Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man

[poliphilo]

I 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.

Comments

[silverhawkdruid.livejournal.com]

Aww, I could sit and watch Jonathan Creek for hours! It could never be too long for me. I loved last night's episode. One of the best, I thought, and am praying to the gods of TV entertainment and the writer's guild to please, please, please make loads more episodes! LOL
Gee, I've missed him and his gal pals! I think Caroline just wanted to concentrate on her real family. I do miss her though.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I thought last night's wizard wheeze- the room from which people disappear- was absolutely first rate. I've always been a big fan of the "impossible" crime.

[silverhawkdruid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I never saw that coming! Great stuff! I love these types of stories too.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I used to be a big fan of the mystery writer John Dickson Carr aka Carter Dickson. He was the master of this sort of thing.