Satan's Chimney
- Episode aired Dec 26, 2001
- 2h
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
391
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A killer manages to fire a bullet through a plate glass window without breaking it, but how?A killer manages to fire a bullet through a plate glass window without breaking it, but how?A killer manages to fire a bullet through a plate glass window without breaking it, but how?
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Lisa Stokke
- Jodee Tressky
- (as Lisa Stökke)
Elliot Cowan
- Tom
- (as Elliot A Cowan)
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Did you know
- TriviaDebut of Julia Sawalha as Carla Borrego.
- GoofsHerman Grole explains the legend of Doomsdorf Castle and says that in the sixteenth century Queen Mary of England used to punish Protestants by sending them to Doomsdorf to be dragged down to Hell. However, the castle is in Scotland, and Queen Mary ruled over England only. The kingdoms of England and Scotland had not been united at that time and she would have had no jurisdiction over Doomsdorf.
- ConnectionsReferences Double Indemnity (1944)
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Good though the two-hour running time doesn't necessarily make for a better episode
A veteran actress is shot and killed while in an empty room. The bullet must have entered via the window but that's closed and undamaged. Maddy is in the US on a book tour so it looks like Jonathan will have to tackle this on his own. Luckily Carla Borrego, the agent of escape artist Alan Kalanak, is keen to help. Unfortunately she and Jonathan don't see eye to eye.
A two-hour episode of Jonathan Creek. This gives writer David Renwick room to develop characters and the plot, in theory. In practice what he then does is throw in a second murder, effectively having two episodes in one.
This said, there is more time allocated to sub-plots. The Jonathan-Carla one was interesting and has potential to become something longer term. Also good to see Julia Sawalha in the role: she's fantastic and the chemistry between her and Alan Davies is great.
The Kenny Starkiss one was amusing and is helped by him being played by the hilariously funny Bill Bailey.
On the downside, some of the extra time is just spent making things more complicated and it's not like the series needed more of that! Rather than help explain things, the longer running time just seems to make it even less understandable!
Ultimately this special episode is fine and par for the Jonathan Creek course.
A two-hour episode of Jonathan Creek. This gives writer David Renwick room to develop characters and the plot, in theory. In practice what he then does is throw in a second murder, effectively having two episodes in one.
This said, there is more time allocated to sub-plots. The Jonathan-Carla one was interesting and has potential to become something longer term. Also good to see Julia Sawalha in the role: she's fantastic and the chemistry between her and Alan Davies is great.
The Kenny Starkiss one was amusing and is helped by him being played by the hilariously funny Bill Bailey.
On the downside, some of the extra time is just spent making things more complicated and it's not like the series needed more of that! Rather than help explain things, the longer running time just seems to make it even less understandable!
Ultimately this special episode is fine and par for the Jonathan Creek course.
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