Dead Man's Eleven
- Episode aired Sep 12, 1999
- TV-14
- 1h 39m
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Fletcher's Cross is preparing for annual cricket match when the wife of local landowner and cricket captain is murdered after taking dog for a walk.Fletcher's Cross is preparing for annual cricket match when the wife of local landowner and cricket captain is murdered after taking dog for a walk.Fletcher's Cross is preparing for annual cricket match when the wife of local landowner and cricket captain is murdered after taking dog for a walk.
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- Patricia Smith
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- TriviaRobert Hardy's character Robert Cavendish celebrates his 60th birthday in this episode whilst Robert Hardy was at the time 73.
- GoofsWhen Cavendish is showing the detectives his collection of German military memorabilia, he produces a medal which he refers to as the 'Iron Cross First Class'. As can be seen from the ribbon, it is in fact an even higher award, the Knight's Cross, with the further distinction of oak leaves. No serious collector (as Cavendish is apparently supposed to be) would make such an elementary mistake - it would be almost as bad as getting the denomination wrong on a coin or a stamp.
- Quotes
DCI Tom Barnaby: Every time I go into any Midsomer village, it's always the same thing: blackmail, sexual deviancy, suicide, and murder. How could you possibly expect me to go and live in one of them?
- ConnectionsReferences Ocean's Eleven (1960)
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Vengeful murders, dishonest people
This episode was interesting. As usual Christians are given roles that portray us as bad people and religion is emphasized. It has the Coopers that "say" they are Christians talk about the "Bible, Sweet Jesus" and more with outrageous behavior. The Coopers serve in the church, talk about sin and yet they are the worst couple in the episode. The man punishes and hurts his wife when she tells him she sins and wants to be hurt by him, it's like a game. This sadistic behavior is part of their sexual foreplay.
The Cooper had sex near the quarry where an explosion took place years before and tell Barnaby they were "meditating" and saw a woman fall to her death. They lied about the cause of her fall. Mrs Cooper thinks it is okay to sin when Barnaby confronts hers. She says that is why Christ came into this world. Barnaby straightens her out and says Jesus came "to call people to repent Mrs Cooper I think that is a word that is alien to you." Barnaby continues on about the couple's behavior who left a dying woman not dead and waited along time before they called the police.
Two women are dead in the quarry. One woman have fallen to her death. The Coopers did not tell the police the truth. Then the owner of the quarry's young wife was beaten to death with a cricket racquet. There is also Jennings a young man from the episode before who was caught sleeping with Mr Eastman for money. Jennings knows who the killer is, sends a blackmail letter and ends up dead.
A lot is focused on cricket and too much on Barnaby wife who wants to move to this area but after all this changed her mind. Some other nonsense about a protesters who are walkers who want to walk a certain path which causes anger among people. Barnaby explains to Troy how he comes to his conclusions about who the murder/murders are and why. Very good summation.
The Cooper had sex near the quarry where an explosion took place years before and tell Barnaby they were "meditating" and saw a woman fall to her death. They lied about the cause of her fall. Mrs Cooper thinks it is okay to sin when Barnaby confronts hers. She says that is why Christ came into this world. Barnaby straightens her out and says Jesus came "to call people to repent Mrs Cooper I think that is a word that is alien to you." Barnaby continues on about the couple's behavior who left a dying woman not dead and waited along time before they called the police.
Two women are dead in the quarry. One woman have fallen to her death. The Coopers did not tell the police the truth. Then the owner of the quarry's young wife was beaten to death with a cricket racquet. There is also Jennings a young man from the episode before who was caught sleeping with Mr Eastman for money. Jennings knows who the killer is, sends a blackmail letter and ends up dead.
A lot is focused on cricket and too much on Barnaby wife who wants to move to this area but after all this changed her mind. Some other nonsense about a protesters who are walkers who want to walk a certain path which causes anger among people. Barnaby explains to Troy how he comes to his conclusions about who the murder/murders are and why. Very good summation.
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