After acquiring an old clock in in a trade with another dealer, Lovejoy finds some priceless love letters from the Napoleonic era.After acquiring an old clock in in a trade with another dealer, Lovejoy finds some priceless love letters from the Napoleonic era.After acquiring an old clock in in a trade with another dealer, Lovejoy finds some priceless love letters from the Napoleonic era.
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- TriviaLovejoy refers to cocaine as "Rich man's sherbet" and "Columbian marching powder."
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Eric Catchpole: [In the car] We shouldn't be out in the country piddling around like this. We should be back home trying to make a dishonest living.
Lovejoy: [Getting out of the car] Eric, do you ever get the feeling you've been someplace before?
Eric Catchpole: Yeah, I went to this Judas Priest concert last year, and I thought, 'Eric, you've been here before.'
Lovejoy: Just deja vu.
Eric Catchpole: Well, not really. I'd been to see Iron Maiden there the month before.
Lovejoy: If you're not careful, Eric, you'll end up in one of those camps.
Eric Catchpole: What camps?
Lovejoy: Those internment camps they have for Heavy Metal freaks on Foulness Island.
- ConnectionsReferences This Gun for Hire (1942)
The March of Time may not be the best episode, but it's still an enjoyable, worthwhile experience. The plot is nothing to write home about - there's not much danger, there's no murder to solve, and the story of the letters isn't as exciting as something like treasure buried under an abbey. But watching Lovejoy and the sheer pleasure we see on his face as he reads the letters gives as much insight to Lovejoy, the character, as anything we've seen so far. When Lovejoy initially finds the letters, you can see the dollar signs in his eyes. When he meets their rightful owner, the devastatingly (as Lovejoy describes her) beautiful Sophy, we can see something else in his eyes. But in the end, Lovejoy's love for antiques and doing what's right wins out and Lovejoy sacrifices money and his shot with Sophy to see the letters made whole.
6/10
- bensonmum2
- Nov 4, 2019