As to be expected in this series, the photography and production values (the bazaar scenes are especially interesting) are excellent. The setting on a cruise ship voyaging around Egypt is also pleasing to watch. Unfortunately, most of the characters excepting Poirot and Hastings are either boring, annoying or unlikeable. The two "silly" girls are annoying, the suburban couple and henpecked husband are boring, and the very disagreeable and arrogant murder victim is unlikeable (which is as it should be in a mystery). The suspects include native hawkers of doodads but every suspect seems to have an iron clad alibi. As another reviewer has said, it's pretty easy to figure out who the culprit is but Poirot's method of publicly identifying this person was clever and interesting. Aside from the bazaar shopping scene, my favorite bit in the show was an older woman singing a music hall number about the army as entertainment for passengers and Hastings' annoyance with the number. While this is a lesser entry in the series it was still worthwhile and fun to watch.
Review of Problem at Sea
