On the whole I loved watching Foyle's War fifteen years ago when it ran on PBS here America. I don't think I saw them all, so it has been rewarding to watch them again, all of them, now that it is easy to get them on streaming services.
The one was disappointing. The basic plot was good and should have been developed better. As it is, there are stereotypical characters and too too convenient plot contrivances.
Early on, a secretary is murdered by being tossed out a high window. Much later we meet her father. He happens to be a barrister who also met Sgt. Milner earlier in a totally unrelated scene. Weird; unnecessary; makes no sense.
A group of kids are able to sneak into an estate and happen to find and walk off with a valuable document. They toss it onto a big pile of other papers they are collecting for the war effort and Foyle is able to find it quite easily.
Similarly, a valuable box that is a second "MacGuffin" is hidden in a clever spot but is found quite conveniently. It's just too pat.
The "bad guys" are so bad it's almost laughable.
I hope the next episode will be more realistic.
The one was disappointing. The basic plot was good and should have been developed better. As it is, there are stereotypical characters and too too convenient plot contrivances.
Early on, a secretary is murdered by being tossed out a high window. Much later we meet her father. He happens to be a barrister who also met Sgt. Milner earlier in a totally unrelated scene. Weird; unnecessary; makes no sense.
A group of kids are able to sneak into an estate and happen to find and walk off with a valuable document. They toss it onto a big pile of other papers they are collecting for the war effort and Foyle is able to find it quite easily.
Similarly, a valuable box that is a second "MacGuffin" is hidden in a clever spot but is found quite conveniently. It's just too pat.
The "bad guys" are so bad it's almost laughable.
I hope the next episode will be more realistic.