Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Poirot "The Case of the Missing Will" #5.4 (1993) (TV)

"What good are many friends, mon ami, when you have one bad enemy?", 17 August 2015


Andrew Marsh is a very wealthy, but sick, man. He tells Poirot he intends to make significant changes to his will and asks Poirot to be his executor. But before he can make the intended changes, he is murdered. And to complicate matters, his old will is missing. So, who gets the money? More importantly, who is the killer? As Poirot says more than once, find the missing will and you'll find the murderer.

I watched this episode a couple of days ago and, honestly, I can't remember much about it. And that's part of the problem - The Case of the Missing Will isn't very memorable. Oh, it's good enough, just not great. To make matters worse, it's confusing. There are too many characters for a 50 minute episode to get to know much about anyone. When the killer was revealed, I thought to myself, "Now who is that?" While the episode has the incredible acting you expect, fabulous location shots, and high-quality production values, an average 5/10 is the best rating I can give The Case of the Missing Will.

5/10

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