Change Your Image
cyriousbane
IMDb member since June 2021
Reviews
Midsomer Murders: Written in Blood (1998)
Episode 2, Season 1
good characters/actors, meh everything else
4 June 2021 - 6 out of 20 users found this review helpful.
Very good acting, good characters (I particularly liked Honoria), but dragged out, silly in places (it is IMMEDIATELY clear why he's sneezing all the time and yet the brilliant detective-inspector can't seem to connect A to B) and lots of cliche out-of-nowhere twists, including a random bout of unnecessary transphobic garbage. I get the show's outdated, but it still sours the episode a bit. Didn't age well on that front, basically. Otherwise, not terrible, but ultimately dragged out and trying too hard, with lots of plot threads that get tangled or throw a loop for no reason or go nowhere in particular. But I will give it this--good acting, good and distinct characters. "Bri" is impressively slimy, Honoria is gloomy and sharp, etc.
See more▼See less▲