Jonathan Creek (TV Series) The Curious Tale of Mr Spearfish (1999) User Reviews

It's a decent episode.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 6/10 · 8 May 2020]

Is it possible that after a man has signed a pack with the devil he's given superhuman powers?

It's a good episode, but I'd have to be honest and say it's one of my least favourite stories, I can't even explain why, maybe it's the story, or the tone, or overly bizarre story. The serious side isn't a favourite, the comic side however is, it's funny.

The Adam Klaus sequence is hilarious, the whole setup is a scream, the accusations, the Jury, Griff Rhys Jones as the Solicitor, and of course the wonderful Maxine Peake as the victim, very funny.

6/10.

Disappointing story relying on star quality to save it

[Sir_Oblong_Fitzoblong · 6/10 · 23 April 2021]

This episode neatly highlights the weaknesses of the series and, by omission, the strengths.

The story is beyond far-fetched; the resolution is based on believing the far fetchedness rather than an illumination of some infuriatingly simple logical twist, as in the best episodes; there is little investigation by either Jonathan or Maddy; and very little of the ongoing romantic tension thread save a desperately unfunny gag about a bra.

The Adam sub plot has its moments but palls after a while without the theatre setting.

What we are left with is the appeal of the main characters and a very minimal supply of witty biplay. It is only the quality of Davies and Quentin that makes this one tolerable.

"Mr. Klaus did you hang a flag on it?"

[ygwerin1 · 8/10 · 27 January 2020]

Maddy The Bag Lady The Mistress Manipulatrix Maddy Magellan gets Johnathan Creek's day off to a bad start, by dumping her accumulated bag wash in his place and expecting him to do her laundry.

Maddy invites Johnathan to a dinner party held by people that she is desperate to impress, while there he discovered she had already moved into higher gear in manipulation. Over lunch the hostess greats him as a Jewish gynaecologist, and asks for a consultation over her medical ailment.

Other dinner guests turned out to be a couple who have had a change of fortune, the wife is reticent to discuss matters. But her husband starts on their story by declaring that he had sold his soul to the devil, before describing the tale before the dumbfounded company.

Adam Klaus is in lumber again and Johnathan is as always expected to be on hand to bale him out, this time for alleged shenanigans in a hotel suite? "Mr. Klaus did you hang a flag on it?"

Is Maddy giving clues to her family? "There's no telling what's lurking in my family tree, never know if my father had a name"