This has to be in the bottom five Brian True-May era episodes. Even though there have been many duffers since he departed it could still be one of the worst ever.
Others have mentioned the killer's ridiculous motivation. Suffice it to say it is one of the worst ever. But it's not something that could have been guessed at. The explanations given for the choice of the second and third/fourth victims weren't even hinted at and only come out in the interview with the apprehended culprit.
And how come at the end the culprit was interviewed in his own house and not down the station? One suspects that it was to give Barnaby the chance to root through his belongings and so come up with an explanation for his crimes.
I dislike how the new Barnaby and Jones seem unnecessarily antagonistic towards each other, bearing in mind that Jones saved his superiors life in each of the previous two episodes. It smacks of poor writing.
And (it's not just a fault of this episode but of the season as a whole), there's no chemistry between Barnaby and his supposed wife. Zero. Zilch.
Others have mentioned the killer's ridiculous motivation. Suffice it to say it is one of the worst ever. But it's not something that could have been guessed at. The explanations given for the choice of the second and third/fourth victims weren't even hinted at and only come out in the interview with the apprehended culprit.
And how come at the end the culprit was interviewed in his own house and not down the station? One suspects that it was to give Barnaby the chance to root through his belongings and so come up with an explanation for his crimes.
I dislike how the new Barnaby and Jones seem unnecessarily antagonistic towards each other, bearing in mind that Jones saved his superiors life in each of the previous two episodes. It smacks of poor writing.
And (it's not just a fault of this episode but of the season as a whole), there's no chemistry between Barnaby and his supposed wife. Zero. Zilch.