Murder of Innocence

Grady Felton is out of Prison having commited a murder in his youth, the locals are not happy. John has to deal with the case, and has a fitness test on the Horizon.

I'm watching this for the very first time, it has a vintage feel about it, it is a very high quality episode, loaded with twists and turns, it delivers some wonderful suspense and dramatic moments. It's a serious episode, there are a few minor moments of humour, but for the most part it's a straight down the line whodunnit.

I would go so far as to say this has a place in the top twenty episodes of all time, it is particularly good.

Sharon Duce was great I thought, Jamie Michie is terrific as The Barnaby's enthusiastic fitness instructor.

Terrific, 9/10.

I found this a particularly good episode, with lots of surprises along the way.

A teen named Grady Felton went to prison for killing Daniel Denning in 1994. Felton was from the wrong side of the tracks; the Dennings were landowners. Daniel apparently caught Grady poaching and Grady killed him.

Well, Grady is out of prison now and back in Binwell -- with a hit list, which includes Jones as well as the barristers who prosecuted him. And the people on the list start dying.

Then the pathologist discovers something interesting, and finally, Barnaby is able to solve the murders.

The script attempted, I think successfully, to humanize the new Barnaby more, as he prepares for a fitness test. Jones has a girlfriend who's a fireperson.

A lot was packed into this episode but it was a good story. I haven't watched Midsomer Murders in a while, but I'm back to it now. I'm looking forward to more like this.

My frustration with various reviews is the idea that we have to compare John Barnaby to Tom Barnaby, Joyce Barnaby to Sarah Barnaby and investigation styles from one detective to another. Poor Ben, single and available dares to have a girlfriend, and John is suddenly complacent and slow. Ben has lived there for a longer time and knows the people. John is getting his bearings.

Joyce was a stay-at-home mom, Sarah a working professional. Nothing wrong with either. Before the arrival of John, Joyce was criticized as a bit of a 'ditzy' blonde. But she often contributed to the investigations.

This episode is full of red herrings, but woven into an interesting and thoughtful story.

Whenever I watch Midsomer, I can rule out the "obvious" suspects with a fair degree of certitude from the start, leaving the not-so- obvious ones to be revealed as the culprit(s) by one of the Barnaby cousins.

"Murder of Innocence" was an amazing exception as from the start any one of the aggrieved suspects could be the guilty ones, depending upon one's perspective and timeline. All credit to Elizabeth-Anne Wheal for her intriguing script which really kept the audience guessing up the final moment...and what a revelation as to the murderer's identity in more ways than one.

I appreciate John Nettle is missed as the original Barnaby, but I like how Neil Dudgeon is coming into his own as Barnaby Mark II, and good to see some back story on Sergeant Jones. It's wonderful to comprehend the full sentences of Barnaby Mark II, as I felt John Nettle's sentences came across as a bit incomplete at times.

This episode with the new DCI John Barnaby has a lot of trash in it. Neil Dudgeon plays John Barnaby is much different than the former one. He is arrogant, confident, smart, focused on himself and his self centered wife who goes to the gym, practices yoga and runs. She takes up to much of the episodes from here on. Plus there is too much kissing.

It kind of reminds me of Inspector Morse always with a glass of ale, enough is enough.

In this episode DC Jones goes to bed with a female firewoman. This never happened in the other episodes with the other characters Troy or Barnaby. They were decent family people. The writers are really trashing this series with Neil Dudgeon, maybe that is why John Nettles.

This episode is about a man named Grady that goes to jail for killing a young friend. All the kids and adults are connected in this small village. Then Grady the killer is released from jail many years later and treated terrible by the inhabitants of the town he goes back to where the killing took place.

There are a lot of characters, a lot of murders and very violent -- sometimes confusing who is who. It has a surprise ending and some of it is so unbelievable like what happened to Grady in jail.

Neil Dudgeon is a good actor, Jason Hughes is a good actor too but, he acts too tough like a wise guy. I am happy the series continued but I do not like the new style or some of the tacky language.

The series before these with John Nettles as Barnaby was much better.