Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep50 “Poirot’s Failure” (2002) Review

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review!

We’re serious.

Don’t listen if you want to read “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” first.

This week, we’re talking about endless rain, morose Russians, Orson Welles, and the golden age of cruising. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Poirot’s Failure,” the 2002 Russian adaptation of “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.”

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

3:45 How Agatha fooled you from the first page

5:53 Almost five hours long!

6:42 A most un-English setting

11:14 Dr. Sheppard longs to travel

13:58 How Caroline Sheppard was handled

17:30 Comic elements in the episode

22:26 Watching the movie when you know the secret

24:46 The tragedy of Caroline Sheppard

28:19 Sheppard’s choice

31:12 The longing of Hector Blunt and weakness of Ralph Paton

34:31 The funny mother-in-law

35:19 Wrapping up