It seems that the nature of many of us humans is to continue forever in the same path. Change is to be resisted. I've seen all the Midsomer Murders episodes from the get go. For the first time, we get to be involved in a trial. Just this once, there isn't a murder committed which leads to an investigation of several characters. This time an arrest is made in the first two minutes and Barnaby takes it upon himself to look at what appears an open and shut case, to try to find a reason for the murder. In the process, we find things are not as simple as they appear. In many mysteries, once we have in our heads what we believe to be the right answer, we then fill in the blanks with the evidence (often hearsay) to bolster our theories. The woman here has already been convicted by the press. She has been caught in a couple lies (or careless answers to investigators' questions) and so she must have done the deed. But the motive is sketchy. The relationship with the victim's husband tenuous. And the forensics are rather shady. The eyewitness testimony of an elderly woman with bad eyesight is almost enough to set things right in the first place. I welcomed the plot here and would imagine that for one episode a bit of difference is a good thing.
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