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Midsomer Murders: The Animal Within (2007)
Unsettling
After almost 2 years of no MM on American TV, I was excited to get my first episode (The Animal Within) thru Netflix. I was somewhat troubled, however, by the implication that humanitarian contributions of the killer's mother as a missionary were basically negated by revelations of her youthful indiscretions which were induced and exploited by the despicable Rex. People can and do change for the better, unlike unrepentant characters such as Rex and Miles. (I know from my older siblings that the father I knew was not the same father they knew because he did a 180 when I was born and was a changed person.) I can certainly understand the reaction of the son upon learning of his mother's sordid past as gleefully told to him by the manipulative Rex who obviously reveled in destroying the mother's earned reputation, not to mention the son's overly-pure image of his mother. The son's violent reaction unfortunately resulted in death and cover-up, although I never felt sorry for the demise of the perverted Rex. The subsequent murders seemed to be rather gratuitous, but then it wouldn't be MM without multiple murders!