Something is fishy about the clubbing deaths of two local residents.Something is fishy about the clubbing deaths of two local residents.Something is fishy about the clubbing deaths of two local residents.
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- TriviaJames Hazeldine died a few weeks before broadcast.
- GoofsWhen Barnaby introduces himself and Troy to Derrick Seagrove, he identifies himself as "DSI Barnaby" - DSI is Detective Superintendent, while Barnaby is a DCI, Detective Chief Inspector.
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DCI Tom Barnaby: I couldn't help noticing the Vegetarian Society magazine. Are you a member?
Angela Goff: Yes. Why?
DCI Tom Barnaby: Just curious. I know your husband was a keen fisherman and did a bit of shooting.
Angela Goff: We had a 'live and let live' household.
DCI Tom Barnaby: You didn't eat the trout he caught then?
Angela Goff: Fish may not be the cleverest of God's creatures, but to class them as vegetables is a little unkind.
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problems with fishing lures
In the Midsomer village of Malham Bridge, outside the meeting of Midsomer Flyfishers Association, Margaret, the wife of the secretary accuses Isobel Hewitt (Honor Blackman) of using weighted lures. The argument escalates, ending in Isobel slapping Margaret.
Margaret files charges, which brings Barnaby and Troy to the village. Isobel, an older, vital woman, goes for a drive with a doctor, Duncan Goff in a jaguar. Later, they are both found murdered, beaten with a stake from a fence.
The detective team learns quickly that people weren't crazy about either Isobel or the doctor for different reasons, be it the doctor's womanizing with married women, or weighted lures, or something else.
Good mystery with an assortment of suspects, including relatives of Isobel's who actually owned her home, a friend who helped her financially occasionally, Margaret (she who was slapped)...but then, the use of weighted lures and a fight don't seem like motives for a bludgeoning murder. And who was the intended victim? Gorgeous settings, with Barnaby's family, Joyce and Cully, making an appearance. I really love this series. This is a good, if not great episode -- but it's been running for so many years, they can't all be great.
Margaret files charges, which brings Barnaby and Troy to the village. Isobel, an older, vital woman, goes for a drive with a doctor, Duncan Goff in a jaguar. Later, they are both found murdered, beaten with a stake from a fence.
The detective team learns quickly that people weren't crazy about either Isobel or the doctor for different reasons, be it the doctor's womanizing with married women, or weighted lures, or something else.
Good mystery with an assortment of suspects, including relatives of Isobel's who actually owned her home, a friend who helped her financially occasionally, Margaret (she who was slapped)...but then, the use of weighted lures and a fight don't seem like motives for a bludgeoning murder. And who was the intended victim? Gorgeous settings, with Barnaby's family, Joyce and Cully, making an appearance. I really love this series. This is a good, if not great episode -- but it's been running for so many years, they can't all be great.
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- Jul 18, 2014
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