Midsomer Murders

We have now watched every season of Midsomer Murders so far, and that is a lot. So you know we like the program. It took a few shows for us to get a sense that the it is a pastiche of police shows. I dont mean that it is a comedy or makes fun of the genre; just that it turns it on its head a little.

For one thing, it seems there are always about three murders per episode, and they are not 90 minute shows. They arent serial killings; it just seems like for one reason or another, circumstances call for repeat killings.

Besides the three-peat murders, there is also a sort of formula the episodes often follow. A lot of the shows either include a pseudo supernatural element, or they take place during some kind of festival or fete. People f...

Spoiler Alert: Do you want to know who the killer is? Look for a Cross, a Star of David, someone praying, a member of the clergy and you are good. The character that is not an atheist is the killer... unless the character is a Muslim, then they will be heroic.

And they are pretty pathological about it.

in a different age it would be bigotry, not the new episodes are made in an era where people are proud of their bigotry.

But for you the viewer it's like watching a Woke show in America... you know who the killer is because they look like Trump. In the UK, it's Christian or Jew.

It's pretty disgusting now.