In which the chief mystery is why Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were able to rent a nice, high-end flat no questions asked while others have been repeatedly turned away. Who are… the Lucky Renters?!? 1936 London housing crises aside, the … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S02E08 “The Adventure of the Cheap Flat”

Je suis desole, mes amis! Real-life 21st century concerns kept me from our weekly check-ins with our favorite expatriate Belgian last week, but this week find us back in the saddle with a tale of… well, I… um. Poirot is … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S02E07 “Double Sin”

Mathew Davenheim (Kenneth Colley), a successful bank owner, arrives home for the weekend and prepares to receive a guest – one Gerald Lowen (Tony Mathews), another banker with whom Davenheim has a contentious relationship. As Mrs. Davenheim (Mel Martin) locks … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S02E06 “The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim”

On a rainy afternoon in London, Mrs. Alice Pengelley (Amanda Walker) asks M. Poirot to meet her in the park to talk about the fact that she’s being poisoned. Although the village doctor Adams (Derek Benfield) insists it’s nothing more … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S02E05 “The Cornish Mystery”

Alas, mes amis, your faithful chronicler is under the weather this week, so a much-abbreviated writeup (which honestly, is about what this episode deserves). The Good: Poirot and Our Man Hastings play Monopoly constantly during this episode, appearing to do … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S02E04 “The Lost Mine”

In a cold open, a shady character robs a jewelry store in a crowded marketplace. The next day, as Poirot is bemoaning the lack of criminal ingenuity, Japp recounts the crime to Poirot and Hastings as the three of them … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S02E03 “The Veiled Lady”

Poirot and Hastings take a weekend vacation to the town of St. Looe (“Queen of the Cornish Riviera”), and while complaining about the service at the Hotel Majestic meet young woman Magdala “Nick” Buckley (Polly Walker). She’s the owner of … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S02E01/02 “Peril at End House”

Pie magnate Benedict Farley delivers a speech at the opening of his new factory, while his trusted secretary Hugo Cornworthy, his wife Mrs. F and his daughter Joanna look on. Farley, who looks like he just walked straight out of … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S01E10 “The Dream”

Hastings and Poirot are visiting a movie studio at an invitation from Hastings’ friend director Bunny Saunders. His latest picture – some sort of colonial desert romance – stars Valerie St. Clair (Niamh Cusack) and Ralph Walton (Gawn Grainger). Val … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S01E09 “The King Of Clubs”

Tommy Mayfield (John Stride) and Sir George Carrington (John Carson) are watching a test flight of Mayfield Industries’ newest fighter plane, the Mayfield Kestrel. Although it outclasses the German ME-109, Sir George explains that the government isn’t too keen on … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S01E08 “The Incredible Theft”

On a small cruise ship headed to Alexandria, Col. Clapperton (John Normington) is being henpecked nearly to death by his overbearing wife, Adeline (Sheila Allen), though that doesn’t stop him from making time with another woman, Ellie Henderson (Ann Firbank) … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S01E07 “Problem At Sea”

Pamela Lyall (Francis Low) hurries through a crowded bazaar on the Italian (more about that in a minute) island of Rhodes, pursued by a fellow tourist, one Major Barnes (Timothy Kightley). Seeking to ditch the would-be companion, she runs smack … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S01E06 “Triangle At Rhodes”

On a third floor flat in Whitehaven Mansions, Ernestine Grant (Josie Lawrence) is in the process of moving into her new place; she signs for the delivery of her furniture and casts her eyes upward, at the loud tango music … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S01E05 “The Third Floor Flat”

Somewhere in Brighton, old man Antony Gascoigne is on his deathbed. His housekeeper Mrs. Hill phones his nephew, a music hall director named George Lorrimer (Richard Howard) to tell him the news, to which Lorrimer reacts with about as much … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S01E04 “Four and Twenty Blackbirds”

Marcus Waverly (Geoffrey Bateman), a “simple country squire” and his wife Ada (Julia Chambers) are in distress. Someone has been sending them letters warning that their son Johnnie will be kidnapped, and the author of the letters keeps demanding an … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S01E03 “The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly”

We open on Guy Fawkes’ Day celebrations, with our three leads Poirot, Hastings and Japp strolling through the park and enjoying some fireworks. (Side Note: the best line I ever heard about Guy Fawkes was that he was the last … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S01E02 “Murder in the Mews”

Mon ami! Welcome to a travel down the most memorable of lanes, the – how do you say – “rewatch”, n’est-ce pas? A few notes about these rewatch/recaps/rewhatevers: 1) We need to talk about spoilers. Because these are mysteries. Usually … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S01E01 “The Adventure of the Clapham Cook”