Caught an episode involving a serial killer using a garrote, and the killer is likely a woman, for various reasons not worth going into here. Inspector Jericho, an aging detective with no home life, traces the possible killer to a lonely hearts organization, and meets with two of the five women who most recently dated the two murder victims, one of whom was a nuclear scientist and the other a postman. The ending is very tricky, to say the least, especially since Jericho begins to hit it off with the most likely suspect and fights about this constantly with his fellow coppers. Jericho's life is further complicated by the fact that his latest girlfriend is a hooker, and an illegal alien to boot. His adversaries in the department use her and one of Jericho's informants to try to set Jericho up for The Big Fall. Will it happen? Watch and see. The show is very British. so it takes a minimum of two viewings to figure out who's who and what they're saying. And for reasons best known to the show's makers, JERICHO (a really bad choice for a title on this side of the Atlantic) is set in the 1950s or thereabouts. Robert Lindsey stars, and I hope his performance is a hit with the Brits, because he just seems tired and confused all the time, and probably should be retired. MONK, he is not.
Review of Jericho
