Midsomer Murders: The Made-to-Measure Murders starts in the village of Milton Cross as tailor Gerald Woodley (Nigel Williams) suffers a heart attack & dies while gardening, Gerald leaves behind his wife Sonia (Maureen Beattie) & son Luke (Karl Davies) who inherit the family shop. Jumpr forward two years & it's the second anniversary of Gerald's death, his widow Sonia is very anxious & very worried, Luke feels his mother is still grieving while other's suspect there may be something else to her current state. Sonia talks to Reverend Moreland (Nicholas Jones) & admits she wants to confess something later that night but Sonia never gets the chance as she is found murdered the next day, DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) & DS Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) are on the case...
Episode 2 from season 13 this Midsomer Murders mystery was directed by Peter Smith & is certainly one of the weaker episodes that I can remember, as a series Midsomer Murders really does seem to be running out of steam & maybe it's no surprise that John Nettles has decided to call it a day as season thirteen will be his last as he quits the show. The other comments (at the time of writing) have made some good points, why was Sonia Woodley so upset, nervous & anxious about a love letter that had absolutely nothing to do with her? Is an affair such a grievous crime in the 21st century? Would anyone really be that shocked to learn of an affair? Would anyone really be bothered if they were exposed as having an affair? The killer seems to think it's some massive sin & that they had to pray in a candlelit crypt, so if having an affair is such a sin (why have one in the first place anyway?) what is slicing someone's throat with a pair of shears? Is that not a sin? Is being found out having an affair worth murdering two people for? The motives are sloppy & there's not enough reasoning behind them. At 90 odd minutes long there's plenty of talk & exposition, the story is average at best & a fairly weak revelation don't help. There are much better episode you can watch.
We have seen it before as Barnaby is supposed to be some great guy but why is it OK for him to overlook a crime (in this case a possible case of manslaughter) because it conflicts with his moral sensibilities? Basically by overlooking Gerald's death as a possible murder Barnaby is saying it's OK in certain moral circumstances? There are two murders in this one, neither are that memorable though. The acting is fine, this is the first Midsomer Murders episode in a while not to feature WPC Gail Stephens.
The Made-to-Measure Murders isn't anything that great, in fact it's fairly weak even by this show's declining standards. There was a time when I used to look forward to new episodes of Midsomer Murders & enjoy watching older ones, not anymore unfortunately.
Episode 2 from season 13 this Midsomer Murders mystery was directed by Peter Smith & is certainly one of the weaker episodes that I can remember, as a series Midsomer Murders really does seem to be running out of steam & maybe it's no surprise that John Nettles has decided to call it a day as season thirteen will be his last as he quits the show. The other comments (at the time of writing) have made some good points, why was Sonia Woodley so upset, nervous & anxious about a love letter that had absolutely nothing to do with her? Is an affair such a grievous crime in the 21st century? Would anyone really be that shocked to learn of an affair? Would anyone really be bothered if they were exposed as having an affair? The killer seems to think it's some massive sin & that they had to pray in a candlelit crypt, so if having an affair is such a sin (why have one in the first place anyway?) what is slicing someone's throat with a pair of shears? Is that not a sin? Is being found out having an affair worth murdering two people for? The motives are sloppy & there's not enough reasoning behind them. At 90 odd minutes long there's plenty of talk & exposition, the story is average at best & a fairly weak revelation don't help. There are much better episode you can watch.
We have seen it before as Barnaby is supposed to be some great guy but why is it OK for him to overlook a crime (in this case a possible case of manslaughter) because it conflicts with his moral sensibilities? Basically by overlooking Gerald's death as a possible murder Barnaby is saying it's OK in certain moral circumstances? There are two murders in this one, neither are that memorable though. The acting is fine, this is the first Midsomer Murders episode in a while not to feature WPC Gail Stephens.
The Made-to-Measure Murders isn't anything that great, in fact it's fairly weak even by this show's declining standards. There was a time when I used to look forward to new episodes of Midsomer Murders & enjoy watching older ones, not anymore unfortunately.