I’ve talked a great deal about British television series on this blog, but they were almost exclusively detective series. We have not featured any of…
CIPC #424: Tatort E1302, Zugzwang
I don’t think I’ve ever been this topical. The episode we’ll be discussing today aired only on April 27th. Of this year! The plot is…
CIPC #422: Black saddle S1 E5, Client: Starkey
Black saddle is one of those western television series that were all the rage in the fifties and sixties. It follows a gunslinger-turned-lawyer named Clay…
CIPC #420: Heartbeat S10 E23, The Buxton defence
Somehow, they still keep coming. There are still long-running British crime series that somehow passed me by. Heartbeat was aired on ITV from 1992 until…
CIPC #415: CSI: NY S2 E4, Corporate warriors
Over two years ago I first discussed an episode from one of the many, many CSI series. Back then, I had quite a lot to…
CIPC #412: Inspector Morse S7 E2, The day of the devil
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…