This is episode one of a three part adaptation of a Poirot novel that I like a lot, Peril at End House. Mabel and Oliver are back with Hastings & Poirot after their vacation with Miss Marple. They’re now taking a vacation with Poirot. I mean, Mabel’s got the job anyone would want, I’ll tell you that. But then, after a chance encounter, Poirot begins to believe that someone wants glamorous young heiress Nick Buckley dead. Meanwhile, a daredevil pilot named Michael Seton has disappeared while attempting to break a world record in flying. What do these two things have to do with each other? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see. This episode does a good job at introducing all the characters and I particularly liked the artful way it wove in the Seton subplot. Like I said, this is a particularly fine novel and it looks like this series is well on its way to giving it a particularly fine adaptation. 3 ½ stars.
tl;dr – a particularly fine novel starts to get the anime treatment in this kick-off to a three part series; the show is doing a great job so far. 3 ½ stars.
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