... and a murder technique out of the old Batman TV series are featured on this episode.
A young magician tries his mentor' s "Death Challenge" in which he has three minutes to escape from his bonds in a crate that is submerged in water. He drowns. At first it all just seems like a terrible accident, but then Quincy does his autopsy and finds signs of a powerful stimulant in the drowned man's system. His widow says that he always took a tranquilizer before a performance, so somebody has switched the drugs to cause the man's death. Then later, the widow says she will attempt the Death Challenge and she almost drowns, only being saved because Quincy is on the set to recognize that she is in trouble. There is also foul play in this performance as well. So who would want to kill these people? Watch and find out.
A better question would be - Why kill these people in such a complicated way? Like in the old Batman TV series, why try to kill Batman with giant man-eating clams when a gun would have done just as well? I guess the reason is that then there would be no complicated mystery to solve.
If you can suspend your beliefs this is a pretty interesting episode, but there is also some pretty cringe-worthy dialogue. It seems that, at this point, this show realizes it is a hit with an older demographic and is working towards keeping that demographic satisfied.
