MIDSOMER MURDERS : The Straw Woman, S7E6

Set in Midsomer Parva, S7E6 was filmed in Turville, Buckinghamshire. Apparently this was meant to be the spooky Halloween-ish episode with its "mysterious whispering," talk of witches, and bodies burnt alive. I did not enjoy it and hoped it'd put itself out of its misery quickly. Other topics included a couple of gay priests, an ex-pornographer defiling an old church as he lay dying with a troubled daughter who lounges in the nude and seduces an unsuspecting man before jokingly placing a severed, bloody pig head on his belly while he slept (drugged by her no less). Yes, utterly pathetic and disgusting episode. Most scenes were filmed in the dark of night, and even in the light of day there were only a few worthy exteriors to enjoy. Still worth a stroll, so scroll through to the end for my commentary.

Commentary:

So, Tom's expression here was the same as mine as I watched the episode...

So after making eyes at yet another female, Dan Scott actually spends time with her (including the night). She's a smart and caring school teacher named Miss Francis. Sadly, Miss Francis is brutally murdered soon after her romp with Dan. Still, there's a bit of a touching moment when one of her students asks Dan if he's "looking for Miss Fisher," and looking forlorn, he replies, "Yeah, I think I was."

Tom tries to give Scott some space by telling Bullard to do a few things that normally would be Scott's job. Still, Tom won't have any nonsense! This is precisely why Tom has told Scott to stop drooling over the witnesses!