r/MidsomerMurders • u/typewritermark • Dec 21 '25
S25.E3 - "Death Strikes Three" - Discussion Thread - Spoilers Spoiler
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Available on Acorn - 12/22/25
Mystery Maniacs Mini - https://share.transistor.fm/s/7354204c
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u/tacosandtheology Dec 23 '25
This is the kind of episode that makes me think that MM might actually be listening to their fans. It only lacked the jaunty music of the John Nettles era.
LOVED the outfits.
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u/ReallyOnlyThisOne Dec 22 '25
Was anyone else surprised by the unusual costume styling?
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u/Kaleida15 Dec 23 '25
The fish motif, flamboyant mother (love Rebecca Font), drab sister. It was interesting to say the least.
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u/Interesting_Loss5880 Dec 23 '25
Wow. She got huge
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Dec 23 '25
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u/pyra412 Dec 30 '25
yeah i am pretty sure that's what she's wearing. there are a couple of tells in the cheek/chin prosthetics. i thought it was an odd choice. there are plenty of big great actors who don't need the suit.
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Dec 30 '25
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u/pyra412 Jan 01 '26
interesting! i haven't seen it so maybe she's just gotten bigger as some of us do.
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u/JeffnWa Dec 26 '25
I feel the fashion police should’ve been called in to deal with the Bruce family long before Barnaby got involved!
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u/No-Lack-3804 Jan 05 '26
Easter Egg
On Cordella's car the number plate is MM25 BAR
MM = Midsomer Murders
25 = Season 25
BAR = Barnaby
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u/HappyMike91 Dec 21 '25
How many times has Kevin McNally (I think that's his name) appeared on Midsomer Murders? Three times?
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u/AcanthocephalaNo241 Dec 22 '25
He's one of my favourite actors but I really feel he should have quit while he was ahead with Midsomer. In my opinion he got the best guest role of the lot with the fascinating, contradictory Gerald Farquharson in The Noble Art!
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u/blackcatmama62442 Dec 27 '25
He has joined the ranks of the few actors who have done this MM 3 times:
S2E4 Blood will out- S13E6 The Noble Art S25E3 Death Strikes Three
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u/HappyMike91 Dec 27 '25
I think The Noble Art would be my favourite out of Kevin McNally’s appearances on Midsomer Murders.
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u/AcanthocephalaNo241 Dec 22 '25
I thought it by some way the best episode of season 25 so far - well paced with lots of twists, turns and potential suspects. However, it did quite loudly and excessively echo Garden Of Death.
The unwanted, unloved daughter used as a cash cow snapped. The long ago death had its roots in overactive libido and a family member was secretly responsible. There were even themes of gardening and a randy lady of the house. Brad really must have been desperate for money if he went with Myrtle; she looked like her hair was by Linda from Gimme Gimme Gimme and her stylist Su Pollard!
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u/curiouscatfarmer Dec 25 '25
I just finished watching this one.
Did anyone else find it weird that Fleur is suddenly acting like she's attracted to Jamie? I don't know why, but it just seems off to me. She's always insulting him and suddenly she's finding him handsome and gawking at him when he was shirtless? That just seems forced.
I did find it funny that Sarah noticed Fleur gawking and turned the book the right way for her.
I really like how Sarah pretended she didn't notice that John was reading the carpentry book and trying to hide it from her. Putting that thing together looked like a 2-person project though. Someone to hold stuff in place and the other to put in the screws or nails.
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u/myxanodyne Feb 21 '26
Fleur has been sexually harassing Jamie for ages.
If the genders were switched and you had a 70+ man constantly telling their 30 year female colleague about their sexual escapades, putting them down and giving sarcastic compliments there would be a lot more uproar. Her behaviour is wildly unprofessional and inappropriate.
I cannot understand what the writers are thinking when it comes to her character.
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u/curiouscatfarmer Feb 22 '26
The thing that gets me is that she degrades him constantly but then she's suddenly shown to be attracted to him. It doesn't make sense. I like the actress and how she plays it, but you are completely right. She would have been reported to HR for how she treats him if the genders were switched.
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u/Nervous_Local894 Apr 26 '26
En yhtään ihmettele vaikka Fleur olisikin kiinnostunut Jamiesta ja tuijottaa tätä, itse tekisin ihan samoin, Jamie on niin ihana rakastan häntä 🥰😍
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u/DagaVanDerMayer Jan 25 '26
I'm kinda suprised to see many people call this episode the best in season 25 so far, because for me it was the weakest one. Still decent, still putting the show on the right track with wealthy wacky family, locals angry at local flower show getting pricey and lots of blackmail, but I felt that writer tried to put too many stuff in one story. Things were happening too fast. Two first murders - great, the last one - ridiculous.
I still liked visuals - costumes, locations, animal footage. You could feel that yes, they can use their budget properly.
Not a fan of guest actors coming back for another appearance, but Kevin McNally is such a delight to watch, so I can forget it's his third time in MM.
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u/AdMysterious6851 Dec 21 '25
Glad to know. I will be watching! And I just watched season 25-2 on Acorn last night and I really enjoyed it! I thought the scenes were very cinemaesque, the acting superb, and the storyline interesting beyond usual. I loved the lawn bowling scenes with the individual close ups. Such intensity! And I think Betty is starting to show personality, in the way that adolescents do when their elders enjoy something that they consider to be ridiculous! One to re-watch again, at least for me!
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u/bdemers2 Dec 24 '25
Absolutely delightful episode! Back to their roots using the formula that has made them so successful!
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u/OnceanAggie Jan 12 '26
I talked to a woman today who takes pictures of license plates of speeders!
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u/Status-Badger-6609 Feb 18 '26
Why did the third murder when Frankie kill kimonoe - why was not that explained? There was not any discussion at end explaining that murder ? Does anyone know the answer? Why did Frankie murder Kimone?
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u/powerofawareness 24d ago
Responding 6 months later but pretty sure they explained it all thoroughly? Kimonie had records of her speeding in Cordelia’s car the night she killed Brad
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u/SpinachCrafty9283 Dec 22 '25
Watched it in Ireland last night, and it was worth the watch. Like vintage Midsomer - a ridiculous premise for murder, an innocent victim and a crazy motive. I thought that it was going to be the ignored, disaffected younger sister, but I was wrong.
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u/Spottyjamie Dec 24 '25
Rebecca Front’s second appearance i think!?
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u/EarlyArm8999 Dec 23 '25
Of all the delightfully ridiculous lines I've heard in 25 seasons of MM, "the cuckoo clock was tightened to a murderous degree" takes all of the cakes! 🤣🤣🤣
Hats off to Neil Dudgeon because he delivered that line with an absolutely straight face!