Midsomer Murders: Dead in the Water (2004)
Season 8, Episode 2
7/10
seemed long
24 May 2015
You can always tell when a film isn't particularly well put together - it's endless.

The minutes flew like hours in "Dead in the Water," a Midsomer Murders mystery from 2004. Scott is still working with Barnaby.

While Barnaby is attending the big Midsomer Regatta with wife Joyce and daughter, Cully, a man named Guy Sweetman, the rowing club chairman, is found dead in the water. The autopsy report says he was hit and then deliberately drowned.

Sweetman had been involved with nearly every woman in the town, and he was also meeting with two other club members. At the last meeting before he was killed, there was a huge argument. After that, Sweetman disappeared until he was seen floating in the water.

Though the other men lie about the reason for the meetings, Barnaby gets to the bottom of it as he talks with many witnesses and suspects, and also stops a blackmailer.

Jealousy and greed play big roles in this mystery. Also, Joyce and Cully want to buy a boat, hoping their father will relax. Cully swears wherever they are, a murder happens.

The show moved slowly and it was hard to care about any of the characters except Barnaby and his family, and Scott. When all was revealed, I didn't care.
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