Barnaby and Scott follow a trail of dead people involved in the collecting of rare orchids.Barnaby and Scott follow a trail of dead people involved in the collecting of rare orchids.Barnaby and Scott follow a trail of dead people involved in the collecting of rare orchids.
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Marty Cruikshank
- Madeline Villiers
- (as Marty Cruickshank)
Richard Attlee
- Henry Plummer
- (as Richard Atlee)
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- TriviaThe producers clearly wanted to suggest a botanical name with title of this episode, 'Orchis fatalis'; orchids get their name from a resemblance to the testicle. So, the title could be translated as 'Fatal testicle'.
- GoofsProfessor Margaret Winstanley attempts to convert Roman numerals into Arabic Numerals and determines that 'VXCIX' is '5,999'. Not only is it wrong, 'VXCIX' is complete gibberish. '5,999' is 'V (with a line atop it) CMXCIX.
- Quotes
DCI Tom Barnaby: [after Scott has broken into a safe using an axe] Where did you learn to do that?
Sergeant Dan Scott: School of hard locks.
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Addiction, Obsession, mania... A good episode.
Orchis Fatalis is a pretty good episode, it's not entirely memorable, nothing particularly stands out, but it is a decent watch. I like the story, and I get the mania that the characters have for rare orchids.
Dan cements his place as possibly Barnaby's most irritating colleague, cocky, overbearing, even willing to tease poor Cully to get what he wants.
Matt Bardock is good, Harriet Walter is very good, although she would be better served in a future episode, Death and the Divas.
The opening scenes look pretty good, although clearly not set far afield, a decent attempt is made to look the jungle look real. It ends pretty well, with a fairly dramatic conclusion.
Decent watch, nothing memorable. 7/10
Dan cements his place as possibly Barnaby's most irritating colleague, cocky, overbearing, even willing to tease poor Cully to get what he wants.
Matt Bardock is good, Harriet Walter is very good, although she would be better served in a future episode, Death and the Divas.
The opening scenes look pretty good, although clearly not set far afield, a decent attempt is made to look the jungle look real. It ends pretty well, with a fairly dramatic conclusion.
Decent watch, nothing memorable. 7/10
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- Feb 24, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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