Series Nine of Midsomer Murders begins traditionally enough, as provincial police inspector Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) wades thrugh a sea of greed and hatred surrounding the long-ago death of a controversial composer; but by episode's end, things take a most untraditional turn with the departure of Barnaby's streetwise young assistant, Sgt. Dan Scott (John Hopkins). In the next episode, "The House in the Woods", Scott's replacement, Detective Constable Ben Jones (Jason Hughes), helps Barnaby investigate a pair of grisly ...
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Series Nine of Midsomer Murders begins traditionally enough, as provincial police inspector Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) wades thrugh a sea of greed and hatred surrounding the long-ago death of a controversial composer; but by episode's end, things take a most untraditional turn with the departure of Barnaby's streetwise young assistant, Sgt. Dan Scott (John Hopkins). In the next episode, "The House in the Woods", Scott's replacement, Detective Constable Ben Jones (Jason Hughes), helps Barnaby investigate a pair of grisly murders linked to a much-coveted "haunted" house. This is followed by "Dead Letters", wherein Barnaby is startled to meet several villages who all resemble past murder victims; can this have anything to do with the demise of a beauty contest winner? In "Vixen's Run", sibling rivalry dating back half a century leads to murder--and the frenzied search for some missing emeralds. And in the final offering of the year, "Down among the Dead Men", there is no shortage of suspects when a prolific blackmailer is shot to death--nor is there any logical explanation when the blackmail notes continue to be mailed, seemingly from the grave! Hal Erickson, Rovi
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