Detective Shows

I enjoyed Luther last night, and particularly good to see Ruth Wilson hamming it up with verve and gusto.

I've go to say it seems at first sight to be half-homage to Columbo - which is no bad thing - but I like to enjoy my cop shows in a drunken coma, as suspects and false trails wash slowly over me, before Anne and I have to guess whodunnit exactly halfway through the programme.



We use the following algorithm for naming the murderer:

1. Let the show's title cut through the confusion,
Particularly if it's literary, or a Latin allusion.

2. Pay special attention to the opening scene,
If it's discrete, or confusing, or a flashback, or dream.

3. Look for the finest ship in the harbour,
Michael Maloney, Lelsey Manville, Frances Barber...




I have my own idea for a Detective Show. They should re-visit all the old Inspector Morse shows and uncover how he actually named the wrong person in each case.


Inspector Remorse.


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