Jonathan Creek
® Andrew pittaway (in the United Kingdom) 26 Dec 2001 at 23:11 GMT

the special was rather long but I quite enjoyied trying to figure out how it was done wasnt far off

Re: Jonathan Creek
® River Thames (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 09:46 GMT

I'm a Jonathan Creek fan too Andrew, and I've taped the special, was it as good as the '98 Christmas
special? I understand Maddy isn't in this one, which must make it a bit strange, oh well, hopefully
I get time to watch it later on

Re: Jonathan Creek
® Fluffy (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 14:33 GMT

I loved it did not realise who had done it till later but did notice Alan clue on leaving the castle
( I won't say more as RT has not watched yet)

Re: Jonathan Creek
® Andrew pittaway (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 17:21 GMT

was as good as the 98 one and maddy has left but is replaced by a sutible replacement almost doctor
who assistant quality the first bit had me abit baffled but the castle bit i had a pretty good idea

Re: Jonathan Creek
® Fluffy (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 17:47 GMT

Yes Julia Swahalla ( saffy ) was fab in a totally un maddy, maddy way

Re: Jonathan Creek
® Andrew pittaway (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 17:53 GMT

thank you fluffy i couldnt spell the second name so i decided not to say it

Re: Jonathan Creek
® River Thames (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 18:53 GMT

I watched it this afternoon, very,very good, and rather spooky in places, as only JC knows how!

I do think I preferred the '98 special though, hard to say

Re: Jonathan Creek
® nowtas (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 21:57 GMT

Fantastic, and I was utterly lost. the axe was a magnificent idea, and the work with the font
colours was genius! Brilliant (and I'm not usually much of a fan)

Re: Jonathan Creek
® Andrew pittaway (in the United Kingdom) 27 Dec 2001 at 22:08 GMT

i worked that out as soon as he looked at the diary the first time but the axe had me baffled untill
i heard the chap tom was making aloud racket chopping the door hole

Re: Jonathan Creek
® The Dark One (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 06:40 GMT

my fave part was when Julia Swahalla went into that nice mans van nd creamed him nearly all over! me
i would have just had to get into those bulging boxers!

tdo

Re: Jonathan Creek
® Andrew pittaway (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 15:11 GMT

i was thinking thame thing TDO

Re: Jonathan Creek
® The Dark One (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 21:39 GMT

oooooooooooo you naughty boy!!! AP

Re: Jonathan Creek
® L.I. (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 21:39 GMT

as was i. although i didn't really see that much more of it. who did it?

Re: Jonathan Creek
® L.I. (in the United Kingdom) 28 Dec 2001 at 21:39 GMT

and how?

Re: Jonathan Creek
® nowtas (in the United Kingdom) 29 Dec 2001 at 08:09 GMT

Spoiler Alert!

The actress was murdered by her son (he was the actor playing the gardener, and did not realise he
was her son - he hated her for rejecting his sexual advances and not giving him a reason why) and
her ex hubby helped him to kill her (HE hated her as she had aborted their child a decade before).
She was shot by gun concealed in the axe, and had pointed at the window as her son was reflected in
it.

The director saw who was responsible, figured out who had set things up from reading the actress'
diary, and so he and the other major cast and crew members killed the ex-hubby (trying to make it
look like a suicide) and covered for the son - as did Creeky and the bird Sahwala played. The hubby
was actually killed by a trap activated by the jawbridge mechanism, which crushed him before he
could escape the old pit room.

Re: Jonathan Creek
® L.I. (in the United Kingdom) 29 Dec 2001 at 10:29 GMT

the hubby was the escaplogist right?

the axe thing was clever...