Agatha Christie's Poirot
(1989–2013)
Poirot investigates a murder that hits close to home after the new occupant of a flat two floors below his is found shot.
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Title: The Third Floor Flat (05 Feb 1989)
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Cast
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Patricia Matthews
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Donovan
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Jimmy
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Mildred
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Mrs. Grant
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Susan Porrett | ... |
Trotter
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Alan Partington | ... |
Inspector Flint
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James Aiden | ... |
Major Sadler
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Mrs. Sadler
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Norman Lumsden | ... |
Vicar
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Hercule Poirot is bored to tears and with three weeks since his last case, is worried that his little gray cells will stop working. Captain Hastings suggest a evening at the theater to see the latest murder mystery but even that doesn't help when Poirot finds the plot to be absurd. On their return home to Whitehaven Mansions, they learn that the new occupant of the flat two floors below Poirot's has been found shot. She had only moved in that very same day and was an unknown. Poirot puts his little gray cells to good use and assists Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard in identifying the murderer. Written by garykmcd
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5 February 1989 (UK) See more »Filming Locations:
Twickenham Studios, London, England, UKCompany Credits
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Removal Man: You can pour that cup o' tea now, darling. This is the last bit.
Coffee Stall Owner: Right you are, dear.
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The slip of paper Capt. Hastings takes out of his coat towards the end of the play (at the beginning of the episode) is larger than the one Poirot handed him. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Removal Man: You can pour that cup o' tea now, darling. This is the last bit.
Coffee Stall Owner: Right you are, dear.
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Hercule is bored - no cases for the little grey cells. Furthermore he is sick with a cold, and this is making him cranky. He becomes even more cranky after watching a murder-mystery play, and finding the plot sub-par. On returning from the play, however, he discovers that his newly-arrived upstairs neighbour has been murdered. Poirot quickly sets to work in solving who did it.
Overly simple, making this one of the worst Poirot episodes. The murderer is revealed in double-quick time, leaving the remainder of the episode an action drama rather than a murder mystery. Very basic plot, and the murderer is fairly obvious.
There are one or two sub-plots which do add some colour to what would otherwise be a fairly dull affair: Hastings and his car, Poirot and his cold. Not enough to save the episode, however.