Death of a Ghost: Part 2

Campion and Inspector Oates are puzzled as to how Claire Potter died. Initially it was thought to be asphyxia. Inspector Oates cannot help wondering that she liked to drink alcohol. There is a glass on the table but no bottle. Even her husband said that he used to hunt for the empty bottles and could never find any.

However all roads lead to Max Fustian. He has made a lot of money from John Lafcadio's paintings who Max now wrongly claims only become famous because he championed him.

Campion finds out that Tom Dacre and Claire Potter's death might be linked with the production of art forgeries. However Campion places himself in immense danger and even Lugg might not be around to save him.

Lugg was underused in this story. He did make a reference that making tea was all he did these days. You would think he was the voice of a famous brand of tea bags.

This was a nicely done story but the latter part of of the episode just involved Campion getting drunk.

This was the end of the first series of Campion. A sumptuous looking series but it lacked excitement.

Except for the long, drawn-out ending where Campion once again drinks something he's pretty sure is tainted and afterwards becomes inebriated, this and part one were entertaining. However, the interview with the Italian widow stopped the narrative cold for me. Mainly because she was doing an almost spot-on imitation of Roseanne Rosannadana. Nice tribute to Gilda Radner if that's what the director intended.

Following another murder, Campion suspects the deaths may have been designed as a cover up for fraud and swapped paintings.

Good 2nd part with a good pace and enough events occurring, however the ending where Campion gets inebriated is a little bit too stretched, though the train sequence is tense. Excellent acting by Davison, and the actor who plays Max Fustian is creepy. Also, a proper denouement with some flashback was needed. Nevertheless, it's all good.