Rosemary & Thyme: Series Two

 

 

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Finally a program that was built from scratch and not based on a book or writer. They can not do it wrong because this is it. Looks like there is more horticulture than in the Brother Cadfael series.

Two women, each have a Life changing experience just before the series starts. Soon they become friends. One a hands on gardener, with a law enforcement back ground Laura Thyme, (Pam Ferris), the other an academic horticulturist with an old four wheeler vehicle Rosemary Boxer (Felicity Kendal).

The programs are of the two trying to find out who dunnit and how. We do not get bogged down in love interests.

Each episode is unique in its approach. The only pattern I see is that it is like in the movie "A shot in the dark" where everyone is guilty except the maid. In this series there may not be a lit of murderers, however there are a lot of guilty people.

Well sit back and enjoy the view, smell the roses, and buy the series so you can watch again and again.

"Rosemary and Thyme" is what I like to call a modern cozy -- it's set in the current day, but has lots of quaint English villages, overgrown gardens and not-too-gory murders. And the complete second season is a thoroughly entertaining little mystery series, especially since Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris are brilliant as gardeners-cum-detectives.

The two-part "The Memory of Water" sees Rosemary (Kendal) and Laura (Ferris) being hired by a prominent barrister to restore an Elizabethan garden on his property. A day after arriving, Rosemary sees his cousin commit suicide by leaping into a dangerous river.... and then later she sees him strolling through the village market. Dirty secrets, mistaken identity and sordid affairs have to be unearthed.

In "Orpheus in the Undergrowth," their latest job is disrupted by vandalism and a suspicious death, even as Laura tries to reconnect with her estranged daughter Helena. "They Understand Me in Paris" when they go to France to help Rosemary's pal Dorothy with a vast formal garden... only to find Dorothy's hubby bludgeoned to death, and a valuable piece of silver missing. And "The Invisible Worm" turns when they are called on to save a dying rose garden at a posh prep school... and find a teacher harpooned through the heart.

"The Gongoozlers" hurls Rosemary and Laura into the world of reality TV -- only for Rosemary to take a near-fatal tumble off a platform, just as a dead body turns up in the nearby pool. So Laura teams up with brusque TV host Quinnie Dorell to find the murderer. "The Italian Rapscallion" has the girls going to the Mediterranean to help a friend open a restaurant, and stumbling across a hotbed of sexual scandal, criminal secrets and dead bodies.

"Swords into Ploughshares" shocks Laura with the news that Rosemary was murdered while working at the bankrupt Engleton Park... only to find that Rosemary is alive and well, and someone was using her name to investigate an archaeological dig. Finally, "Up the Garden Path" plops the ladies in the middle of a gardening feud, which turns out to be rooted in revenge and hatred.

"Rosemary and Thyme" is one of those little, low-key British series that you can just kick back and enjoy without any stress. There's lots of gardening tips (who knew that about roses?), lush flowers and foliage, and sunlit English villages with pretty little cottages... and oh yeah, there's at least one corpse in whatever place they visit. Sometimes two.

The writers do an excellent job with mellow, amusing dialogue ("It's hard to sleep easy when you have been burnt out of hearth and home." "It's a TENT!"). And they insert plenty of clever plot twists, red herrings, and mystery plots that are just complex enough. And the best part is Kendal and Ferris -- they have the warm chemistry of old friends, and are depicted as dynamic attractive women (which you don't often see for fiftysomething actresses).

"Rosemary and Thyme - Complete Series 2" is a nice light collection of murder mysteries, along with plenty of flowers, gardening, and the occasional family squabble.

J'adore jardiner, j'adore voyager, j'adore les "british mysteries" et les deux comediennes sont formidables. Que demander de plus à Rosemary & Thyme

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