A fantastic episode is made from a relatively small text, there is real quality about this episode, the story, performances, production values, and general feel of this episode are all superb.
I love the story, it's simple, yet deep and involved. There is a sadness that surrounds the victim, and a tragic inevitability, you are given clues, but also pushed off course by clever plots and twists.
The usual cast are fantastic of course, but it's Miss Lemon's scenes with Captain Hastings that are so much fun to watch, she really does tear a strip from him. Catherine Russell is a joy as Katrina Reiger, it really is a first class performance, Anne Stallybrass is also great, well known for playing Jayne Seymour in The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
It looks so slick, the scenes at the Russian Embassy and church have true quality, but it's the ending that I've always loved.
There is real quality about this episode. 9/10
I love the story, it's simple, yet deep and involved. There is a sadness that surrounds the victim, and a tragic inevitability, you are given clues, but also pushed off course by clever plots and twists.
The usual cast are fantastic of course, but it's Miss Lemon's scenes with Captain Hastings that are so much fun to watch, she really does tear a strip from him. Catherine Russell is a joy as Katrina Reiger, it really is a first class performance, Anne Stallybrass is also great, well known for playing Jayne Seymour in The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
It looks so slick, the scenes at the Russian Embassy and church have true quality, but it's the ending that I've always loved.
There is real quality about this episode. 9/10