S18.E3

Breaking the Chain

Episode aired Jan 27, 2016
TV-14
1h 29m

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Sophia Di Martino, Gwilym Lee, Ben Lamb, Olivia Vinall, and Tom York in Midsomer Murders (1997)

Cyclist Greg Eddon is murdered after winning the local leg of a national race, beating team mate Mitch McCordell at the last minute.Cyclist Greg Eddon is murdered after winning the local leg of a national race, beating team mate Mitch McCordell at the last minute.Cyclist Greg Eddon is murdered after winning the local leg of a national race, beating team mate Mitch McCordell at the last minute.

Director
- Rob Evans
Writers
- Chris Murray
- Caroline Graham
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6.7/10

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Director
- Rob Evans
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- Chris Murray
- Caroline Graham
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Trivia
The modernist house in which Lamerat lives is used again in series 19's 'Death by Persuasion'. The decor is slightly changed but the same iconic Mies Van Der Rohe chair is clearly seen in both episodes.

Goofs
Barnaby tells someone that a recorded confession cannot be used because it constitutes entrapment, but this is not what entrapment means. Entrapment occurs when a law official encourages someone to break the law, not when they secretly record a confession. It is true that secret recordings by legal officials are also frowned upon in some (but by no means all) jurisdictions, but in this case the recorder was not a legal official, so the recording would most likely have been admissible.

Quotes
Gerry Bleacher: [to bar owners Jez and Mary, while a bicycling race is broadcast on the big TV] There's wrestling on the other side. Do we have to watch this rubbish?
Mary Appleton: [seeing Jez smile] Don't encourage him, love.

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Main Theme
Composed by Jim Parker
Theremin played by Celia Sheen

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5/10

The duff of the series.

I've enjoyed this Series quite a lot, it's been better overall then the last few, however....Breaking the Chain was a pretty poor effort, the story wasn't the best, the murder(s) were rather silly and a tad on the boring side. I also felt that the writers cheated a bit, we weren't given the full story.

It has been a good few years since Tessa Peake Jones appeared in a Midsomer Murders, Faithful until Death, but what a contrast in two episodes, back then the characters were so big and well drawn, as good as she is, she just felt a little flat in this one, as did Joe McGann. Maybe the writing wasn't up to scratch.

I struggled with Barnaby and Nelson in this episode, somehow they didn't feel like a double act, new pathologist Doctor Karimore was also poorly written for.

Sadly a bit of a yawn fest, 5/10