In this episode of the classic Inspector Morse series, our eponymous hero is after a satanic murderer with a long rap sheet of various depraved…
CIPC #410: Der Alte S30, Teufelsbrut
When we previously talked about Der Alte, it was considerably older but the old one in question was considerably younger. For the first one hundred…
CIPC #407: Banacek S2 E1, No stone unturned
There will be no Best of/Worst of list this year, for the simple but compelling reason that I don’t feel like making one. Instead, we’ll…
CIPC #396: Seinfeld S9 E16, The burning
Seinfeld is one the most beloved and popular sitcoms of all time and, judging from this single episode, that seems justified. The plot is admittedly…
CIPC #393: Monsters S3 E15, The space eaters
Last time we met with Monsters,1 there was a man looking for his daughter in an art gallery were a rather disturbing portrait of her…
CIPC #392: The Dick Van Dyke show S1E18, Who owes who what?
The Dick Van Dyke show is, despite the suspicious spelling of the main character’s last name, one of the most highly acclaimed and popular sitcoms…
CIPC #390: Der Alte E244, Drei Schüße ins Herz
Midsomer murders, probably the most frequent subject of our derision, has been running for almost three decades and there have been, at the time of…
CIPC #389: The boy in the plastic bubble
Before Saturday night fever, before Grease, and only a couple of days after Carrie hit theatres, John Travolta had already been the star in his…
CIPC #387: Lewis S6 E3, Fearful symmetry
Yadda yadda detective yadda yadda Lewis. Look, we don’t have time for this. There’s far too much to talk about here, because one of the…
CIPC #383: The inspector Alleyn mysteries S2E2, Dead water
The inspector Alleyn mysteries ran only very briefly, for a mere nine episodes. Yet it now features for the second time on this blog. After…