“Murder In” – Beautiful mysteries [TELEVISION REVIEW]
Bruno Debrandt, Léonie Simaga in “Murder In Albi.” Photo courtesy of MHz Choice. “Murder In,” MHz’s gift that keeps on giving, has just premiered its 9th season. Like the other episodes, each mystery is set in a different, scenic area of France with a murder to be solved by two, often conflicting, detectives with diverse ideas of where the clues are leading. Each is a 90 minute movie, so binging is usually not an option, but this is comfort food to be consumed at leisure. Five of the episodes were available for review from what will more than likely be an eight episode season. I did not find most of these preview episodes to be as compelling as those presented in previous seasons. Perhaps the mysteries were slightly weaker, or maybe the locations weren’t quite as enticing. That being said, the first episode takes place in Cayenne, Guyana and the locale alone is worth a visit. What was particularly annoying about these initial episodes was the reliance on ghosts, witchcraft, and ESP. Perhaps that was thematic but solving mysteries telepathically is definitely not compelling to me. Episode 2 (“Murder in Albi”), now showing, is the most compelling of the group with sympathetic stars…
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