How Do You Plead?

Episode aired Jun 7, 2021
30m

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7.4/10

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Derek Jacobi and Reece Shearsmith in How Do You Plead? (2021)

Comedy Crime Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

Famous barrister Webster is not well and not an easy man to look after. His carer Urban knows how to take the rough with the smooth. But on this particular night, something will test Webster... Read allFamous barrister Webster is not well and not an easy man to look after. His carer Urban knows how to take the rough with the smooth. But on this particular night, something will test Webster's resolve and legal skills to the very end.Famous barrister Webster is not well and not an easy man to look after. His carer Urban knows how to take the rough with the smooth. But on this particular night, something will test Webster's resolve and legal skills to the very end.

Director
- Guillem Morales
Writers
- Steve Pemberton
- Reece Shearsmith
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Guillem Morales
Writers
- Steve Pemberton
- Reece Shearsmith
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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One of the rules of the series is that an actor can't appear twice. Derek Jacobi's voice was in The Devil of Christmas, but as he was never seen physically he appears in this episode.

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9/10

How Do You Plead?

Derek Jacobi returns to Inside No.9. This time it's an actual appearance than a voiceover.

Jacobi plays cantankerous retired barrister Webster who is severely ill and it's birthday today.

Webster never lost a case in over 40 years. Gosh he must have made a deal with the devil for that type of record.

Urban Bedford (Shearsmith) is the genial carer who patiently puts up with Webster's moods. This time he helps Webster uncover a secret of how he won one particular case.

Another clever and darkly comic episode with a double twist. Urban does give a few clues about him away. However it seems he is no match for Webster's cunning.

At one point I thought this was an episode where Pemberton takes it easy but he comes to his own a little later on.