The Night of the Stag

This had to be the worst MM episode of them all. Not worth watching.

In all the years of Midsomer Murders, they've made many good episodes and a few poor ones that disappointed. But this is the first episode that I can truly say was absolutely dreadful to the point that it left both my wife and myself with really bad tastes in both our mouths and that we both felt deeply offended by it. Angry and embarrassed for the actors who had to take part in it, in fact. I hope the producers in the U.K. received numerous letters and emails of complaint after it aired thereabout the content and the story-line as it was so awful. What were Dudgeon and Clarke thinking in agreeing to take part in this drivel? It was beyond belief.

I won't say more as it may be viewed as a spoiler but I'll close by saying that I can think of better ways to pass an hour and a half: like resting on a bed of nails while someone piles weights on your chest.

Sorry, but rating it a 1/10 really is giving it too much credit.

First 3/4 was mildly interesting. But, the end went "Bullwinkle". So utterly ridiculous. The actors had to be embarrassed taking part in this rubbish. Worst MM by far. This is an insult to the John Nettles era.

Good start but cranky

. But the final 30 minutes is hard.

There's nothing enjoyable watching drunks race off to rape young girls.

It has nothing to do with the woke movement as another reviewer gas claimed.

It's difficult to believe that such happenings occurred hundreds of years ago, but today..!! Unless the entire villages are full drunk on Apple cider.

How did this get past the production meeting. Certainly my least favourite thus far.

At least theres a novel murder. An apple shaker. Didn't look too realistic in the flashback though.

Neil Dv must've been wondering what he signed up for. It's a shame George Bullard has left. I liked him. I wonder what happened to his GP wife. Suddenly she was gone.

The new pathologist, soko, crime lab etc etc - not sure. Too young too cocky.

It's a very nice episode, of the good old kind like the early episodes. The villains are suitably villanous, at least one of the murders is very creative, the seemingly unrelated subplots converge nicely, and there is a very satisfying confrontation at the end. Bonus points for village fete and bucolic countryside. I liked the beekeeper with his bees, and the way they symbolically tied the episode together. I LOVED the over-the-top temperance preacher, he was hilarious and spot-on. And notice: the only potential rapists in the story are the villain-in-chief and his ridiculous buddy-buddy, neither of which succeeds in raping anybody. If people paid attention they would notice that the women of the opposite village open their doors for the men when they arrive on the stag night, and literally and rather enthusiastically jump into their arms. Is it adultery? Possibly. Do their husbands approve? Probably. Do we care? Not in the slightest.