Midsomer Murders Series 15: The Dark Rider [DVD]

Product Information

On the grounds of Quitewell hall, workers are putting up a sound system and testing out the cannon. Up on the hill nearby, at a modern style home, Harry Fleetwood watches Quitewell Hall scratches his arms. Sasha Fleetwood brings him a pill. Harry says, "Every damn year, every damn month they do something. Deliberately corrupt history. I've got to do something. It was Naseby. They never got over Naseby. Diana says to Izzy, "So we've lost Long Meadow as well." Izzy says, "No. Harry just phoned. Says he won't be calling in the debt. Obviously stood up for himself at last. He's a decent man." Diana says, "He's not. Not at all. He's pathetic." Izzy replies, "Diana. Try not to be such a despicable tart. My son was barely cold before you were over the wall like an alley cat on heat. Why do we imagine our domestic staff are all blind and deaf? They aren't. They have big ears. And bigger mouths. It's all over the village." Diana says, "I was trying to save Long Meadow." Izzy says, "You were trying to save yourself from the penury that is about to consume you. And serve you right." Diana leaves and Izzy talks to Ludo's photo. "Don't you worry. We're the king's men. We'll show them." At night, Simon comes running up and pets a horse. The sound of a horse galloping in the distance can be heard. Cue eerie music.... In the lab, Kate says, "Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. See, he was born with an extra connection in the heart that allows the electrical signals to bypass the atria-ventricular node and move from the atria to the ventricles faster than usual. It eventually disrupts the co-ordinating movement of the electrical signals through the heart, leading to cardiac arrest." Jones says, "So it was an accident, then." Barnaby says, "Jones, a headless horseman was also present. Probably frightened him off the roof. Accident? I don't think so." Jones tells Kate, "He hates accidents. Makes him feel superfluous."

Police arrive at the hall looking for Simon. They eventually find him in the priest's hole with his hands tied and duct tape over his mouth. Simon grabs a knife and puts it to Barnaby's throat. Barnaby talks him down. Barnaby asks Simon if he saw who put him in the priest's hole.Series fifteen truly did open up in style, the usual idyllic locations, a story which couldn't be more imaginative and Middle England if it tried, The Houses used are incredible, the battle scenes and costumes look fantastic, and the killings are wonderfully Gothic and macabre. Ludo tells Izzy he is staying inside the hall and skipping the battle. In the meadow, the reenactors are preparing for the battle. Izzy gives a speech to the Cavaliers. Up at the Treadwell home, Harry is nervous due to the cannons blasting. A group of men come marching in, dressed in costume with guns and flags. Horns are blowing. Inside the dining room, Ludo sees a shadow above.

Murder 3: Ludo hears a rattling at the window. He looks out and sees someone he knows. He says, "Oh, it's you. I'll let you in." He goes outside and a giant gargoyle falls on him.

That night at the hall, Ludo walks through the dining room. He shuts the shutters over the windows. He sees a headless horseman pointing at him and is terrified.