Oh! sweet nectar of nostalgia linger longer, just a while, let the taste of distant mem’ries draw a brief and sadden’d smile …with which somewhat…
CIPC #22: Mozart in the jungle S1 E2 Fifth chair
Mozart in the jungle is an Amazon original series based on a book of the same name. It focuses on an New York-based up-and-coming oboist’s…
CIPC #21: Midsomer Murders S15 E5 The Sicilian defence
It doesn’t happen very often that a long-running television show dedicates an entire episode to chess, but when it happens – oh boy! Episode 5…
CIPC #7: Numb3rs, S1 E9: Sniper zero
Previously, I called The mentalist a mediocre mystery fiction show. By these standards, Numb3rs is dreadful. First of all, the show has given in to…
CIPC #4: Agatha Christie’s Poirot S5 E6: The chocolate box
Belgium is a strange, strange country. I don’t mean the bizarre borders1 , the incredibly complicated politics2 , or the fact that there’s a Belgian…
CIPC #2: The mentalist, S1 E3: Red tide
I have quite a high tolerance for mediocre mystery fiction – and “mediocre mystery fiction” happens to be a perfect description of the American television…