Agatha Christie: Poirot - Season 1 (1989) (season)
Directed by:
Edward BennettScreenplay:
Michael BakerCinematography:
Ivan StrasburgComposer:
Christopher GunningCast:
David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, Suzanne Burden, Nicholas Pritchard, Robert Hines, Amanda Elwes, Josie Lawrence, Susan Porrett (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Poirot is bored - he hasn't had a case to probe for weeks. Hastings' bid to cheer his friend backfires when Poirot fails to correctly guess the murderer in the West End play they go to see, but life for the Belgian super sleuth is never quiet for long. No sooner has a new tenant moved into the third floor flat of Poirot's mansion block than she is murdered, giving Poirot a crime to solve on his very own doorstep. (iTunes)
(more)Reviews (2)
It seems innocent at first, but then it develops into a very interesting detective case that I enjoyed from the beginning to the end. It's the kind of case where you simply have to know how everything happened and why, even though you basically don't have the opportunity to uncover the murderer's identity, just like Poirot did not in the play. Out of the first five parts, this one entertained me the most.
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The biggest problem with The Third Floor Flat is that the viewer has almost no chance to participate in the search for the perpetrator, as Poirot manages to uncover him within a few minutes and almost half of the running time consists of a chase between the police and the criminal on the run, which is unusual in this series, but I prefer cases that keep me in suspense until the final minutes.
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