Barnaby and Jones are called to investigate a series of murders involving a pair of feuding families.Barnaby and Jones are called to investigate a series of murders involving a pair of feuding families.Barnaby and Jones are called to investigate a series of murders involving a pair of feuding families.
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- TriviaFirst appearance of WPC Gail Stephens, played by Kirsty Dillon.
- GoofsWhen Barnaby enters the helicopter, and the doors have been closed, there is a crystal clear reflection in the glass of the cameraman filming.
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DS Ben Jones: I don't go there for three years, then twice in one week. I might get fond of the place. Apply for a transfer.
DCI Tom Barnaby: Oh, don't say that, Jones. Got enough on me plate without losing you.
DS Ben Jones: That could almost have been a compliment.
DCI Tom Barnaby: Almost.
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Pretty good
As has been said by me a number of times, 'Midsomer Murders' is one of my most watched and most re-watched shows. It is nowhere near as good now and the Tom Barnaby-era wasn't alien to average or less episodes, but when it was on form or at its best boy was it good.
Season 10 started off decently with "Dance with the Dead", though that was marred by uneven pacing and padding. "The Animal Within" was an improvement, being very good and highly entertaining. "King's Crystal" was mostly solid and diverting but expected the final solution to be much stronger than the rather too ambiguous and incomplete one in the episode. "The Axeman Cometh" was also decent, but also marred by the pacing and padding as well as being over-stuffed and underdeveloped in places.
"Death and Dust" is neither classic or average or less 'Midsomer Murders' and is for me up to this point of Season 10 the second best of the season after "The Animal Within". It does fall short of being great.
The dialogue does ramble a little in places, the pacing while better paced than most of the previous Season 10 episodes could have tightened up on occasions with it in particular taking a little too long to get going and I also have a preference for the darker and more twisted motives, this one felt a little clichéd and unsatisfying.
However, the production values as always are top notch, with to die for scenery, the idyllic look of it contrasting very well with the story's grimness, and quaint and atmospheric photography. The music fits perfectly, with some lush jauntiness and sometimes an ominous quality, and the theme tune one of the most memorable and instantly recognisable of the genre.
Meanwhile, the script is on the most part smart and thought-provoking with some nice humour, a melancholic air and a dark grimness. The ending wraps things up neatly, without going overboard in that factor.
John Nettles and Jason Hughes are both superb, individually and together (their chemistry, and the chemistry with Daniel Casey and John Hopkins before Hughes, being a huge part of their episodes' charm). Can't fault the supporting cast either.
Overall, pretty good without being great. 7/10 Bethany Cox
Season 10 started off decently with "Dance with the Dead", though that was marred by uneven pacing and padding. "The Animal Within" was an improvement, being very good and highly entertaining. "King's Crystal" was mostly solid and diverting but expected the final solution to be much stronger than the rather too ambiguous and incomplete one in the episode. "The Axeman Cometh" was also decent, but also marred by the pacing and padding as well as being over-stuffed and underdeveloped in places.
"Death and Dust" is neither classic or average or less 'Midsomer Murders' and is for me up to this point of Season 10 the second best of the season after "The Animal Within". It does fall short of being great.
The dialogue does ramble a little in places, the pacing while better paced than most of the previous Season 10 episodes could have tightened up on occasions with it in particular taking a little too long to get going and I also have a preference for the darker and more twisted motives, this one felt a little clichéd and unsatisfying.
However, the production values as always are top notch, with to die for scenery, the idyllic look of it contrasting very well with the story's grimness, and quaint and atmospheric photography. The music fits perfectly, with some lush jauntiness and sometimes an ominous quality, and the theme tune one of the most memorable and instantly recognisable of the genre.
Meanwhile, the script is on the most part smart and thought-provoking with some nice humour, a melancholic air and a dark grimness. The ending wraps things up neatly, without going overboard in that factor.
John Nettles and Jason Hughes are both superb, individually and together (their chemistry, and the chemistry with Daniel Casey and John Hopkins before Hughes, being a huge part of their episodes' charm). Can't fault the supporting cast either.
Overall, pretty good without being great. 7/10 Bethany Cox
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- Feb 11, 2017
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