It wasn’t bad at all, I liked it. There were no actors that I knew, other than Russell Tovey playing a 16-17-y-o kid, but it was nice and there was also Miss Lemon in it, and I like her a lot :-)
It starts unfortunately with a very very annoying sermon, a vicar talking of the wickedness of women :-/ meanwhile a woman in found murdered, Alice Corrigan.
We move to Poirot dressing up to go to the opening night of Hastings’ new Argentinian restaurant, El Ranchero. Miss Lemon doesn’t go because she says she’s way behind with her fining work :p When she suggests that the jacket might feel tight because maybe he has put on some weight, he’s all ‘not possible!’ :p
The scene in the restaurant was rather dark :/ They are joined by Japp. Poirot is not the only ‘celebrity ‘ there, there’s also Arlena, a famous actress. Poirot is very surprised when he finds that the food is delicious :p Unfortunately, later Poirot feels sick and faints. Miss Lemon hurries to the hospital, and they are told that Poirot is ‘medically obese’, he needs rest and a diet. Miss Lemon sends him to a health resort for two weeks; she sends Hastings as well, of course, not intending to leave him on his own :p
On the small island they meet a couple, Patrick and Christine, and also Arlena with her husband Kenneth and his son Lionel. Patrick and Arlena immediately start flirting, upsetting the others.
Poirot is put on a strict diet and healthy regime, poor Poirot :p He also meets a woman, Ms Darnley, he once met in Egypt, and she’s an old friend of Kenneth; she says she liked his first wife, but not this one. A woman, Emily, jokes about this being the perfect place for murder. Hastings rejects the idea of such a thing in such a beautiful place but Poirot reminds him that “there is evil everywhere under the sun”. Stephen Lane, now ex-vicar, agrees and talks again of evil women while looking at Arlena.
A major warns Poirot that this is not the healthiest place at the moment. Poirot senses something and thinks that this time he must try and ‘prevent’ a murder. He tries talking to Patrick about conducting his affair so publicly, but he denies and gets angry.
Alena goes to a little beach alone and later Patrick finds her dead and stays behind with the body sending Emily to call Poirot. Japp is called too of course and they investigate together.
Ms Darnley asks Poirot how is it that whenever he’s around people fall like flies :lol:
In a hidden cave by the little beach they find heroine. We learn that the ex-vicar had been left by his wife for another man, so now we understand all his ‘women-are-evil’ speech, the usual frail man who can’t take it and reacts hating all women, instead of wondering why she left him I wonder why she married him :-/
Poirot sends Miss Lemon to investigate Arlena’s finance situation and also the ex-vicar’s ex-wife’s murder of two years before (yes, Alice). Both women were strangled.
When two fake-bird-watchers are caught taking the heroine out of the cave, they point a gun at Japp but the major helps, he’s actually from Home Office to investigate that matter. Obviously the drugs were brought in by that sailing guy with the boat that alternated white and red sails, as signals.
Poirot says that there’s evil on the island and that the murderer is brilliant, but he didn’t expect “the mind of Hercule Poirot”. Miss Lemon joins them on the island.
It’s the moment of the final explanation. Poirot gathers everyone and starts his speech.
Poirot lashes out at everyone until Japp says “so who was it Poirot?”, thanks Japp.
Poirot speaks of Arlena as a target, a victim. She was beautiful, yes, but also a rich woman.
This is how it went: (solution follows from here)
Lionel had taken a book on poisons from the library. Christine saw it and asked him to join her at the beach. She put make-up on her body to fake a tan and she threw the bottle out of the window, almost hitting Emily. Christine steals Lionel’s glasses and alters his watch before asking him for the time. She put the watch right again then she ran to the little beach and yelled so that Arlena heard her and went to hide in the cave, thus not able to see anything anymore.
Christina lies on the sand with a black wig and Arlena’s hat, pretending to be her. Patrick says that it’s Arlena, dead, and he sends Emily away to call for help. Christine leaves Lionel’s glasses there and runs back. Patrick calls Arlena and strangles her. Why? She had given him all her money to invest but there was no investment, there never was.
Christine has a bath at midday to remove the fake tan and joins the other for tennis.
They also killed Alice: Patrick seduced her to get her money and then kill her. Back then, it was ‘Christine’ who discovered the body of Alice before she was killed, to give him an alibi, and then he killed her.
He makes an attempt at strangling Poirot, that’s how angry he is.
Case closed.
The restaurant El Ranchero has been shut down because it had actually been a case of food poisoning, it wasn’t just Poirot. Poor Hastings..
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