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Poirot is an excellent tv series, with great production values and an outstanding cast.

The only bad thing I can say about it is that I've already seen every episode 5 times, and remember how they all end.

David Suchet is excellent as the refined, French speaking (Walloon) Belgian detective of the title. On all his cases, he is ably assisted by his Watson, Captain Hastings, and his secretary Miss Lemon. The series is set in the thirties, and the characters still carry the scars of the first world war with them, while at the same time omens of the next conflict are ever present. A fourth member of the cast is their modern Art Deco apartment building. The jazzy score gives an extra feeling for the period.

Anyway, if you haven't seen this little gem already, don't miss it. It is as good as Agatha Christie's other detective series Miss Marple, with Joan Hickson.

I literally grew up with Poirot, Sunday nights as a nine and ten year old were all about Poirot, Pistachio nuts, Terry's Pyramint.

The productions evolved over time, the early hour long format episodes were much lighter viewing, over time they became more gritty, more daring. One good example is Series 3's Plymouth Express, a much darker presentation they anything that had gone before. By the time you reach Elephants can remember in Series 13 there was something very dark about the production.

I would imagine it became more difficult for the producers over time, they were able to cherry pick adaptations during the early years, some books were much more suitable to the screen then others, The ABC murders and Death in the Clouds would have been so much easier to work with then say The Big Four or Cards on the Table.

The adaptations remained fairly faithful to the book, there was never a fear of them doing what they did with the Marple series, and transplant Poirot into novels he was never intended to be in, for a good reason each of her works had a certain flavour. A few times changes were made to the books, I can only imagine for good reason, too many characters, budget restraints etc. The Big Four and Appointment with death being altered more then some.

So good was David Suchet in the role, that now when you think of Poirot you see David in your mind. I think it will be a while before someone attempts to remake Poirot for the small screen. David had a lot to live up to, Poirot had hit the big screen, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile had both been huge adaptations, the remakes both compete favourably. Suchet is Poirot.

Characters were switched and added quite a lot, Hastings, Japp and Miss Lemon were often drafted in, but in later years that wasn't the case. It's hardly surprising as each is so enjoyable. Watching them all reunite in 'Lord Edgeware dies' was special.

Generally the productions were very good to excellent, for me at the top of the pile are The ABC Murders, Curtain and Sad Cypress, each are literally flawless. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and The Big Four are two of the relatively few lesser offerings, with the only true misfire being Murder in Mesopotamia.

For years I hoped for the productions to be completed, at times it seemed like they'd never get through them, I'm so glad they did, but I am missing him.

Who knows maybe one day The Monogram Murders will be made, not a Christie story I know, but it would be worth it to see Poirot anew once again. This truly was a fabulous series. 10/0

Reading Christie's Poirot was a great experience for me. But the shear plot and the style of the books written aren't the only reason why I like the Poirot series. It's the atmosphere of the era which was brought to us in a splendid manor. Watching Poirot makes me want to move back 80 years a go, live in Art Deco and ride the famous steam lines from coast to coast.

The cleanliness of the frames, perfection of scenery and the scholar English dialogs really made me enjoy Sunday afternoons. Yes, I know it's an ideogram of times long passed but it still is one of the best portrayed history based motion picture contents.

Also, Poirot shows one particular thing that really was authentic for the time when novels were written - concern for crime and it's impact in society. Today's vision of murder is widely accepted as something normal and common. Watching all sorts of CSI programs made today's environment accept murder as an acceptable category, no matter how sinister, bizarre and pointless it is. Poirot represents a completely different point, showing that a crime was a scarce and socially unacceptable unlike today. By enlightening all the aspects of the crime Poirot makes not only good entertainment, but a conclusion with meaning and a clear message.

Concerning Poirot, I'm sorry about two things - that the world has degraded so much in the last 80 years, and the fact we don't have more good series like Poirot.

10/10

Mystery fans were fortunate in the late 1980s to have no less than 3 definitive television performances to enjoy: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, Joan Hickson as Miss Marple, and David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. Suchet's performance as the fussy little Belgian detective was a joy. Every detail of the character was perfect, from the stilted, pedantic delivery to the exquisitely fastidious grooming. Suchet's skill as an actor was such that he was able to turn a rather flat, implausible character (and even fans of Agatha Christie admit that her characters are pretty two-dimensional) into a complex, eccentric but essentially believable person. Some of the credit for this also goes to the fine writing in the series. The writers were responsible for fleshing out the bare bones provided by Christie's stories, but they did it in such a way that the filmed versions flow naturally and seamlessly. The supporting actors were also very fine, especially Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings - whereas in the stories Hastings, who is usually the narrator, remains a rather sketchy character, here he becomes a genuine person. He is not Poirot's mental equal by any means, but admirable in his sympathy, kindness and general embodiment of Englishness, and we can understand Poirot's affection for Hastings. It's difficult to see how this dramatization can be improved upon.

When I first read the Poirot novels, I tried to imagine this meticulous, egg-shaped headed, impeccably dressed, oiled mustached person who would never exist in real life. It was kind of hard to believe that someone could be so eccentric in nature and yet a person of first class intellect and understanding of the human mind. David Suchet has brought to life what many of the readers would not have been able to portray in their imaginations.

This is an amazing portrayal of a series of novels into a TV series. I still believe that reading a novel beats the television in building the tension and creating the excitement. The cases are still very much interesting!

Watch this series if you like old time mysteries. If the simple country people and their scandals appeal to you. Watch this to see the dedication of a team of people who worked 24 hard years to bring EVERY Poirot case written by Agatha Christie on TV! And finally, watch this to see an amazing actor adroitly performing as arguably one of the most difficult characters created in this genre of fiction.

I am a huge Agatha Christie fan, at 17, and I absolutely love Agatha Christie:Poirot. What I love most about Agatha Christie's books are their clever final solutions and well developed characters. My favourite Poirot book is Death on the Nile, Sleeping Murder for Miss Marple, but my favourite of all the books is And Then There Were None. Back to Agatha Christie:Poirot, the period detail is splendid, with wonderful costumes and sets, and matched with great music. David Suchet is impeccable as Poirot, in my opinion he doesn't just play Poirot, he IS Poirot, just like John Thaw WAS Morse. Don't get me wrong, Peter Ustinov and Albert Finney both gave enjoyable portrayals of the character, but Suchet has something that makes him the best of the Poirots, he not only looks the part, but he brings this sense of humour to the role, and his co-stars were always saying how he was always in character when he put his moustache on. Hugh Fraser is very entertaining as the rather naive Hastings, as is Phillip Jackson as Japp and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon. The scripts are always well written, the stories are intriguing, and the characters fairly complex. Out of all the episodes, which range from good to outstanding, one of my personal favourites has to Five Little Pigs, very haunting and tragic at the same time. It is true that very few of the episodes are completely faithful to the books, but the fact that all the episodes are so well-made and acted, that is forgiven. 10/10 for a wonderful series, one of my favourites along with Inspector Morse and Touch of Frost. Bethany Cox.

Agatha Christie's Poirot is a wonderful and brilliant show that lasted for many years, based on the ingenious tales of murder and mystery by the queen of crime herself, Dame Agatha Christie. David Suchet dissolves into the role of the great eccentric genius, Hercule Poirot, a character previously played on film by Albert Finney and Peter Ustinov. But none were as perfect for this part as David Suchet. And where would a detective be without his loyal companions, Captain Hastings, Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon, all of them delightful and lovable, played by Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson and Pauline Moran respectively. This is definitely British television at its best, and seeing these wonderful and ingenious novels and short stories come to life is really a treat. Different episodes also feature different stellar casts, Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express come to mind. I also have to acknowledge the wonderful score composed by Christopher Gunning, that is really a wonderful tune and sets the tone for a fun time. Even after this show sadly had to end, it will always be re-watched and discovered by new people, and Suchet's performance as Poirot will be cherished and remembered forever.

By the end of the series the character was as perfect as the original stories. Justifiably lauded by the Christie family and critics alike, Mr S delivers a tour de force performance throughout.Some Americans miss the point of AC. She didn't write cuddly thatched, half timbered crime novels like the New England 'Murder She Wrote' stuff. Her's were a dark, chilling reflection on what lurks just below the surface of the English reserve particularly and humanity generally. At the end of each episode you should feel a sense of brilliance mixed with fear & distrust of the person next to you. AND SO YOU SHOULD! TV brilliance at it's best. Watch once a year.

This unforgettable television series, which has spanned almost twenty years, is one of my favorites and one of the best TV series ever, in my opinion. It meticulously adapted all the tales and novels in which Agatha Christie included her most famous character: the infallible Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. There is certainly merit in this character, which undoubtedly contributed to the success and recognition of its creator, one of the most celebrated, read and translated authors of police fiction. And there is certainly merit in this author. Therefore, this series ends up being a well-deserved and just homage to both creator and creation.

We have to stand up and applaud David Suchet's talent. I think its unanimous, he has been the actor who best managed to give life to the Belgian detective, famous for the manias in regard to cleanliness, order, arrangement and refinement. He was Poirot, he became the character. I think for an actor is probably the greatest achievable achievement, redundancies aside. I also enjoyed the appearances of Hugh Fraser (as Captain Hastings), Pauline Moran (as Miss Lemon) and Phillip Jackson (as Chief Inspector Jap). Each contributed in the best way to the success of the series. Each episode adapts a long story or novel by the British author. The screenplays are great, the mood of mystery is very pleasant. The attention to detail, almost perfect costumes and season settings and the surrounding soundtrack help make the series memorable.

As a huge Christie's fan, I welcomed this TV series frantically. I read all of her books more than ten times each. So my review is for her book fans. Not for those who just watch these on TV or videos.

Art and decorations, costumes, castings, everything is beautifully revived, with some effort to put within two hours. My top recommendations are: 1. The Hollow - Almost no changes of characters and settings from the original story. The Actors are very convincing, too. There's a slight change at the ending. 2. One, Two, Buckle my shoe - Also very faithful to the original though the plot was very complicated. With some necessary reductions of side characters. 3.

All other episodes except: 1. Appointment with Death - Totally changed story and cast of characters. Title should be Disappointment with this. Christie would have been raged if she saw this. 2. Dumb Witness - Also I was confused, wondering what am I watching? No settings and affairs are familiar from the Original. 3. Cards on the table - Unnecessary change of murderer at the end. It spoiled the original. I want movies to be faithful to the original story. The series is fulfilling my need and showing some more pictures I couldn't imagine.

Oh i love this series and David Suchet is a genius.i'm so addicted to it that i can't stop watching it,when i put one episode i always have to watch at least one more.I bought the DVD Box Set for my partner as a Christams present cos i know he appreciate this kind of series but i knew nothing about it till i watch it once and now i'm hook up on it.

I live in London and i find fascinating how they really get the period right with all the deco building and the costumes. The acting of course is fantastic with Suchet as the best Poirot ever and fabulous supporting cast from Hastins,Japp and miss Lemon. Overall the best British TV series in a long time.

I've seen several Poirots come and go. Mr. Ustinov, although a wonderful actor with a great personality, never quite captured Mr. Poirot's dainty nature. Mr. Finney, while capturing some of Poirot, came across as much too aggressive, I thought. I love the late Tony Randall, but Poirot? No. David Suchet, to me, completely embodies my idea of Hercule Poirot. Clearly he has this part down to perfection. He never, even for an instant, steps out of character. He even has something of an oval head. Like the late Joan Hickson, Mr. Suchet has turned up in other Christie movies, but I think Mr. Jackson makes a much better Japp. The entire cast works very well together, although in the books we don't get enough Hastings. The staging too, is right on. The clothing, the automobiles, furniture and homes; motorboats. However, the one disappointment for me is that most of these episodes are one hour long and so utterly simplistic in nature that I have the case solved long before even the great Hercule Poirot can get a grasp on them. I enjoy watching them for the atmosphere and the characters, but I'm always left depressed by the simple plots, which I realize, in a short story or film can't get too complicated. For those reasons, I love the Hercule Poirot gang, but I only enjoy those episodes that are adapted from the full-length novels. These have much more complicated plots and give the viewer food for thought as M. Poirot glides smoothly from one suspect to another. I do believe that when Mr. Suchet retires, they should retire the Poirot character. Joan Hickson was the absolute embodiment of Jane Marple. Those who came before her were only so-so and for those who come after, the same. Not that any of them were or are bad, it's just that they're can never be the one and only Jane Marple. One other gripe: The writers really don't have to have M.Poirot refer to the little grey cells in nearly every episode.

David Suchet is absolutely the best Hercule Poirot I have ever seen. He personifies the Hercule in Agatha Christie's books perfectly. Also, Hugh Fraser (Hastings) and Philip Jackson (Japp) play their parts wonderfully. This show has a very good story line and each episode has a baffling mystery. If you are a mystery fan, I recommend this show to you. Make sure you look for it!

This legendary series needs no introduction.

"Agatha Christie's Poirot" shall stand the test of time as one of the leading detective television shows in the history of British TV.

David Suchet shall probably remain the definitive Hercule Poirot - although Peter Ustinov ranks a very close second! It is best to watch this series from near the beginning, so as to witness the evolution of the series.

It is the end of 2013 and on TV, "Poirot" has bid farewell to Hastings with words reflecting on the validity of the criminal methods that he spent his life investigating and of course, the usual chiding of his friend for "lacking the little gray cells". It is a sad moment in the history of television because "Curtain" has closed on one of the most beloved characters and one of the most brilliant series ever made for television.

David Suchet's Poirot has gone down in history as one of the most brilliant and convincing portrayals of any character on screen. His performance supported by convincing performances from Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran and a long list of guest actors factored along with the largely faithful depiction of Christie's novels that never failed to maintain the true spirit of her plots, gave this paradoxically unassuming and self-effacing series (in contrast to its self- congratulatory and arrogant protagonist) a long successful air-life of a quarter century, surviving successfully, based solely on the quality of its programming, for 24 years from 1989 to 2013.

I am reminded of Lord Tennyson's words - "men may come and men may go, but I go on forever." Several series have come and gone since "Poirot" started airing and several with continue to come and go, while Poirot continues to entertain us through repeat airings and DVD sets.

So good, all of it. The sets, actors, clothing, rooms, writing, characters....

I started watching this on Britbox during Covid lockdown. My husband and I became obsessed!! The mysteries are very entertaining, some more than others. The reason we couldn't stop watching is the brilliant, mesmerizing talent of David Suchet. His portrayal is charming and quirky, incredibly nuanced. This is a great series! David Suchet your attention to every detail is genius!! This is a series we will watch and rewatch.

A well made production for Agatha Christie's stories. Love David Suchet. Enjoyed seeing the episode of his time as a police officer. Yes, once he is in normal sturdy walking shoes he walks powerfully and manly. An extremely worthwhile actor to follow- his many awards prove that too.

I have enjoyed all Christie's characters, and learning their nuances. After watching the Marple stories and the struggle at times for a woman and elderly to be respected, it was good to see her character of Hercule not need to struggle with that too. These productions of Agatha's stories do us good. We can learn to be quiet more often and observe- and by that learn much.

I have been an Agatha Christie fan since I began reading her mysteries in the early 1960s while serving in the Army. I thoroughly enjoy great movie mysteries, and saw her early Poirot films that starred Peter Ustinov (Death on the Nile, 1978; Evil Under the Sun, 1982; and four TV films in the 1980s). I don't know if it was the direction or the actor's interpretation of the role, or a combination, but Ustinov's Poirot comes across as flat and ho-hum.

Enter British television and accomplished English actor David Suchet in 1989. I think the TV series and full-length movies about Dame Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot are the best mysteries ever put on film. Suchet's interpretation and portrayal of the character is outstanding. His meticulous study of Christie's sleuth, and the producers' attention to detail and authenticity of settings give viewers a sense that we are living in the time and place and in the company of the "real" sleuth as he solves mysteries that baffle all others.

In its long tenure, the Poirot mysteries have entertained hundreds of millions of people. And, they are likely to do so well into the future. Suchet had a supporting cast of fine actors and characters in many of his Poirot films. Hugh Fraser was his frequent sidekick, Captain Hastings. Philip Jackson was an early skeptic who soon turned friend as Chief Inspector Japp. And Pauline Moran played Hercule's secretary, Miss Lemon.

Everything about the short Belgian "Frenchie" is to like. His appearance and never-changing clothing. His short steps and stiff upright carriage. His fussiness over his appearance. His waxing poetic over a situation. His vanity and ego. His sincere proper manners and comportment. His comfort and reassurance of someone in trouble or hurting. His touch of humor at times with friends, and his failure to see humor when Hastings or Japp think something is funny. His accent and looks of bewilderment when stumped. The determined look when he puzzles through a scheme to trap or uncover the culprit. And his knowing smile when his "little grey cells" begin to unravel the mystery.

I've enjoyed good mysteries all my life, and no doubt I'll continue to enjoy new mysteries in the time ahead. And, of all the mystery writers to date, Agatha Christie remains the best. Of all of her stories, I have only once been able to accurately guess the culprit right up to the end. Her stories don't have gore. They usually are quite simple, albeit with many red herrings. But the solutions require use of the brain and attentiveness. The settings are wonderful. Her's is great entertaining mystery. Hercule Poirot is her most captivating and entertaining sleuth. And, British actor David Suchet brings Poirot to life as the most interesting, intelligent, and beloved sleuth of all time. For all of his years solving crimes in England, he learned and lived English customs. He would have afternoon tea with people he visited. And, I noted in some of his last films, that he had a taste for a tisane. In the middle of the afternoon, he would remind Miss Lemon that it was time for his tisane. Not tea, but a tisane (aka, herbal tea).

Agatha Christie and David Suchet have given us a most memorable character for all time. If ever one needed help with a great mystery, there was one person to seek – Hercule Poirot. He could be found at 568 Whitehaven Mansions, Sandhurst Square, London, W1. Or, one could reach him by telephone at TRA-8137.

Agatha Christie's most famous detective solves cases with stylish panache through the 1930s.

POIROT has much to recommend it, foremost David Suchet's winsome performance of a literary character who can prove annoying. And, of course, it has the breadth of Christie's clever stories and novels.

Here's my problem: I understand fiction, especially novels, must be changed from one medium to another. Occasionally, by TV and movie writers combining characters and trimming subplots, I've seen novels improved.

But, by and large, I like to see novels, especially those I love, conveyed accurately to the screen so I don't have to read them so often.

POIROT alters nearly every Christie story it touched. The makers made wise choices and poor choices.

Sometimes these choices were necessary. Agatha Christie's first Poirot tale takes place at the time of World War One. Her last happens in the 1970s. Over that time period Poirot's society changes to reflect the times when Christie wrote her novels and stories, yet Poirot, already retired when he starts out, chugs along the same for nearly sixty years. To avoid this paradox, apart from a few episodes, all POIROTs take place in a glamorous 1930s milieu. And the series is better for it.

Many of the Poirot short stories are presented as a detective agency with Miss Lemon as his secretary and Poirot is nearly always aided by the loyal and game, if somewhat silly, Hastings (Hugh Frasier, whose delightful characterization owes more to P G Wodehouse than Christie). And nearly always, Inspector Japp is close at hand. Actually, readers of Christie know these things never really converged all at once in so many stories. Too, each story is placed within a framing device that rarely comes directly from Christie.

These are minor quibbles and detract in no way from my enjoyment of POIROT. In fact, in those later episodes where Hastings, Lemon and Japp disappear, I miss them.

And POIROT often gets things right. One of my favorite Poirot stories is the novel PERIL AT END HOUSE. This is also one of my favorite (if not my absolute favorite) POIROT episodes. In fact, I thoroughly enjoy some episodes that have cosmetic changes even when I am a fan of the stories.

But as the series progresses, especially as the hour episodes grow into movies, the TV writers get too big for their britches and make wholesale changes. Some of these are innocuous. Others are absurd, as when (no spoilers, now) the identity of the murderer is changed, or the reason for the murder. One has to keep an eye peeled for those episodes where the alterations are egregious.

And too often unnecassary social commentary is injected. I have a bias against social commentary in art, anyway. I don't need some dumb writer exploiting entertainment to palm off his half-baked political bugaboos on me. I have bugaboos of my own. When I ask a fellow writer what his story is about I expect him to say, "It's about this guy falsely accused of murder on the run from the police and the real killers." Not, "It's about the oppression of the drinking classes" or "It's about the decline of civilization." Christie's books were hardly ever political. She wanted as many readers as she could get regardless of politics. The series should've maintained that stance. I don't take well to political hectoring. Christie belongs to me as much as to them. Why should they have a poetic license to drive me away?

They also coarsen stories, if stories of brutal murders can be coarsened. The otherwise excellent "Sad Cypress" had a bedroom scene tacked on. Why? And in one episode a stoning is included. It doesn't come from Christie. Why is it there? A reviewer in imdb criticizes Christie for it. Yes, if he'd done proper research he'd know he couldn't lay it at her door, but the problem should never have arisen.

I love Christie and I do love POIROT. Often, the series livens dry Q&A material. At other times it takes so many liberties Christie seems irrelevant. Overall, POIROT is a good series, well-acted. But it's not always Christie's Poirot, and it ruined some of my favorite Poirot novels in the transition. Tread warily.

David Suchet is an excellent in his role as Monsieur H. Poirot. He managed to play so well in this film series that every time someone mention Agatha Christie or Poirot - my first thought is related to these series and specifically Mr. Suchet acting.

I shall keep these series for my children one day as I thing they are truly amazing.

Would definitely recommend them to everyone who loves detective stories, has nostalgia to 20's, 30's and even further up to 50's of XX century. To many people the story might be lacking "action" but in fact the genuine spirit of Poirot (said in the books and in the series many times) is the human psychology not the rough power or so popular lately "action".

My recommendation - get yourself a nice glass of brandy and go back to the past where you can see some of the best detective stories every made!

A well made, faithful adaptation of the detective stories of Hercule Poirot. Generally I'd say that each episode is very well cast, especially the early ones, there's some nice art and production design, the majority of the characters come from an upper middle class background, they're bank managers, military officers, actresses, writers, hostesses, sportsman, business men, etc. The settings among the early episodes are often the semidetached newly created suburbs. Period cars dot the roads and the interior set designs often favour an art deco look. Many wealthier families still retain domestic servants, even though this world is fast disappearing and society is changing rapidly. The episodes are often quite slow and deliberately paced, taking their time to tell the stories. Poirot is a very memorable creation, particular, cultured, immaculately groomed, obsessed with fine dining and the pleasures of city life. It may be the 1930s but he still dresses like it's the 1890s in a 3 piece suit, starch collar and bowtie, and a walking cane. There's often a crime within a family, a few suspects, sometimes Poirot is called in to clear a person wrongly arrested and catch the real killer. As the series goes on the body count is often several, but in the early ones it's usually just the one crime. Again the victim is often unlikeable, a bully, hated by many, one or more character may threaten to kill them just before they are knocked off, and no suspect seems to have a good alibi, all seem to be around the crime scene when the killing took place. Poirot is very much an old fashioned detective, relying mostly on noticing details overlooked by others or contradictions in statements given by witnesses. He's not a technophobe though either, happy to use modern cars and telephones if they assist him in his case. Very often lots of the suspects are bad people with guilty secrets, they all lie to Poirot, not because they are the killer but because they are trying to hide other facts. In keeping with the time women wear shorter skirts, shorter hair and so on. While a lot of the episodes are well told, some of them are unnecessarily convoluted and messy, Murder on the Links is like this. The Halloween episode is another weird one, there's a child killer on the lose but nobody really seems at all upset by it, the resolution is just strange. Very often it's about money, the majority of the murders come down to this, money or revenge. Although most murders are probably committed by men, in these stories women make up about 50% of the killers. Occasionally it's even the policeman who did it, these ones always used to annoy me, like you'd been cheated while playing a game, as the rules have been changed. Death by Appointment is a one they really messed up, too much emphasis on the all star cast, far too loud, melodramatic and full of subplots, 2008 was a strange time for British TV. I really like the early ones though, the missing cook, murder in the mews, the King of Clubs. The Christmas episode was also a strong one.

Early on our detective is assisted by an assistant Hastings, a Dr Watson type, who is not quite as committed to the case as our main detective. There's also a secretary, a Mrs Hudson type who manages his diary. While a great character he is not flawless. Egotistical and sometimes open to flattery. As the series goes on, the range is expanded, Hastings is dropped and the locations continually shift from the diversity of stately homes, jazz clubs, swimming pools, golf courses and so on.

The episodes often feature some rather nasty stories, many characters are killed off in horrible ways, characters are stupid and greedy. Many attempt to blackmail the killer and are taken out then themselves. Other characters though are given more of a happy ending, especially in the early seasons.