Thriller: The Carnation Killer (1973)
Season 1, Episode 5
5/10
Are British police this idiotic?
8 October 2014
Warning: Spoilers
I recently started watching some of these episodes and although they are pretty good, they lack any real logic.

This one seems good on the onset, but is so full of mistakes that it's hard to overlook them.

For example, who would send a woman out to meet a person she's never met in order to give him $40,000 in cash and then allow her to give it to him without checking his ID? Anyone could put a red carnation on their lapel, and as it turns out she picked the wrong person.

I know the story wouldn't work without this mistake, but it's still a glaring overlook.

I admit it's similar to Psycho in some ways, but almost in reverse. We don't know the lady is **SPOILER** planning to steal the money at the beginning, unlike Psycho where you know she's stealing but don't know what she's going to encounter.

The police detectives were complete morons. Why not go straight to the house where they were going and go inside. Instead, the officer shows up and then says it looks abandoned and leaves. Is he that stupid? Or is it laziness?

And not to nitpick too much, but how could a newspaper that a lady picks up to read have the headlines on the back page instead of the front. It's folded with the front page going the wrong way. Was I the only one who noticed that error? Anyway, it was a pretty good episode, though I wouldn't want to watch any of these again. They're long and not very original. I'll try a few more, but I'm not optimistic.
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