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Midsomer Murders: The Night of the Stag (2011)
Terrible
I am generally a great fan of this show. I have found it consistently imaginative, engaging, and beautiful.
This episode, however, I found thoroughly distasteful. I did not mind the pagan symbolism; rather, it was the suggestion/depiction of attempted rape, perpetrated by the main villain, and the utter lack of regard for the survivor of that assault which left me absolutely disgusted.
At the climax of the episode, the villain is arrested for murder, which is all well and good (as he was indeed behind the murders) but not one mention is made of the fact that on the very night of his capture and arrest, he tried to force himself upon his daughter's friend. No one cares, apparently, that this evil old pillock almost raped a girl his daughter's age. Once the scene is done, no mention is made of it again, by the police or anyone else. It's as if it doesn't really matter.
Shame on the writers, shame on the producers, and shame on the director. Shame on everyone involved in airing this piece of garbage. Lazy, cheap-shock, bigoted, sexist drivel from one end to the other. Shame on you!