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Midsomer Murders: Garden of Death (2000)
An Astonishingly Ignorant and Tedious Episode
This old episode of a witless if picturesque show demonstrates the very low quality of such fare a while back, from which things have only degraded.
I am no apologist for Catholicism, but this episode presents a Catholic bishop who has no see or job who is trying to buy his way into "election" into the College of Cardinals. A disgusting display of ignorance. Bishops have jobs and no one elects anyone into a cardinal's hat. People do not go to Rome to plead their cases. In fact, if anyone were to attempt such an overtly silly and offensive maneuver, he would be sent packing and see no promotions for the rest of his life.
Such casual disregard for simple facts, combined with an outrageous and unrealistic plot and a foul misrepresentation of human psychology reminds me why this show is considered one of the worst. And why being a fan of it (with apologies to Her Majesty) is an indication of lack of mental capacity.
Very good actors were wasted, as usual.