Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (TV Series) Best Beware My Sting (2020) User Reviews

The high standard of this third series remains.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 7/10 · 11 February 2020]

It's another light hearted case for the duo, this is another intriguing mystery, it takes you right to the wire to learn exactly what has happened.

Kate Minola is fighting for Social Justice with her group Mortal Coil against her father, boss of Minola Energy, a firm set to start fracking. Kate is caught breaking in causing damage to the business, so is placed under house arrest. In the meantime Bianca and her new husband are kidnapped, Kate is blamed.

Very enjoyable, I thought the tone of this episode was spot on. 7/10

Kiss Me Kate...

[volare12 · 8/10 · 27 August 2022]

"Best Beware My Sting" is a good S & H episode, but I am a bit surprised at the description of it as "lighthearted" and "fun" in a few reviews - I wouldn't characterize it as such. It begins typically enough for the series, with Frank and Lu being hired by corporate bigwig Gordon Minola to prevent the radical environmentalist group Mortal Coil, of which his older daughter Kate is a key member, from undermining his efforts to get a fracking contract for his energy company. Minola also wants the detectives to ensure that nothing sabotages the imminent wedding of his younger daughter Bianca to her wealthy fiancé Lucas de Boulay. There are laughs to be had, true, from the difficulty everyone experiences in trying to wrangle firebrand Kate, whose go-to move when she's angry is to throw things at people's heads. A verbal exchange through a glass window between Frank and Bianca's ex-boyfriend Rufus also affords some goofiness, but the story turns dark quickly, with a kidnapping and then a murder figuring into the plot. Suspicion points in various directions, but as it turns out, the person behind it all is truly a cold-blooded sociopath of a type not often encountered on the show.

There are good guest acting performances all around, particularly from Caitlin Drabble, Lucy Pearson and Tim Renouf. The storyline has a lot going on, which results in it feeling rushed in certain areas: the kidnapping and its subsequent resolution could have been given more weight visually and dramatically, and we should have seen more of the murder victim before the character's demise. I agree with the reviewer who pointed out that Bard aficionado Sebastian would surely have commented on the two sisters' names at some point - the writer missed an opportunity there, but gets points for a reference to a nearby location called "Shrew's Croft".

Overall I would say this episode has a slightly more serious feel than usual for this show, but that's not a bad thing at all.

Sebastian

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 19 March 2020]

Frank and Luella have been hired by a Fracking businessman to keep an eye on his wayward daughter Kate. She is involved in an environmentalist group called Mortal Coil.

The group have been a thorn with his Fracking activities.

This is a turbulent time as his youngest daughter Bianca is due to get married.

After the wedding the bride and groom go missing and Mortal Coil look to be involved.

Kate proves to be handful for both Frank and Luella. Sebastian goes undercover with Mortal Coil and comes back not smelling of roses.

For a comedy drama, the murderer revealed themselves to be rather vile and obnoxious.

A very good mystery as Frank and Luella go through the various suspects and come to a shocking conclusion.

A twist in the tale, and all credit to the uncredited actors Aftab Hussain, Enzo Iantosca, Jenny Kent, Jayne Smith, Kevin Tran and Nick Owenford

[safenoe · 7/10 · 10 December 2020]

Here the murderer is revealed at the very end, and it's quite gruesome the motives. I guess that what gives Shakespeare and Hathaway its sting. Anyway, themes of fracking, enviromentalism, wealth and weddings run through this episode. Maybe I watch too much TV, but one must give credit to the uncredited actors, because without them the episode would lack the icing. According to IMDb, the uncredited actors in this episode are Aftab Hussain and Enzo Iantosca (Wedding Photographers), Jenny Kent, Jayne Smith and Kevin Tran (Wedding Guests) and Nick Owenford (Undertaker).

Loved This Episode - One of the Best

[vintagegeek · 10/10 · 2 August 2020]

This was a fun who dun it episode. Lots of great banter, quick pace, and kept you debating who is really behind the events. Great twist at the end. The antics of the younger daughter with Lu and Frank are priceless.

Sebastian -- inconsistent

[rg13-159-224311 · 5/10 · 30 October 2020]

One of the charms of the series is the references to Shakespeare's plays. Sebastian, a Shakespeare fanatic, always finds these instances exciting. But how on earth can we believe that Sebastian wouldn't have whooped it up when he heard a client's daughters were named Kate and Bianca? Oh, come on! That's bad writing.