![]() Weirdly, the 90s pop singer Lisa Stansfield has a supporting role and is actually pretty good at it. Much of that is down to the cast, which is anchored by two big stars-Jane Seymour and Juliet Stevenson-and bolstered by a stable of talented, well-known actors including Denis Lawson, Alison Steadman and Richard Armitage. But 'Ordeal' is actually cohesive and entertaining in its own right. Color me 'non-refreshed.' Until this episode, 'Ordeal By Innocence.' Now, I'll grant you that I've not read Christie's source material for this episode, however given the telewriters' butchering of Christie's work in several other episodes, I can well believe complaints of a hatchet job here, too. In the 5-6 Marple episodes I've seen before this one, the changes are largely absurdist or tacky or both. To be 'refreshing,' a change has to be, you know, good. To the reviewer who berates the legions of us appalled by most scripts in this mid-2000s reboot of Agatha Christie's detective novels and stories: 'new' is not synonymous with 'refreshing ' as you put it. ![]()
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