MidSomer Murders – Set 22 (2012/Acorn Blu-ray)
Picture:
A- Sound: B- Extras: C+ Episodes: B+
The
never-ending cases in MidSomer
County continue where
murder is a daily diet and corpses mysteriously appear as common as the rising
sun. As DCI John Barnaby and his partner
DSI Ben Jones always find themselves with another unexplained dead body, and
their most obvious culprit is never what it seems... join them as the find the
clues and secrets to uncover the truth and who is the real murderer.
Though
Tom Barnaby has retired he has been replaced by his cousin John Barnaby (to
Jones disappointment who wanted to become the next Chief), this Set 22 collection moves on as if murder
is as common as tea and gardening in the town and should never faze anyone. Together with DSI Jones, they are the unstoppable
duo of British homicide investigation. Jones does all the leg work, and John does the
thinking. As they discover the next clue
or dead body they find they narrow down their list of suspects, and prove how
did they do it. The must ferret out the
lies between the truths, and bring to light secrets that want to stay hidden.
Along
with a new main character, MidSomer
Murders has changed it's plot in that there is no one single murder or
murderer, nor are the suspects completely innocent. All the suspects are guilty of something to
some degree and hiding something they don't want the public to know, it only a
question of who truly committed murder, who had the motive and the means. This tactic usually confuses the audience to
mislead them to prevent them from discovering the real murderer too early. The HD (and HD shot) picture look as good as
the show has in recent years and lossless Stereo sound has some Pro Logic
surrounds and is well recorded. Extras
include bonus conversations and trailers.
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The Sleeper Under the Hill - A man is found murdered in a
druid circle and the local druids are blamed. But there is a secret treasure
hidden there, who would kill for it?
The Night of the Stag - The beer festival was going so
well until they found a dead man in their vats, the murder is tied into the
secret between traditions of the villages.
A Sacred Trust - A nun is found murdered, and
the local private school misfits blamed, but did they really do it?
A Rare Bird - The wealth, egotistic President
of a bird club is found murdered, nobody seems too upset about it, could one of
his club members be the murderer?
- Ricky Chiang
