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Murdoch Mysteries Oct 5, 2019 6:39:05 GMT

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Post by OldSamVimes on Oct 5, 2019 6:39:05 GMT

Oct 3, 2019 16:26:42 GMT amyghost said:

Oct 3, 2019 13:21:18 GMT OldSamVimes said:

Hard for me to remember what the best episodes are.

There's something like 180 episodes and I've watched around 170 in the past month or so.

I'd liken it to 'Father Brown'. It's a period show too and Father Brown had about the same amount of humor in it. I don't mind some of the more serious 'murder-shows' (Mindhunter was fantastic), but I like putting a show on and knowing I'll get a couple chuckles as well as a murder mystery.

One recent episode I remember being interesting is 'Sir Sir Sir' (in the last season). It was kind of a Halloween episode and everything that happened was just for one show, when usually there are sub-plots happening in the background that cross over from episode to episode.

I've watched 2 of the 3 Christmas specials. They're self-contained shows that are movie length instead of the regular 45-50 minutes.

'Midsomer Murders' was always 90 minutes per show, a bit long at times. With the 45 minute mystery shows there's barely any filler, the plot moves along rapidly.

Edit: I will check out 'The Murder Rooms'. Thanks for the recommendation.

The Father Brown reference intrigues me. Funny you mention that particular series--our local PBS outlet began running it a couple of years ago, and at first I wasn't much impressed by it, but now I've become a regular Sunday afternoon viewer. In terms of length, I find the average 45-minute FB installment sometimes a bit too quick to flesh out the mystery successfully, but the emphasis on character with a dash of humor has come to offset any plot shortcomings.

I'm with you on Midsomer--though I find the characterizations in that one appealing as well, the pacing is sometimes too drawn out: more filler than proper mystery often enough. The writers don't seem to be as skilled as, say, the Columbo writers were in finding the delicate balance of character play and interest in the solution of the puzzle. What you say about Murdoch definitely leaves me with an interest in giving some episodes a tryout, since I've found Youtube has a batch and I can watch them on the old smart telly (ain't technology grand?). There are a couple of the longer 'holiday' episodes in the mix, and I may start out with those.

Do catch Murder Rooms if you have the chance, and we can compare notes at a later time on the two shows.

I grew to like Father Brown a lot too. I enjoyed how that one inspector called him 'Padre' all the time (the funny one), and that he was more interested in the spiritual salvation of people rather than punishment in the legal system.

Murder Rooms looks right up my alley, too bad it's not on Netflix here in Canada right now and it's a bit pricey on Amazon. Maybe some of the episodes are on youtube so I could watch it there.

A few years ago 'Murder She Wrote' was on Netflix for awhile, I just got into about 6 episodes (so many!) then it was removed. Hopefully they'll put that up again soon. I was recognizing some actors of the time from Columbo and other shows. I never watched it when it was on air.