float_on_alright | Sunday Evening Part 1

I’m excited because they’re showing new episodes of a show called “Death in Paradise” on one of the PBS channels. There aren’t a whole lot of mystery shows I get excited about, I don’t think. I love Elementary and I was a big fan of the BBC Sherlock initially though I’m not sure I have quite the same obsession over it that I first did. I used to enjoy Castle a lot, but around about the 4th or 5th season, I was kind of over it.

Actually, I guess there are quite a few mystery shows I enjoy. It’s not usually the mystery part I like though. I suppose that’s probably true for a lot of people. It’s the chemistry of the actors and the building of the background plots that I’m usually invested in.

Death in Paradise is one of the few shows where I’m almost as invested in the mystery as I am in the characters. The thing about Death in Paradise is that the mysteries are very much like Agatha Christie mysteries in that whoever couldn’t have possibly done it is who did do it. It’s fun to try to figure out who did it, but it’s even more fun to try to figure out how.

There’s always one little thing that throws everything off. The characters are great, though there has been quite a bit of turnover in the cast. Still, the mysteries are great and the scenery is beautiful. There’s always a nice bit of humor in the show too.

One of the best bits is the lizard at the shack. He’s good fun.

I stressed through the end of War Horse even though I had already seen it and I knew that the horse and his boy both lived through the end of the movie. It’s just very stressful.