time I had to roll my eyes and say "oh, come on! THAT was hardly fair." I kept feeling that the screenwriter was fixated on some hobbyhorse I couldn't understand, rather than just giving us a fun murder.
If this was the first episode I'd ever seen, I don't know if I would have stuck around for more. Maybe, because I wouldn't have known how wrongly Barnabay was displayed. But now I know and love Barnaby, and this wasn't him.
DCI Barnaby behaves out of character, "forgiving" a criminal on his own recognizance (in previous episodes, he has been quite normal, for a policeman, in his attitude towards the unlawful). The mystery itself was not well portrayed. I mean, I do not always guess the killer (I'd say I have a scoring rate of about 25-40%), but this time I had to roll my eyes and say "oh, come on! THAT was hardly fair." I kept feeling that the screenwriter was fixated on some hobbyhorse I couldn't understand, rather than just giving us a fun murder.
If this was the first episode I'd ever seen, I don't know if I would have stuck around for more. Maybe, because I wouldn't have known how wrongly Barnabay was displayed. But now I know and love Barnaby, and this wasn't him.