As I have told before, the tenth season of "Midsomer Murders" has never been one of my favorites of the series. Even though the 10th season is watchable, it's very inconsistent. "Dance with the Dead", "King's Crystal" and "The Axeman Cometh" are fine in my opinion and only "The Animal Within" being a very good one. "Death and Dust" is not a great episode, when it comes to "Midsomer Murders", but is a solid one indeed.
Let's start with the good aspects first.
. The production values of the episode are great as usual for the series. "Death and Dust" is beautifully directed (the Welsh countryside is breath-taking) and the music fits the scenery. The acting's passable too. Particularly from David Yelland.
. The mystery is intriguing, the story is filled with wry humor and there are some good twists here and there. The ending (with Bryn turning out to be the killer) was very suspenseful.
But....
. There could have been more twists and even murders in the mystery. "Death and Dust" only has one death in it and because of that the story feels too straight-forward at times.
. Also, the pacing could have been better as well. The mystery dragged quite a bit in the middle.
Overall, good, but not great.
7/10 HK.
Let's start with the good aspects first.
. The production values of the episode are great as usual for the series. "Death and Dust" is beautifully directed (the Welsh countryside is breath-taking) and the music fits the scenery. The acting's passable too. Particularly from David Yelland.
. The mystery is intriguing, the story is filled with wry humor and there are some good twists here and there. The ending (with Bryn turning out to be the killer) was very suspenseful.
But....
. There could have been more twists and even murders in the mystery. "Death and Dust" only has one death in it and because of that the story feels too straight-forward at times.
. Also, the pacing could have been better as well. The mystery dragged quite a bit in the middle.
Overall, good, but not great.
7/10 HK.