Agatha Christie: Poirot - Season 1 (1989) (season)
Directed by:
Edward BennettScreenplay:
Michael BakerCinematography:
Ivan StrasburgComposer:
Christopher GunningCast:
David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, Suzanne Burden, Nicholas Pritchard, Robert Hines, Amanda Elwes, Josie Lawrence, Susan Porrett (more)VOD (2)
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Poirot is bored - he hasn't had a case to probe for weeks. Hastings' bid to cheer his friend backfires when Poirot fails to correctly guess the murderer in the West End play they go to see, but life for the Belgian super sleuth is never quiet for long. No sooner has a new tenant moved into the third floor flat of Poirot's mansion block than she is murdered, giving Poirot a crime to solve on his very own doorstep. (iTunes)
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It looks completely innocent at first, but then it turns into a very interesting detective case that kept me entertained pretty much from start to finish. It's that type where you just have to know how everything unfolded and why, even though you essentially don't have the opportunity to identify the murderer's identity, just like Poirot didn't in the play. Of the first five episodes, this one entertained me the most.
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The biggest problem with The Third Floor Flat is that the viewer has almost no chance to participate in the search for the perpetrator, as Poirot manages to uncover him within a few minutes and almost half of the running time consists of a chase between the police and the criminal on the run, which is unusual in this series, but I prefer cases that keep me in suspense until the final minutes.
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