Rev. Robin Sage dies after eating a meal prepared by Juliet Spence, an expert herbalist who should know the difference between wild parsnips and deadly hemlock.Rev. Robin Sage dies after eating a meal prepared by Juliet Spence, an expert herbalist who should know the difference between wild parsnips and deadly hemlock.Rev. Robin Sage dies after eating a meal prepared by Juliet Spence, an expert herbalist who should know the difference between wild parsnips and deadly hemlock.
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Barbara Havers: Sir? How much did it cost?
[reaches into handbag]
Thomas Lynley: I don't think we should have this conversation in public.
[leads Havers to his office]
Barbara Havers: I don't believe you! I mean, how could you do that? You totally redecorated my house! I mean, who do you think you are interfering in *my life*?
Thomas Lynley: I didn't mean to upset you. I thought I was helping.
Barbara Havers: Oh! The Eighth Earl of Asherton patronizing the peasants!
[door knocks]
Barbara Havers: Go away!
Thomas Lynley: Come in!
Uniformed Police Officer: [enters and hands a folder to Lynley] You ah, might find these interesting, Sir.
Thomas Lynley: Thanks very much.
Uniformed Police Officer: [Looks at Havers then leaves]
Barbara Havers: Alright, explain. How does letting a bunch of decorators loose in my house help me?
Thomas Lynley: Oh, be honest. You never were going to sell the place until you had done it up and you're paying a mortgage on a flat you're not even living in.
Barbara Havers: That is my business, not yours!
Thomas Lynley: Well, I thought we had forged some sort of bond here, however bizarre! I thought showing some concern was permitted!
Barbara Havers: Concern? This is fascism! I mean, I don't even like Duck White!
Thomas Lynley: Concern because you're sitting night after night avoiding the inevitable. If I never done it, you never would.
Barbara Havers: You patronizing, sanctimonious...! Okay, I have been stalling. I am a coward. Now I'm panicking about leaving because the thought of coming home to nothing is more scary than coming home to a mother who doesn't know who I am. I keep putting off visiting my mum because she doesn't understand that I am dismantling her life and putting it into cardboard boxes. Now that is my problem and I don't need you to show me that I am an inadequate human being!
Thomas Lynley: Alright. What I did was inexcusable. I'm very sorry. But one thing you are not is an inadequate human being.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Playing for the Ashes (2003)
A very good episode, an interesting mystery, set against the most gorgeous backdrop imaginable. The production team made good use of the location, which adds to the story.
It seems obvious who the killer is, but there's a lot more happening than you first think. Best scene I thought was where Havers tells the Mortician exactly what she thinks of him.
Helen is perhaps the only character I find a little little irritating, what does he see in her?
Very good, 8/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Mar 26, 2021