They’re fun and light-hearted but there’s no story arc connecting one to the next. Poirot, as a self-appointed task, looks for cases that remind him of his legendary namesake. These 12 stories are linked only by theme. This was probably because it would be the most difficult to make. One by one, the stories were checked off, until only The Labors of Hercules remained. There’d be doubt if the producers would ever film each novel and all the short stories. There’d be gaps between seasons, sometimes lasting for years.
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A run of episodes would show off the short stories, followed by the occasional movie showcasing a novel. If you (unlike me) started watching as soon as episodes began airing, you watched in fits and starts. The novels became full-length films, many of them worthy of theatrical release instead of being mere made-for-TV movies. Over the years, all the short stories were filmed as separate one-hour episodes except for “The Lemesurier Inheritance” (a criminal neglect) and the twelve stories contained within The Labors of Hercules. We met the gang of four stalwart and dopey Captain Hastings, put-upon Inspector Japp, always capable Miss Lemon, and our hero himself, Poirot.
What a long, strange trip it’s been since the Poirot TV series began with The Adventure of the Clapham Cook in 1989. Read more of Teresa’s Agatha Christie movie reviews at Peschel Press.Īlso, follow Teresa’s discussion of these movies on her podcast. It held together well sumptuously acted and shot, and all the plot threads interwove at the climax. There are plenty of references and chunks of plot but turning 12 stories into an 89-minute movie was not possible. Teresa reviews “The Labours of Hercules” (2013) and thought it an excellent adaptation short of a 12-episode series.
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