Poirot - Season 2 (1990) (temporada)
Director:
Richard SpenceCámara:
Peter BartlettReparto:
David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Samantha Bond, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, William Hootkins, Nigel Whitmey, Gordon WharmbySinopsis(1)
Hercule Poirot meets a young couple who cannot believe their luck in finding a fashionable London flat for a nominal rent. Poirot is intrigued and decides to uncover the mystery of the cheap flat by pretending to move into the same block. This move unwittingly places Poirot in the middle of an undercover FBI investigation into the recovery of secret submarine plans stolen by the mafia. (iTunes)
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Compared to The Incredible Theft, which also had a gangster-spy feel, I was a bit more interested in The Adventure of the Cheap Flat. I liked Poirot's allusions to the American police and the fact that he wasn't afraid to act on his own. The icing on the cake was a nicely done sequence set in New York, referring to old spy films from the 1930s, and next to that the character of the wacky owner of the Black Cat club.
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From the beginning, it is clear what note this episode will play on. It is very comedic, and that is also in the sense that there are beautiful caricatures, especially the FBI agent is simply exemplary. But Poirot also excels in how funny he is, because just the opening scene at the cinema says a lot about him. The story is good too, which is an excellent and functional intertwining of events.
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