MIDSOMER MURDERS : S12E4, The Glitch

S12E4, The Glitch, is a fairly fun episode (if you can tolerate the constant chatter about some techno-big business-science-bicycling-conspiracy spoken by everyone, least pleasantly by the jerk with an American accent). There are lovely hillside scenes of wide expansive fields and such. Cully makes a brief but bright appearance as Tom tries unsuccessfully to fix a bike for Joyce and falls flat on his back in doing! Another fun bit is watching Tom speed along in a Ford Escort rally car. Joyce has a feeling that Cully will soon have a baby of her own, and if this is your first time watching the show, you may get excited at this hint of a new Barnaby story-line. We see new Detective Gail shed a few tears as she is first on the scene of one of the murders, and though nowadays we might object to seeing a female portrayed with this soft sensitivity (she also broke down in tears last episode), Barnaby doesn't react as if she is weak, and shows his gentle side once again. The murders and the motive were quite tame by usual Midsomer measures, and it's a cute little show in all.

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