Frost investigates two serial criminals preying on senior women, a burglar and a serial killer while working with a beautiful new partner.Frost investigates two serial criminals preying on senior women, a burglar and a serial killer while working with a beautiful new partner.Frost investigates two serial criminals preying on senior women, a burglar and a serial killer while working with a beautiful new partner.
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- TriviaThis episode is based on one of the story lines in the third Frost novel "Night Frost", which was published two years prior shortly before the series began production. It is heavily toned-down compared to the book, in which there were three additional senior citizens killed (although only two by the serial killer; the third is attacked by the house burglar in "self defense" and dies later in hospital, whereas Mrs Haynes is the one who dies later in the show and not immediately as in the book). Frost's partner in the book was D.S. Gilmore, who appeared in the previous series' Not with Kindness (1992) along with most of the novel's other story lines. In this episode he is partnered by D.S. Maureen Lawson in her first of several guest appearances, a new character created specially for the show. D.C.I. Allen is also written-in to the episode as he (as D.I.) was away sick in the book, leaving Frost to investigate basically every crime in Denton.
- GoofsWhen Frost's car is driven by his Detective Sergeant to the launderette, the car is deliberately driven the wrong way down a one-way street. This is something that no police officer would do unless in an emergency.
- Quotes
D.C.I. Allen: [Talking about DS Lawson] She's a good-looker. I hope you don't find yourself tempted.
D.I. Frost: What? Sleep with a junior officer? Gawd dear! Mullet would love that, wouldn't he? Actually, Jim, I've lost the, henh, urge. You know... women. What's that... growin' up or growin' old?
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Not Quite Up to the First Severl
In this episode, it is Frost's task to find a person who has been murdering old women. Not only does he murder them, he maims and destroys their faces. As with other episodes, many red herrings and misleading characters are thrown at us. There is, of course, Mullett's constant attention to Frost's actions, getting in the way of things. Frost has a different partner again, an attractive middle aged woman, who, like so many others, marvels at what he gets away with. The two begin to connect well. This also introduces us to a love interest for the cynical old guy. Perhaps this will add a new dimension to the show. The story, as is often the case, starts out with few clues, other than these women gathered to play Bingo and had frequent rides from various volunteers. I think that the obvious choice of the culprit sort of diminishes its overall effect.
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- Hitchcoc
- Sep 8, 2015
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