Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man
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poliphiloI love a locked room mystery- and this was a good one.
I miss Caroline Quentin. Did she leave under a cloud or something? Creek's line last night about "Carla and the other one" seemed distinctly ungenerous. She and Davies were a great Holmes and Watson act.
I miss Anthony Head too. The guy who took over as the oily magician is- well- just too oily.
Two hours was too long. I mean, that's half an hour longer than a regular, old-style, feature film. The subplot- about Mr Oily and the pneumatic porn actress was very broad-brush- and it was hard to see why it was there except as padding. Creek is fluff- and you don't need fluff to last two hours.
Sheridan Smith is fun. I'd be very happy if Renwick were to write more episodes- and she stayed on board.
I miss Caroline Quentin. Did she leave under a cloud or something? Creek's line last night about "Carla and the other one" seemed distinctly ungenerous. She and Davies were a great Holmes and Watson act.
I miss Anthony Head too. The guy who took over as the oily magician is- well- just too oily.
Two hours was too long. I mean, that's half an hour longer than a regular, old-style, feature film. The subplot- about Mr Oily and the pneumatic porn actress was very broad-brush- and it was hard to see why it was there except as padding. Creek is fluff- and you don't need fluff to last two hours.
Sheridan Smith is fun. I'd be very happy if Renwick were to write more episodes- and she stayed on board.
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Date: 2009-01-02 04:01 pm (UTC)I'm surprised to find Anthony Head only did the one show. I thought he'd been around for at least a season.