Usually, I tend to go long on my reviews of this great show because I LOVE Midsomer Murders and love the characters of Tom, Joyce, Ben....but, I will get to the chase.
Here you have a story of 2 feuding families that may remind you if the Hatfields and McCoys, the Hicks and Hammonds, where the hatred for both sides stemmed from 90yrs on.
The Grandfather Hicks is at a tribute for his dad, who was executed (by his *supposedly* half brother, a Hammond) because he left the battlefield (in the first 5 minutes or so, you see the poor shell-shocked young man wondered off). The Grandfather Hammond thinks this is crap and a "coward" shouldn't get this.
The Hicks side as the awful mayor Hicks, his gum smacking, tart-y wife, and their two sons. One's down to earth, the other is like his father (that's not polite).
The Hammonds are upper class, upper crust, snotty with a plethora of secrets. A Gay husband, an affair having, pill popping wife, a lesbian daughter and the elder daughter (who works for a clinic for the lower class).
These 2 families, both hated, both have love interest from the other fam (the eldest kids from both sides are madly in love and not like their parents) and Mayor Hicks and Mrs. Hammond and their 25 year affair (yes...25).
It was an OK episode. Much better than Blood on the Saddle. And much better than some of the John Barnaby ones, too (Death in the Slow Lane is what came up).
It was weird that the Mayor would be involved with construction (the Barnaby's roof is leaking all over the place...why WOULD Tom even deal with the company by a man, who happens to be Mayor, of whom he NEVER liked). Then, you have a re-enactment of a battle that took place (which jokingly, Tom tells Ben "Watch it all go to Hell). I wonder if John Nettles/Jason Hughes or even Jane Wymark (Joyce) thought that the script was like that! You will quickly realize who and why **SPOILER** the Grandfather Hicks did it (all for dad) but...really? Years LATER??
This episode has creative murders, infidelity, scandal (Sophie and Kate Hammond are not their father's children), weird re-enactment...and we really don't see Jones so much and what he is given isn't worth much either. Dammit...I wanted to make this brief but I went on. Again. Would I watch this again? Well...yea. There were some funny scenes.
Here you have a story of 2 feuding families that may remind you if the Hatfields and McCoys, the Hicks and Hammonds, where the hatred for both sides stemmed from 90yrs on.
The Grandfather Hicks is at a tribute for his dad, who was executed (by his *supposedly* half brother, a Hammond) because he left the battlefield (in the first 5 minutes or so, you see the poor shell-shocked young man wondered off). The Grandfather Hammond thinks this is crap and a "coward" shouldn't get this.
The Hicks side as the awful mayor Hicks, his gum smacking, tart-y wife, and their two sons. One's down to earth, the other is like his father (that's not polite).
The Hammonds are upper class, upper crust, snotty with a plethora of secrets. A Gay husband, an affair having, pill popping wife, a lesbian daughter and the elder daughter (who works for a clinic for the lower class).
These 2 families, both hated, both have love interest from the other fam (the eldest kids from both sides are madly in love and not like their parents) and Mayor Hicks and Mrs. Hammond and their 25 year affair (yes...25).
It was an OK episode. Much better than Blood on the Saddle. And much better than some of the John Barnaby ones, too (Death in the Slow Lane is what came up).
It was weird that the Mayor would be involved with construction (the Barnaby's roof is leaking all over the place...why WOULD Tom even deal with the company by a man, who happens to be Mayor, of whom he NEVER liked). Then, you have a re-enactment of a battle that took place (which jokingly, Tom tells Ben "Watch it all go to Hell). I wonder if John Nettles/Jason Hughes or even Jane Wymark (Joyce) thought that the script was like that! You will quickly realize who and why **SPOILER** the Grandfather Hicks did it (all for dad) but...really? Years LATER??
This episode has creative murders, infidelity, scandal (Sophie and Kate Hammond are not their father's children), weird re-enactment...and we really don't see Jones so much and what he is given isn't worth much either. Dammit...I wanted to make this brief but I went on. Again. Would I watch this again? Well...yea. There were some funny scenes.