The 13th season, like most of the seasons in the series(mostly the later ones) hasn't been consistent. And mostly the quality has been very high, there are a handful of truly outstanding adaptations(After the Funeral, Five Little Pigs, Sad Cypress, Wasps Nest, The Chocolate Box, Adventure of the Italian Nobleman, The ABC Murders, Peril at End House), a few disappointing ones(Taken at the Flood, Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Adventure of Johnny Waverly, Mystery of the Blue Train, Labours of Hercules, none of them are terrible though or below 5/10 on personal ranking) and rest decent to very good(even the much-maligned, but to me underrated, Appointment with Death and Murder on the Orient Express). The series has been a pleasure to watch in so many ways, even when you see an episode countless times you find something more to like further about it and pick up on things you didn't see before. A fittingly brilliant ending to a wonderful series, 10/10Įver since seeing Sad Cypress for the first time 10 years ago, I have been a loyal fan of Agatha Christie: Poirot and of Agatha Christie. It takes a few minutes to warm up, but it gets better and better, the ending is remarkable. I've only watched it for the second time, I found it better then I remembered first time round. Suchet is matched by a quite remarkable performance from Aidan McArdle, a fine actor, he delivers the goods here. Hugh Fraser is superb too, Hastings, so often in Poirot's shadow is given so much more to do, arguably Fraser's finest performance. So sad to see him in his frail state, but it's of course part of the story. Those oddities are superbly brought to life, Suchet gives a captivating final performance as Poirot, he is quite captivating, packing raw emotion into the part. I have to admit to not loving the book, I feel at times Poirot is a little out of character, a little odd. It's fair to say this magical series ends with a quite brilliant adaptation of Curtain.

Amazing to think it started way back in 1989, I wonder if even Suchet himself imagined it would run until 2013. Poirot signs off with a pretty incredible episode.

Curtain poirot's last case