Agatha Christie's Poirot

This episode really was not the best of Poirot. The characters were somewhat dull and there was nothing new or exciting about this episode.

The only murder of this episode did not happen until about halfway through. Before that, very little happened and all of the actual investigation was crammed into about 20 minutes (this was enough, though, the amount of investigation done was minimal). The plot was fairly simple even if the conclusion was not exactly as I expected. It was also annoying that Poirot seemed to know everything whilst Miss Lisle just went around running and finding things out. I know that this is what Poirot often does but in this episode this habit of his was emphasized too much.

One more reason, why I found this episode so unexciting was, that the setting was so conventional: two couples with one beautiful woman and the other man falls in love with her and then the next moment, the woman is killed. This has almost become a cliche. This also caused there to be only three suspects; you cannot get a very exciting or surprising ending out of that.

Still, I have to give credit to the amazing views of Rhodes. Very beautiful nature indeed.

There was some humour in this episode too (not only consisting of the men's beachwear), which cannot always be found in the episodes of this series, for example in Poirot's and the local police officer's conversation.

This is really one of those where Agatha Christie wasn't trying that hard. Because you know there's going to be a twist, you're always looking for it, and it's not that hard to find. Still it's a good enough episode with great locations and the usual fine acting from all concerned (though I though the poisoning was a little overdone - just die love, don't milk it!)



Poirot was at his most indignant - always a good sign - and his unravelling of the mystery still was worth waiting for, even if you'd worked it out beforehand, largely due to the wonderful performance of David Suchet

“Triangle at Rhodes” is alright, but definitely not an episode that I’d pick to represent the series. The mystery isn’t a hard one to solve and there isn’t much to look at, but it is still a bearable show due to the performances (these actors never fail!) and a somewhat entertaining script. It seems to spend too much time building up the story and wraps it up too quickly. In all, it is a rather plain episode, but still interesting enough so you don’t fall asleep. My advice: skip this and see “Murder in the Mews,” instead.