A new series of Jonathan Creek started at the weekend, as usual featuring implausibly complicated murders. That's certainly part of the fun, but working Jonathan Creek into investigating these happenings is getting more and more tangential. The first episode featured a noted skeptic committing suicide after receiving a fax, and his lover receiving messages from beyond the grave for him.
And surely the idea that someone could go through a dictionary actually physically looking for a pin-mark is more than faintly ludicrous. Yes you might speak of picking something by putting a pin in it, but anyone would really use their finger.
I shouldn't get too upset by the ludicrousness I know, but it seems that the series is on a downward trajectory. I did enjoy the idea that Adam Klaus, the magician that Jonathan creates tricks for, was moving into "street magic"! This was sadly spoilt by a ridiculous subplot involving a dwarf minder getting drunk and being swallowed by an escaped python.
I do think that Julia Sawalha's character is too thoroughly dislikeable. She just seems argumentative for its own sake. Why would anyone hang around with her however much they fancy her, as Creek is supposed to?
Posted by adambowie at February 16, 2004 02:03 PM