Most episodes give the impression of the story's events happening quickly -- a murder is committed, and the defendant gets the preliminary hearing just a few days later.
"Caretaker's Cat" is the only one I've seen in which an interval is indicated -- six weeks after the murder.
Episode based on one of the most preposterous premises in the series--fading millionaire fakes his death by arranging an arson that guts his mansion and destroys all his possessions. The reason? To see how his purported heirs react. What could possibly go wrong...other than everything?
shareYes, that was a real ridiculous premise. Why didn't he just TELL his heirs he had changed his will and see what they say? He can leave his money to anybody he wants. They can't stop him. And what about this doctor friend and the dead body? Shouldn't there have been two bodies in the house? Just who was the corpse this doctor had? Does he just have a bunch of dead bodies lying around his office? What happened to this mad doctor? Apparently, when the episode ended, he was still practicing medicine and delivering bodies to anyone who wants one, like a Pizza Hut for corpses. Would you like your body with a sheet over it? And it looks like Hing the defendant was never charged with arson, either. The viewer had to suspend all reality in this episode.
shareHe was dying, wasn't he?
I believe he was supposed to call the doctor at the right to come over with the corpse, but was so heavily sedated, he couldn't.
Usually, episodes based on ESG's novels are well-crafted. But this one left so many gaps in squeezing a 300 page novel into a 50 minute drama. Left out was almost all of the cat subplot.
You would think the caretaker would account for his boss before setting the fire. Was his body in the room at the time of the blaze?