In a part of the area around Cornwall, murder has reared its head and it makes no sense. An old friend of Doug's appears somehow implicated. There are a kind of ceremonial set of rocks (somewhat in the tradition of Stonehenge) that are central to some of this. There is a nice pacing to this story.
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Standing Stone
Prismark103 April 2022
Another episode directed by Jack Shepherd and it suffers as it is a Wycliffe light story.
Doug Kersey is enjoying a night out enjoying the local folk music. Mike Cattran, friend of his from the pub contacts Kersey the next morning. His wife Sophie has gone missing.
Her belongings are found near the standing stones known as the Devil's Gateway out in the moors.
The police have a potential suspect but he is later found dead. Wycliffe claims that he saw Sophie who has had a history of going missing and behaving erratically when she does not take her medication.
It might just be that Sophie is the killer.
I was not taken by the adaptation. It needed Wycliffe's dogged determination. The adaptation needed to be better. A tale of obsessive love should had more backstory.
Instead there was some late night drunken ramblings between Kersey and Lucy Lane.
Doug Kersey is enjoying a night out enjoying the local folk music. Mike Cattran, friend of his from the pub contacts Kersey the next morning. His wife Sophie has gone missing.
Her belongings are found near the standing stones known as the Devil's Gateway out in the moors.
The police have a potential suspect but he is later found dead. Wycliffe claims that he saw Sophie who has had a history of going missing and behaving erratically when she does not take her medication.
It might just be that Sophie is the killer.
I was not taken by the adaptation. It needed Wycliffe's dogged determination. The adaptation needed to be better. A tale of obsessive love should had more backstory.
Instead there was some late night drunken ramblings between Kersey and Lucy Lane.
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