Jonathan Creek: Season Two

 

 

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Nobody knew much about Jonathan Creek when he was just the anonymous brain behind clever magic tricks. But in "Jonathan Creek: Season Two," he discovers that you can become a lot more famous just by solving mysteries -- and the mysteries are as baffling and bizarre as ever, just as Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin have the same sparking chemistry.

A vicar arrives on Maddy's doorstep, with suitably bizarre and baffling case -- his mother-in-law, a well-known horror writer (think a much, MUCH schlockier Dean Koontz), was shot dead on Halloween night. The costumed murderer also carried off the vicar's wife as a hostage... but after being chased into a garage by the police, he vanished without a trace.

Then in "Time Waits for Norman," Maddy's editor asks Jonathan to figure out how her husband could have been on both sides of the Atlantic, with witnesses and evidence on both sides. In "The Scented Room," an El Greco painting vanishes from a small room... which is surrounded by schoolgirls on a field trip. Jonathan knows how it was done, but he also has a grudge against the owner.

In "Mother Redcap," a judge is found stabbed in the heart despite his police guards, and Maddy and Jonathan soon learn that it's connected to an infamous inn where seven men died mysteriously. And finally, there's a "Problem at Gallows Gate" when Adam's sister spots a man strangling a young woman... and the problem is that that man committed suicide in front of witnesses a month ago!

One major change that has taken place in "Jonathan Creek Season Two" is that Jonathan and Maddy are now minor celebrities, to the point where Maddy's editor starts designing sexy new covers of the two of them. But the main thrust of the series -- Jonathan solving bizarre and impossible crimes -- is still very much the same.

And the writers maintain the right combination of whodunnit and quirky Brit-drama, with subplots like Adam being blackmailed by a stripper with a fondness for Verdi. The dialogue is snappy and fun ("Didn't you get suspicious when you were running your fingers through her hair and she wasn't even in the room?"), but there are also some heartrending moments, like the revelation of who killed the horror writer.

Davies and Quentin are still sparkling as the eccentric Jonathan and the firecracker Maddie. They have plenty of fun banter and romantic tension, but they seem to have settled into a more comfortable groove with each other. And watch out for Peter Davison as a sweet, confused vicar in the first episode.

"Jonathan Creek Season Two" is more of the same -- more quirky problems, more brain-bending solutions, and more magic.

These Jonathan Creek productions are a really good investment of time and money.
Once one gets used to "Jonathan's" slow thoughtful manner each episode moves along well.
Good story lines and plots..very good acting, many good laughs...what more to say ? ...very Good!
We were happy to find them ( all four sets)
We were sad when they came to the end.
We really wish there had been many more episodes in every series.
I can strongly recommend all the seasons.

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