Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries "Marked for Murder" #2.6 (2013)

A nice episode, 23 May 2017

When a star football player (that's Australian Rules Football) is found dead in the shower with the rival team's scarf around his neck, Jack and Phryne begin an investigation. Was it murder or was it suicide? And what about the blisters on the player's feet? The water wasn't hot enough to burn him, so how did he get 3rd degree burns? A lot of questions, but few apparent answers.

It took a while for me to get into Marked for Murder, but it ended up being a very fun episode. At first, the player and team names seemed confusing and I was having some issues with it. Once I quit worrying about some of the details and just sat back and enjoyed the episode for what it was, it worked beautifully on me. Marked for Murder has some real detective work going on. Phryne sorts through clues that ultimately lead to part of the solution. The bonus was that I was able to follow right along. I always love it when you can piece clues together along with the detective and have a chance to figure things out. The final solution was more than satisfactory. The method of murder was as clever as anything I can remember seeing so far in Miss Fisher. The story lines featuring Phryne, Jack, and Jack's ex-wife were as uncomfortable to watch as they should have been. Finally, the passion displayed by the football fans was perfectly over-the-top. Overall, a really nice episode that I'm rating a solid 7/10.

7/10