Astrid et Raphaëlle (TV Series) L'étourneau (2021) User Reviews

A welcome return but dissapointing ending.

[potaytoes69 · 5/10 · 1 April 2023]

It's good to be back with the team. The season starts with an intriguing mystery. How was somebody murdered in a room full of people while nobody noticed?

After plodding along with a few red herrings and the theme of magic and sleight of hand being a clue, the murderer is finally revealed. Unfortunately they forget to actually tell the viewer how it was done. Which is surely the point of the mystery? How did they pull off the murder? What a dissapointing end to a promising start.

Here's hoping for better episodes to come because I'd really been looking forward to this season as it's a great show.

Very confusing, que diable?

[Obiegray · 5/10 · 28 July 2023]

I absolutely love this series, especially because I work with Neurodivergent/atypical people as a therapist, and really appreciate how the show goes to special lengths to educate the public with appropriate and accurate information, not just scientifically, but realistically. However, all that being said, I am so confused, and am on the side of the other one person who has so far reviewed this episode, why were we never shown how the crime was committed, and exactly by whom!? Did the editor somehow accidentally remove the most important part of a mystery, namely, whodunnit, and how? One of the main themes was the idea of magical misdirection, and, although the team seem to have correctly ascertained that this was the case, it was never shown to the viewer exactly how the crime was committed and who did it and what will happen to them? Very very disappointing!! Where is the quality control? This is so odd, this is a first for me, and having watched all kinds of crime series for years. I can only give this a hesitating five.