Bergerac (TV Series) The Lohans (1991) User Reviews

And it's goodbye from Jim

[lucyrfisher · 7/10 · 26 March 2020]

I never understand substitution scams...

Jim is hired to protect a set of figures of Chinese immortals, but various shady types are after them. Charlie and Danielle pose as buyers, while the "owner", the would-be buyer and a hired thug circle each other - in the cloisters of Salisbury Cathedral while the choir sings Sheep May Safely Graze. The thing is, you see, the "owner" has swapped one of the figures for a fake in order to - in order to - and then an expert who knows who really owns the set is...

The Jersey team are somehow involved, and we see some lovely interiors full of bibelots. Why do these people always have fragile French windows to the garden? Not to mention gauzy curtains that flap in the breeze when the French windows are shattered.

The plot, if there was one, was completely baffling - but goodbye Jim, and good luck wherever you are!

Bergerac At The End Of His Tether

[pauld-witham · 5/10 · 26 December 2007]

The penultimate episode of this long running series finds Jim back on the mainland and getting tangled up in the Lovejoyish world of antiques in Hampshire.

As a policeman Jim Bergerac was astute and reasonably bright, as a private investigator the writers have made him slow and hapless and reliant on friends and family to get him out of tight spots, in this case Danielle and Charlie. This plot device of bringing in other characters to help with the detective work, coupled with removing the central individual out of his usual location (Jersey),is a sure fire sign that the writers are running out of steam.

That said John Nettles always gives value, even when struggling with a script as implausible as this one. Shame also that Terence Alexander and the lovely Therese Liotard are not given some better lines.