This is an interesting episode where the murders occur during the filming of a movie of the Scarlet Pimpernel. We get to see the seeming chaos of making a movie, the histrionics of the actors, the petty tyrants that directors and producers are. It's a change of pace from the usual English village that murders are usually set in.
The story moves at a brisk, sometimes headlong, pace, jumping from scene to scene, sometimes before a crucial bit of information is revealed so you have to deduce it from the next scene or two. The acting is top notch, the characters actually seem rather moving in their emotions at times. Meanwhile several times you may think you know who the murderer is and what will happen next and then the story takes an unexpected twist that leaves you not so sure of your solution.
The solution is not a stunning surprise, but it's still a nice piece of work in one of our favorite and now mourned for series.
The story moves at a brisk, sometimes headlong, pace, jumping from scene to scene, sometimes before a crucial bit of information is revealed so you have to deduce it from the next scene or two. The acting is top notch, the characters actually seem rather moving in their emotions at times. Meanwhile several times you may think you know who the murderer is and what will happen next and then the story takes an unexpected twist that leaves you not so sure of your solution.
The solution is not a stunning surprise, but it's still a nice piece of work in one of our favorite and now mourned for series.