Ian Craigie and William Carter are the founders of a new-age commune named "The Lodge of the Golden Windhorse. William Carter wants to get out, but Ian begs him to stay. The altercation continues in the house, and William Carter dies when he falls down he stairs. When Barnaby, Troy and Bullard arrive at the lodge, Bullard informs barnaby that Bill Carter broke his neck in the fall, and says he had apparantly been drinking. A young boy named Christopher Wainwright arrives at the lodge and Trixie Channing, one of the members of the commune makes Christopher aware of the recently murder.
The following night, there is a thunderstorm, and one of the youngest members of the commune, Tim Riley seems to have gone missing. The members goes out looking for him, when a cannonball falls down from the roof. Suddenly they see Tim in one of the windows and it turns out he was hiding there because he is scared of the sound of thunder.
One of the members of the Commune, Suhami, who later turns out to be the daughter of Guy Gamelin is about to celebrate her birthday at the lodge. Her father is giving her £3million. She thanks her dad, and gives the money to Craigie. Guy gets furious, and does not want his daughter to waste £3million on Craigie and the lodge. Later that evening, May Cuttle is having one of her regressions, and when the lights are turned on again, Craigie is found dead.
Guy Gamelin is later found murdered and the case closes. It turns out that Christopher Wainwright was lying about his identity and that he is indeed Andrew Carter, William Carter's nephew. Andrew wanted to come to the lodge to help his uncle and reason with Craigie to persuade him to buy William out of the lodge. Andrew Carter murdered Ian Craigie as revenge for his uncle's death, and he nearly killed Tim Riley as well, because Tim knew that it was Andrew who killed Craigie, after watching him pointing his finger at Andrew just moments before he died. Tim had recently begun to talk again, and Andrew was afraid that Tim could be able to tell them the whole truth. It is brought to light that Tim pushed William down the stairs, in an attempt to protect Ian Craigie and take his side.
"Death in Disguise" is a fine ending to the first series of Midsomer Murders. The story is good from start to finish, and unlike "Faithful unto Death", the first murder in "Death in Disguise" happens after just two and a half minutes. This story is also a bit darker than "Death of a Hollow Man" and "Faithful unto Death" and I really do like the episode where scenes are being filmed in the evening or late at night, like the thunderstorm scene in this episode. It fills your mind with more excitement, something you never get in the same way when a scene is fillmed in broad daylight.
From the supporting cast, Charles Kay, Daniel Hart, Judy Cornwell and Stephen Moyer leave the best impression and their characters get the story going by showing different sides about their personalities. Michael Feast and Nigel Anderson do a well done job as well, but I would have wanted to see different sides about these two characters, that could have surprised me a bit more.
The Nether Winchendon house, the filming location for the Lodge of the Golden Windhorse, is stunning to look at. Both the house and the gardens suits the episode very well and this location is my favourite from this episode.
"Death in Disguise" is a good ending to the first series of Midsomer Murders, but the story takes a little bit of time before things move on. It is clearly positive that the first murder happens during the first three minutes, but it lacks more intriguing scenes that would have added something new to the story. 8/10 Hossy Christie.
The following night, there is a thunderstorm, and one of the youngest members of the commune, Tim Riley seems to have gone missing. The members goes out looking for him, when a cannonball falls down from the roof. Suddenly they see Tim in one of the windows and it turns out he was hiding there because he is scared of the sound of thunder.
One of the members of the Commune, Suhami, who later turns out to be the daughter of Guy Gamelin is about to celebrate her birthday at the lodge. Her father is giving her £3million. She thanks her dad, and gives the money to Craigie. Guy gets furious, and does not want his daughter to waste £3million on Craigie and the lodge. Later that evening, May Cuttle is having one of her regressions, and when the lights are turned on again, Craigie is found dead.
Guy Gamelin is later found murdered and the case closes. It turns out that Christopher Wainwright was lying about his identity and that he is indeed Andrew Carter, William Carter's nephew. Andrew wanted to come to the lodge to help his uncle and reason with Craigie to persuade him to buy William out of the lodge. Andrew Carter murdered Ian Craigie as revenge for his uncle's death, and he nearly killed Tim Riley as well, because Tim knew that it was Andrew who killed Craigie, after watching him pointing his finger at Andrew just moments before he died. Tim had recently begun to talk again, and Andrew was afraid that Tim could be able to tell them the whole truth. It is brought to light that Tim pushed William down the stairs, in an attempt to protect Ian Craigie and take his side.
"Death in Disguise" is a fine ending to the first series of Midsomer Murders. The story is good from start to finish, and unlike "Faithful unto Death", the first murder in "Death in Disguise" happens after just two and a half minutes. This story is also a bit darker than "Death of a Hollow Man" and "Faithful unto Death" and I really do like the episode where scenes are being filmed in the evening or late at night, like the thunderstorm scene in this episode. It fills your mind with more excitement, something you never get in the same way when a scene is fillmed in broad daylight.
From the supporting cast, Charles Kay, Daniel Hart, Judy Cornwell and Stephen Moyer leave the best impression and their characters get the story going by showing different sides about their personalities. Michael Feast and Nigel Anderson do a well done job as well, but I would have wanted to see different sides about these two characters, that could have surprised me a bit more.
The Nether Winchendon house, the filming location for the Lodge of the Golden Windhorse, is stunning to look at. Both the house and the gardens suits the episode very well and this location is my favourite from this episode.
"Death in Disguise" is a good ending to the first series of Midsomer Murders, but the story takes a little bit of time before things move on. It is clearly positive that the first murder happens during the first three minutes, but it lacks more intriguing scenes that would have added something new to the story. 8/10 Hossy Christie.