Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
- Episode aired Mar 7, 1993
- TV-14
- 51m
While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen.While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen.While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen.
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- Anthony Horowitz
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
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- TriviaIn a slight change to the style of the incidential music score for the series, in this episode its more of a brass band style, similar to the music that would have been regularly heard at the seaside, as featured in the episode, in a bandstand setting.
- GoofsIn the dressing room, Opalson asks his wife if she is inferring something. It should be implying, not inferring. The speaker implies and the listener infers which is making an assumption about, or interpreting what was said. The words are not interchangeable just as speaking and listening are not interchangeable.
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[last lines]
Hercule Poirot: You are Lucky Len of the Daily Echo, and I claim my ten guineas.
Lucky Len: You're right. I was Lucky Len, but I'm sorry, I got fired this morning.
Hercule Poirot: Fired! Why?
Lucky Len: Too many people were recognizing me. The paper's decided it must be my face. It's too common.
Hercule Poirot: Common?
Lucky Len: That's what they say. Bit of a cheek, if you ask me, but there you are.
Hercule Poirot: They are wrong, mon ami. You have a face that is most distinguished. You have no need to work for this newspaper. You have a face of a great man.
Lucky Len: You think so?
Hercule Poirot: Oh, yes; I know it.
- ConnectionsReferences Salome (1908)
The problem I had with this season was that the cases tended to be the more flamboyant rather than accessible. They still mostly work but I was surprised by how many times in the season we had supernatural elements, whether they be curses, hypnosis, spiritualists and the like. It isn't that these things are the foundation for those narratives, but they felt out of place in a show I have enjoyed for following the logic and observations of Poirot rather than jumps. Likewise some of the plots didn't really develop in a way that it was necessarily easy to go along with – I do like the drawing room reveal aspect, but I like to be close behind rather than as surprised as the people in the room. Generally everything still works but there are one or two slightly weaker episodes in here.
The production standards remain very high though and of course the performances are strong from the main cast. Suchet is a bit tighter than in previous seasons but still can deliver the slightly pompous comedy when he gets the chance, I continue to love him in this role. He is well supported by Fraser, who is always fun, and Jackson, who doesn't quite have the material of Fraser but still. Moran I can take or leave but she does have some nice moments in this season. The supporting cast each week produces some familiar faces but doesn't ever feel like deliberate cameos which distract or detract.
Season 5 isn't as strong as previous seasons but it still delivers enough of the usual good fare to do more than work for fans. It will be interesting to see how (if at all) the change to more of a feature-film approach to the show affects it in terms of content and approach, and I look forward to watching through those.
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- Jun 1, 2014
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