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…