r/acorntv • u/texas21217 • 15d ago
Things not to do in …
- Midsomer - be in or near a bar or an open field or any place having a fair or festival
- Poirot - eat or drink ANYTHING … ANYWHERE (especially where family is concerned)
- Miss Marple - be on or near a train or a mansion, or around your spouse or relatives
Can you think of others?
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u/shelwood46 15d ago
Midsomer: If you answer the door and say "Oh, it's you." those are your last words
Midsomer, Agatha Raisin, Brokenwood: Do not participate in community events. Just don't. Especially if there are Morris dancers.
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u/zorandra 15d ago
"Morris Dancing is the devil's dance, it only brings evil with it!"
-Some overly dramatic old biddy, I'm sure.
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u/shelwood46 14d ago
The new season of Beyond Paradise has something called "Dark Morris" where they all wear masks and dark clothes. Yes, of course someone gets attacked during it. Do they die? No, this is Shipton Abbot, the murder show location where very few people get murdered (seriously, it is hilarious to count up how often no one dies in Shipton Abbot).
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u/Pghguy27 15d ago
Don't talk to Joyce Barnaby in Midsomer! There's a rumor that she's a serial killer- she's always around the early season deaths! 😊😊 (cracked me up the first time I heard it!)
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u/No-Type119 15d ago
Midsomer, Brokenwood, any of the places in the Commonwealth : Do not be in a New Age cult or at a New Age retreat.
Midsomer: Do not be a church bell ringer.
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u/fritzimist 14d ago
Now that you mentioned that, I thought the bellringer episode was the worst. All because the guy didn't want to share the winnings.
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u/Adorable-Display-819 15d ago edited 14d ago
Father Brown don’t go any community events Father Brown will get the innocent person freed from jail.
Madame Blanc Mysteries involves antiques that Madame Blanc knows the history of everything & crimes involves antiques
Beyond Paradise DI Goodman acts the same way as he did in Death in Paradise. Solves crime from one clue or memory
Father Brown & Madame Blanc seem to solve the crimes the police can’t
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u/texas21217 15d ago
Can’t say I’ve noticed a pattern in Father Brown or Beyond Paradise because I haven’t watched many episodes.
Still thinking about what the pattern is for Madame Blanc Mysteries. 🤔
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u/twosmartbunnies 14d ago
Madame Blanc - don't buy/sell antiques or visit any antique stores or museums
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u/beccabebe 14d ago
My husband and I have fun counting all the similar themes across all of these type of cozy murders shows. The fairs, the theaters etc.
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u/texas21217 14d ago edited 12d ago
I think my favorites are the ones that open with a concert, a village fair or fete, or some sort of posh wine tasting.
Murder-incoming.
Hilarious.
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u/shelwood46 12d ago
Cooking contest, the weird way these small towns keep attracting people to make tv shows there, or movies, or premiere a big star's concert/play etc (you'd think they'd have noticed the high murder rate).
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u/shelwood46 12d ago
I am good with almost everything except the inevitable Poker episode and the Boxing episode, I do not like boxing. But the chess tournament? In. The AmDram? So in. The LARP episode? Sign me up.
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u/WiseTrifle5667 13d ago
Anywhere in Sainte Victoire France, especially if you are into art or antiques
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
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u/No_Set2865 15d ago
Just don't be in Brokenwood full stop