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I quite enjoy this episode, I can see from other reviewers that it isn't popular, and I can understand why, but I liked it, it is certainly different, they changed the format, and made this one a little different.

Here we get to see the crime first, which is unique, and we get to see Jonathan put the pieces together and solve it, not such a mystery, more a howdunnit.

Juno Pirelli is a cracking character, she's one you feel incredibly sorry for, she's talented, she's very likeable.

Sharon is absurd, as are her children, the Sherlock references are very funny, and doesn't he look like a young David Tennant?

The ending comes as a shock.

Better than you think. 7/10.

I was extremely eager to watch this as I have been a huge Jonathan Creek fan for the longest time. The first couple of seasons were brilliant in creating and solidifying the character that is Jonathan Creek. They served to tell a tale thoughtfully, intricately and in a way that left you eager to tune in next week for more.

Sadly, this is nothing like the previous episodes. It isn't even a shade. Whereas in every Jonathan Creek episode to date, the resolve has been at the end of the episode, the murderer and crime is given away within the first twenty minutes here. I sat there wondering what arcing storyline would emerge that would lead to the 'real mystery' but there wasn't one. There was no tension. There was no mystery. What the hell is this - Columbo?

This whole episode is one big mess of poorly written, badly cobbled together mini- plots which come together in the worst manner imaginable. There is next to no character development throughout which makes the final few scenes almost painfully hard to watch as we have to emotional attachment to the people who are being described.

The chemistry between Davies and Quentin (or later Sawalha and Smith) is non existent. I understand that Jonathan has grown older and matured and his life is supposed to reflect these changes but Jonathan's wife is a bland, boring character who brings nothing to the plate and pretty much just serves to pad the script to the 60 minute mark.

It's just sad that this series has been brought back to such poor standards. Jonathan Creek was expertly written and put together for the most part, this is the work of a group of people who either have never watched the series or people who are simply writing to a contractual obligation i.e. WATER IT DOWN.

And that's what this is in a nutshell. A watered down, easily digestible version of the real thing. Extremely disappointed.

Oh dear. Where to start? Firstly, I applaud them for trying something different, but it didn't come off. I understand a lot of the humour was supposed to come from the hapless Sherlock Holmes character coming up with his outlandish theories, (and yes, he does look remarkably like a young David Tennant), but as Jonathan never got to publicly debunk his theory, what was the point?

Much of the pleasure of watching Jonathan Creek was in trying to figure out how something might have happened, all of that fun was taken away when we were shown the sequence of events unfold at the beginning.

The subplot of the disappearing ashes went nowhere - a waste of Paula Wilcox's talent. Even worse was the other subplot about the love letters, there was no actual mystery for Jonathan to solve.

This is not the JC I know and love, they have neutered him by making him more mature and teaming him up with a woman who brings absolutely nothing to the show. I've seen rocks with more life in them. Maddie, Carla and Joey all had an energy about them which is sadly lacking in Polly. Are we really supposed to believe he was attracted to her? There's absolutely no chemistry between them.

I'm half wishing they hadn't bothered to bring it back, as this diminishes my memories of a once great show. Even worse was to follow.

Jonathan Creek was one of my favourite programmes, certainly for the first three series.However, if I had been unfortunate enough to have seen this particular episode first, I would very likely never have watched another. It was, quite simply, dreadful. Annoying characters, a quite incomprehensible storyline with bits hanging off it like debris trailing from an itinerant's cart, and no chemistry whatever between Jonathan and his *wife*.I won't even bother to try to explain the *mystery* as if you bother to watch it, you'll be able to solve it in about 2 minutes flat. I've given it one star, which I think is generous. Take my advice - watch the early series and be grateful for the banter between Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin. Give this one a very, very wide berth.

If you've never seen a Jonathan Creek episode before you're left with a competent but not really exciting mystery that would have suited "Midsummer Murder" better than the original series.

If you're in for another pleasant meeting with Jonathan Creek you're in for a less pleasant experience. The originals series were a heady mix of outrageous crimes and a brilliant magician's solutions. Never mind the improbabilities, it was pure fun, something the present (2014) series utterly lacks. This series have no real mysteries, and certainly no magic.

Series 5 are three episodes on a single disk, also a sign on the wall; The Letters of Septimus No one, The Sinner and the Sandman, and The Curse of the Bronze Lamp.

I LOVED this from the beginning, and have "hung on" this long, but it has become like fingernails on a chalkboard, irritating as HELL!!! So, I have pressed on to complete it.

The series lost the fun and appeal when they kept trying to pair him with all of those people who DID NOT fit in. Especially that annoying Joey, just WHY?!?!??!

It is understandable that characters age/change, but there was NO reason whatsoever for Polly! Her insertion into all of this was just WEIRD. She DID NOT belong.

I almost hate that it came to an end, but it was apparent that the writers ran out of good ideas and material...

Alan Davies is an enjoyable actor; I will seek out other shows/movies with him.