Neil Dudgeon was better in this episode as Barnaby's cousin and replacement, but I still miss John Nettles and Barnaby's wife and daughter. Luckily, we still have Jones (Jason Hughes) who is hilarious and keeps things moving.
You can call just about any episode Dark Secrets, but in this one, they weren't kidding. In the opening scene, done in black and white to indicate it's in the past, we see a couple banished from a home and driving off. The car winds up in the water, and the people are believed drowned.
In the present, a social services officer is unsuccessful in seeing William and Mary Bingham, an elderly couple, and after having another problem, he complains to Barnaby. Two days later, he is found dead.
It doesn't take Barnaby and Jones long to figure out, via village gossip, that this murder is somehow tied to the Binghams' ousting of their son and daughter in the past, and they set off investigating. It's not easy to find the paperwork, but when he does, Barnaby finds out there was only one autopsy - the woman's body was never found.
Guilt enters the picture, and as a result, there will be one more murder.
I thought this was a very good episode. Midsomer Murders over the years have had their denouements based on past secrets, often of a sexual nature. This one didn't deviate from the pattern, but it was still good.
I'm sure Neil Dudgeon will grow on me, but the show will never be the same. You can't watch someone for fourteen years and just accept another lead. I can't, anyway.
You can call just about any episode Dark Secrets, but in this one, they weren't kidding. In the opening scene, done in black and white to indicate it's in the past, we see a couple banished from a home and driving off. The car winds up in the water, and the people are believed drowned.
In the present, a social services officer is unsuccessful in seeing William and Mary Bingham, an elderly couple, and after having another problem, he complains to Barnaby. Two days later, he is found dead.
It doesn't take Barnaby and Jones long to figure out, via village gossip, that this murder is somehow tied to the Binghams' ousting of their son and daughter in the past, and they set off investigating. It's not easy to find the paperwork, but when he does, Barnaby finds out there was only one autopsy - the woman's body was never found.
Guilt enters the picture, and as a result, there will be one more murder.
I thought this was a very good episode. Midsomer Murders over the years have had their denouements based on past secrets, often of a sexual nature. This one didn't deviate from the pattern, but it was still good.
I'm sure Neil Dudgeon will grow on me, but the show will never be the same. You can't watch someone for fourteen years and just accept another lead. I can't, anyway.