"Poirot" Third Girl (TV Episode 2008) ⭐ 7.7 | Crime, Drama, Mystery (original) (raw)
intriguing
Poirot is approached by a young woman, Norma Restarick, who tells him that she thinks she killed someone. She then changes her mind and runs away before he hears the story. commenting that he's "too old." Poirot's friend, the author Ariadne Oliver, happens to live in the same apartment building as Norma -- in fact, she recommended Poirot to her. Norma, she says, is the "third girl" in an apartment. Norma has an ex-nanny, Miss Seagram, in the building also, and she was found dead, ruled a suicide. Ariadne doubts that.
Poirot learns from Norma's father that he was abroad most of Norma's childhood. Her mother committed suicide, and Norma tells Poirot that she blames herself.
Sure that Miss Seagram's death was not suicide, Poirot has Norma help him set a trap to catch the killer.
A complicated story very well done, with a good cast that has Zoe Wanamaker as Ariadne, who is excellent. Ariadne really gets involved in this, searching the nanny's apartment, trailing a suspect, and being mugged! It's not one of Poirot's most fascinating cases, so the writers here have charged it up to make it more interesting. This is a case where I think they succeeded and didn't ruin the story.
Beautiful costumes and production values as usual, and the marvelous David Suchet.
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