Inspector Wexford - The Veiled One

From the VHS cover:
A woman is found garroted in Kingsmarkham's multi-story car park, her body covered by a bloodstained curtain.
Before Detective Chief Inspector Wexford can solve the mystery of her murder, he narrowly escapes death himself....
While Wexford is recovering in hospital, his assistant Detective Inspector Burden, sets out in pursuit of the killer.
Gwen Robson's murder throws Wexford into the midst of a horrific nightmare of intrigue and death.
Some information from the cover has been extracted as it gives away the drama beforehand.
For the first fifteen seconds of the video there are problems with the picture, the first 30 seconds there's problems with the sound (the joys of VHS). From hereon the video is fine.

[@SuzanneU]

Thank you for uploading. Whoever wrote the screenplay for this episode must have eaten some really wild mushrooms!

[@wordwarrior2350]

You mean, "Thank you for stealing this video." These are all uploaded DVDs or VHS shows. Copied by thieves.

[@elizabethstewart12]

Spot on, Suz Cost. Not only red herrings here, but multi-colored herrings--a prolific school of them. (Screen writers, 'Fais attention!'.)

[@ArcherGinger]

Came to comments to see if was just me and I’m only half way in! 🤪

[@teresatv9209]

I have read a lot of the comments about this episode and it being hard to watch. In his episode Reg suffered a traumatic injury and was also under a lot of stress worrying about his daughter. Two days ago my mother died suddenly and my dreams/nightmares have been unbearable. I am chasing loved ones, losing them in trains, riding roller coasters with any protective bars, and glimpsing my amazing mum just out of sight , whilst telling everyone my mum just died (in my dreams). It has been awful - this episode is reminding me of how I am right now when asleep. I was watching/listening to these episodes because they are soothing. This one made me remember how trauma affects your psyche. In my opinion the director of this episode was spot on. Thanks Paul

[@paulgoddard]

Thanks Teresa, I'm ever so sorry to hear about your bereavement, my heart goes out to you. Dreams can be very strange and upsetting and I'm glad you are finding some comfort in these Wexfords. Although this isn't many people's favourite story I agree with you about it being spot on. However I welcome everyone's opinion. Take care and be kind to yourself. ❤

[@suzannewinz1099]

I hope your nightmares have subsided.

[@dianaroque8458]

So sorry for your loss. Hope nightmares have subsided.BLESSINGS

[@GohAhweh]

Glad I read this comment..I too have had similar dreams. It is so exhausting running through hallways lost endlessly..people beyond reach etc . I am now looking back to pinpoint what in my life I was repressing.

[@jewels3895]

Died suddenly? Trauma infected the world 3 years ago with forced experimental injections.

[@janmeyer7074]

"Only you could get yourself blown up and look like you cut yourself shaving." IMO, that line saved this episode. 😆

[@richardcatherwood7930]

This is the weirdest episode of Wexford I have ever seen....and I am only half way through....I feel like the whole thing was done on acid.

[@sreedhanakatru]

What is the style of the episode i wonder...in movie making

[@dralissa123]

I'm freaking out watching it. I think I'll go on to a different one. No like it.

[@richardcleveland8549]

37:15 The weirdness of this defies belief. I'm glad I didn't start the Rendells with this, or I'd likely never have gone on . . . which would've been a loss. This is what a detective film would look like if it had been a joint venture by the Dadaists! Inspector Wexford seen through the lens of Eugene Ionesco, with sets by Salvador Dali and "music" by Karlheinz Stockhausen!

[@swamiv.lubeck5045]

i totaly agree with you - never had seen such a surealistic detective story before -

[@louloumoon1916]

I nearly didn't get past the opening, that music and the effect they were trying to create was not the viewing I was looking for at the time.

[@carolinebarnes6832]

Or else a director trying to be too clever for their own good!

[@richardcleveland8549]

@@carolinebarnes6832 Always a possibility!

[@barbarajolley6578]

This episode resembles the style of postmodern rendition of Expressionistic or noir films. Even the color is subdued, almost black and white--it could be the VHS, but it looks intentional. The chaotic, disconnected beginning feels like a dream/nightmare sequence, yes, that is Surrealistic. The rest of the plot has loops and bounds, even some circular scenes with different characters, just like in a dream/nightmare. Very interesting. 🙂

[@williamhicks2299]

This is the most bizarre Wexford yet. I can't stay with this one....click!

[@mariapierce2707]

me either truly bizarre. I'm close to midway and trying to figure out what this all white is a psych hospital? too much going on on too many levels.

[@smc130]

This episode is just too complicated with too many lines of inquiry to follow.

[@louiseross5033]

This episode appears to have been written by someone on an 'acid' trip!

[@patp3800]

Lol

[@varonadee6980]

Thanks for clearing that up; I was beginning to think I was on an acid trip MYSELF! You described it PERFECTLY 💯

[@karmayt8956]

I was just thinking “acid trip”

[@kimmccabe1422]

It's Ruth Rendall after all. She was a trip lol

[@elainelessack]

Louise Ross: I couldn't agree with you and other commentators more!!! This episode suddenly brought to my imagination a horrific Salvador Dali painting brought to "life!"

[@m.a.sanderson5016]

Surreal. Wexford wanders into an episode of "The Prisoner". I expected any minute to hear him say "I am not a number..." And what's with the ticking soundtrack? It hardly seems like the same series.

[@sandraelder1101]

Yes, the obvious theme of “time” throughout.

[@jamesrouillardjas1671]

And l expected a cameo appearance at any moment by Salvador Dali

[@juliebarnes798]

It was really weird

[@beammeup8458]

Poor. But an interesting example of trying to be too clever on all counts. Thanks for posting it. A lesson in how not to do things. I will not let it spoil my enjoyment of other Wexfords, though that obnoxious assistant pushes my patience at times ...

[@tomduggan51]

Thanks Paul, I think you have good material for your private work in this episode. Very strange and complicated-it seemed everyone including the lead characters had lost their minds-I felt I was losing my own mind while watching it!

[@lindahornbeck5318]

The sounds were stupid and the movie was boring .

[@alanmcrae8594]

Bizarre but fascinating episode. The range of human mental illness is far more wide, dark and deep than straightforward cases with the typical human motivations. Presenting a case like this that unhinges everyone who gets involved was incredibly unnerving & disorienting. I can understand why it was too much for some detective mystery fans who prefer a bit of emotional distance from the suspects being investigated. I think it is a good idea to shake up fans with something like this once and awhile, lest they start to think that solving murders is just the next level of crossword puzzle analytics. No, there is sometimes real madness and in your face emotionally charged insanity to be confronted. At times like these, it must be incredibly difficult to be a real detective in the real world...

[@QHarefield]

I have seen a lot of Wexford episodes - and for that, I must say a big 'thank you' to Paul Goddard. However ... this one is not your typical Wexford - not by a long chalk. To say it is dark is an understatement (I certainly would never call it 'soothing,' as an earlier viewer did!). Some people may well prefer this episode, with its different directorial style, and different music, but it is definitely not 'my' cup of tea. I look forward to seeing another of the more usual ones : they 'can' be soothing!

[@ekcentrik]

I agree. There is too much going on: politics, psychology, family issues. It's probably better to read the book.

[@virginiakienle1016]

very bizarre, and too abstract for me. It was like an especially bad Swedish or Italian film.

[@meofamily4]

I think the producers decided that the audience needed to be shaken up. It was not successful effort.

[@mfjdv2020]

QHarefield: I agree 100% with your comment.

[@Hillyg]

Agree poor editing jumps around too much. And too many plot distractions eith no follow through

[@alexiskiri9693]

Okay, this one was bananas. Dream sequences to long. Jumps all over the place.

[@DandeeDonna]

Worst Wexford ever. Like falling in a rabbit hole of madness.

[@dougmcartin3881]

Yes agree with the other commenters. This was a hard to follow episode. Whoever wrote the screenplay had a certain vision in their head that did not come out on the finished product at all.

[@ardeladimwit]

hallucinogenic, no?

[@flufwix]

Great episode! I’ve met therapists who speak like that. Can’t imagine how that would help patients

[@yvetjo9568]

That was a very strange Wexford episode.

[@louwrainemyburgh8835]

Very.

[@BharatUIMe]

Someone’s tried to defame wexford series by making this one

[@danieladibenedetto6003]

yeah, I don't get the plot!

[@Nana-Kunwar]

Very psychic

[@laurencejames8108]

Amen- just about the worst- no! by far the worst episode

[@small_joys2022]

So true.. have fallen asleep 4 times and still havent fimished even half of it.

[@richardcleveland8549]

12:43 This is SUCH a strange episode! I've watched six or eight in the series, and THIS one is just plain weird! It jumps around so I can hardly tell what's going on. I'll keep going, though . . . in the hope that All Will Be Revealed (OR, contrariwise, at LEAST make sense!). I've read several of Rendell's novels, but I don't remember this one; I hope the book makes more sense than this film.

[@900108Chale]

We watch Wexford for it’s style, a trip back to when people crimes and even the baddies where simple and sincere. People were pleasant and had purpose. Bad things were sought out, investigated and corrected: justice done. Sweet dreams! Our wonderful late summer could then continue after having gifted us with an intriguing tale to share... This? I don’t even know what to say! Neurotic, noisy, angry, dark, mad, desperate, revolted. A terrible attempt at a psycho drama that stumbles every time it takes a step... A horrid attempt at what? Horror? Complex story? Film Noir? Deep emotions? NOT my cup of Tea, my dear

[@grindupBaker]

Reg is often going a bit dreamy in these but here he went full-blown Twin Peaks on us. I was eagerly awaiting the Giant and the Dancing Dwarf.

[@christianawatts6349]

this is total rubbish...somebody watched too much hitchcock...what a bringdown in this series. Ugh!

[@Mary-hs3gu]

Finally finished it. Sorry I wasted the time.

[@terryabbey4209]

Ive watched several Wexford, but had i watched this one first i wouldn't have bothered

[@23Josilee]

Talk about "dark"...just a little too much...not exactly enjoyable...

[@StellaFl]

If this is the first Wexford episode you're going to watch....give it a miss..... All the others Paul has uploaded are superb, this not so much

[@grindupBaker]

You could try double speed.

[@suzannewinz1099]

I find it delightfully surreal.

[@monicacall7532]

I’m a fan of mysteries in both print and video form. Thanks to you I’ve just added “Inspector Wexford” to my list of favorite British mysteries.

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

I am watching this one for the third time, and I have to say this is the only episode that I don't remember who the murderer is and the reason. Maybe because I really don't, along with so many others, like this episode. I have been fast forwarding it through all of the strange scenes. Looking forward to watching a normal Wexford. Now wait! There is the China trip we must get through with all of the excess tea drinking! I still love Wexford and still pick up things that I hadn't the other times I have watched episodes. Thank you Paul!

[@cherylmacgregor5650]

I discovered Wexford because of you!! Thanks 👏

[@paulgoddard]

Thank you Cheryl, that's really nice to hear 🙂

[@odessacolonna9950]

this episode is truly the worst of an otherwise splendid affair

[@ericawilhelminaolckers4781]

I was critisised about my comment now there is more people who agree I was upset about it very upset about his comment he washed the floor with me. Stay safe South Africa greetings to every one

[@luciechapello1008]

@@ericawilhelminaolckers4781 Hello from a little town in Florida USA on the Gulf Coast.

[@ericawilhelminaolckers4781]

@@luciechapello1008 hallo it is Erica from South Africa

[@ericawilhelminaolckers4781]

@@luciechapello1008 hallo from a little town in South Africa

[@ericawilhelminaolckers4781]

@@luciechapello1008 hallo from a little town in South Africa

[@mauriceharvey4300]

Just got 40 minutes into this and I've got to say whoever made this episode of Wexford are trying to hard to make it "strange". This is bordering on pretentious nonsense. I'll stick with it to the end but only because I like the lead characters and the actors. Thanks for the opportunity to watch this btw, but this isn't up to the usual Inspector Wexford mysteries.

[@bodhiheeren]

Ruth Rendell is well known for her psychologically complex story lines.

[@vahramelagoz6759]

I couldn't agree more.

[@debbiehenri7170]

Have to agree here. So full of people going berserk at each other, overacting, overreacting, and then peculiar silences. It was trying to be arty, when there really is no place for it in an Inspector Wexford mystery.

[@mfjdv2020]

@Maurice Harvey: I agree 100% with all you say. I am just wondering what the book's like.

[@gilliankew]

I gave up. Utter nonsense.

[@INDYOSKARS]

I kept being reminded of, while watching this of that old American expression "this is some crazy sh₶".

[@lorenrobertson8039]

On point!

[@jasm8913]

Or that Canadian expression “you’ve gotta be fuckin’ kiddin me!”

[@meligarrett9197]

This is the weirdest of the series...so bizarre!😳

[@terrythomas4524]

The absolute worst I've seen in the Wexford series.

[@lindakeogh4178]

This is the weirdest Wexford I've ever watched! Never did like Burden - narrow minded, self righteous individual, but they are all in the Twilight Zone in this one!

[@ardeladimwit]

you're giving the Twilight Zone a bad name-- at least it had outstanding writers and basically good actors even if the sets were cardboard.

[@skywalkercowgirl]

In this episode a character with steady feet on the ground would help! A straight thinking character among all the circles!

[@marcleblanc3602]

Lord this one is mad, everyone was on drugs, MI5 experience?

[@janetdickinson6368]

I had some difficulty understanding who did what. Did weird mother kill woman in car park because she was being blackmailed by her? Now that I see beginning again, was weird mother trying to get out because she had killed woman? Who was the gray haired bearded man Wexford interviewed (my audio wasn't very strong there)? At the end weird son killed mother. Were police digging up yard because believed mother killed pops? And who exactly bombed daughter's car?

[@kilgoretrout3875]

My questions exactly

[@mfjdv2020]

According to another viewer on here who has read the book, Sheila's car was bombed because she was in a relationship with a QC who was acting as Counsel for the Prosecution in respect of a terrorist group. But this is really nothing to do with the main issue (i.e. who killed Cliff's mother). It's one of Ruth Rendell's famous secondary plots. Unfortunately for Reg, he got caught in the crossfire.

[@soniavadnjal7553]

@@kilgoretrout3875 lol

[@soniavadnjal7553]

Lol.

[@nazufani4016]

"And now for something completely different". ;-) TU. Gave the old brain a workout. TU.

[@stevecharters8965]

More Barbara Vine than Ruth Rendell. The whole Greenham Common/terrorism subplot was just padding vaguely justified by the theme of parental influence on children. And as for the fantasy paranoia 10 minutes sequence - I thought I was watching The Avengers or the Prisoner with the spooky soundscape - and yet this was filmed in 1989!

[@rondareynolds5204]

Thank you Paul I do enjoy this series looking forward to seeing more

[@beckygeierman6401]

Love this show

[@buzsalmon]

Paul if this is one you said people didn't seem to care for very much I'm really not sure why. Thank you my friend!

[@mfjdv2020]

Did you enjoy it, Buz?

[@blackbean4509]

Thank You Paul I've listened to the audiobook of the veiled one. It's nice to see it in a dramatizion. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE EPISODES ❤️♥️♥️

[@fredjones7307]

Sorry, can't watch this, it reminds me of The Prisoner. One wonders what the director was on..

[@kilgoretrout3875]

Yes, it does remind me of a bad acid trip

[@lorenrobertson8039]

@@kilgoretrout3875 Indeed! Definitely a bad trip.

[@robinredshanks9096]

Just about what I said in my comment. They must have been on some weird trip man.

[@mfjdv2020]

@Fred Jones: One does indeed wonder, Fred! Like Maurice Harvey, I am sticking it out till the end, but only because I so enjoy watching Reg, Mike and Sergeant Martin and all the interaction and little comic moments these three have.

[@joniweinberger1362]

I found this to be very intriguing. It was as if watching a Hitchcock movie, combined with a Salvador Dali painting rolled into one. A deffinite observation of how a person's psyche can be influenced by another, whether by suggestion or by an harrowing event, and the effects it will have. A very interesting Wexford.

[@JW-vd4il]

@ Joni Weinberger I enjoyed it, too, tho different for a Wexford. And I like your analysis!

[@binebum1]

Thank you for posting tthis. I didn't enjoy it at all, but it is interesting to have a completely different feel in this episode. What caused this difference? Different director? Different scriptwriter?

[@KSramadurai]

This is a most unusual Wexford that I have watched so far. It has the ambience of the modern Batman movies, and concentration on psychological and psychic aspects very intensely. So to to this episode with an open mind, and dont expect a well-done police procedure production...an unusual BBC! Thanks for uploading the Wexfords....

[@jeanettesdaughter]

Life can get strange even in Kingsmarkham. The desire for a nice tidy life must be interrrupted by vice to remain vital. No virtue without vice! That is the Rendell oeuvre. You shall have no virtue unless you confront vice.

[@lloydbotway5930]

Excellent actors, suffering under a really bad director...

[@Blonde_Somnambulist]

A failed experiment.. pretentious nonsense and not worthy of the tremendous acting talents of the principle cast. It was a test of endurance just getting through it .

[@ourreg]

the acting in this episode with the exception of wexford is appalling

[@rivkahyaron2958]

Un intento frustrado y frustrante de mezclarse con Frutillas Silvestres (Ingmar Bergman) y Alfred Hitchcock. Y un resultado deplorable.

[@elainelessack]

Paul Goddard: Please do not bother to apologize for the beginning sound quality! The entire episode's score was horrific, as if it were someone's terrifying nightmare! I cannot bring myself to call the irritating cacophony of discordant sounds music; I do reserve that word for what truly deserves to be called such!

[@carolking6355]

Thank you for posting but found this was one I found too unnerving. Might have nightmares tonight. 😩

[@mfjdv2020]

I hope you didn't have nightmares, Carol. I found it unnerving too

[@mikc666]

Nope. I gave up after 40 minutes. Just totally weird and incomprehensible. Wonder what George Baker thought about having to act through this drivel ...

[@julianwalch3567]

Good episode-very unsettling.

[@melanieohara6941]

Watching from Wyoming-Thank You!🙋🏼‍♀️

[@daphnekivinen9482]

I agree with the negative comments. I've almost turned this one off a couple times and I might still do that.

[@jamesread6017]

Thanks for uploading these Paul. They bring back many memories. I have to admit though that this is my least favourite Wexford. It's a curious entry in the series, having the same production team, but for some reason they decided to go in an entirely different direction with this one. Mary McMuray directed a number of Wexfords but she seems unsure what to do with Trevor Preston's screenplay here. Preston also adapted 'The Speaker Of Mandarin' which also makes heavy use of dream sequences but the style is much more in keeping with the other episodes. He seems to be trying to communicate the complex psychological themes of the story visually rather than through straight dialogue, but it just doesn't come off. The Reese character doesn't appear in Rendell's novel; I believe he is meant to be some kind of manifestation or 'guide' from Wexford's subconscious, possibly based on a real-life interview he had with special branch. The music seems to have been composed for something else and sounds off right from the start. If you are confused, my advice is to read the novel which is far more satisfying.

[@anizad2011]

James Read: Please, could you tell me who killed the first woman, and why? In all the decades of watching whodunnits, this is the first time where I've completely lost the plot, tuned out, and don't want to have to re-watch the thing to figure it out!

[@julianwalch3567]

Agree.The novel is far superior.I think that compressing the story to one hour forty was a mistake and it should have been a longer two-parter like others in the series.Having said that the cast put in their usual sterling service.Thanks for uploading Paul.

[@u.synlig]

anizad2011 Dorothy Sanders (mother of the disturbed young man) killed Gwen Robson (blackmailer - found in the car park), in retaliation for being blackmailed (or attempted blackmail) in regard to the murder of her husband and the female friend/neighbor (wife of the shotgun-wielding recluse.

[@ardeladimwit]

mild assessment--they're all bonking nuts and its a mashup of Kafka's Amerika with The Shining with far less coherent dialog and surrealistic scenes. Even Doctors in the House can at least get a hospital scene right.

[@margo3367]

This was a weird one.

[@sleim754]

This was a tough one to understand. I never did figure out about the bombing.

[@corneliawissing7950]

Neither did I.

[@corneliawissing7950]

I don't know whether my attention wandered ... Who killed the blackmailer?

[@julianwalch3567]

The lunatics mother killed the blackmailer.

[@kilgoretrout3875]

@@corneliawissing7950 I am guessing that the wacko son killed the blackmailer. His mother was killed the same way, with a wire. I think Mike was right all along. But very confusing!

[@u.synlig]

Dorothy Sanders (mother of the disturbed young man) killed Gwen Robson (blackmailer - found in the car park), in retaliation for being blackmailed (or attempted blackmail) in regard to the murder of her husband and the female friend/neighbor (wife of the shotgun-wielding recluse.

[@joeceonnia1954]

Thank you Paul Joe from Philadelphia, I can't remember when I saw an episode that is so damn strange I think their trying too hard now, but keep them coming Paul and thanks again. I'm trying to figure out the directors Point here it's like watching the bad Quentin Tarantino episode... or a bed Alfred Hitchcock without the MacGuffin

[@mamayusuf7635]

Definitely an ‘outside of the box’ episode. Thought provoking, too - made a change, and likable for me. Thank you!

[@paulinecolraine4726]

Sorry Paul I have to give up on this one. Thank you for your effort’s in posting, this one is too complicated for me.😟😃

[@debbiehenri7170]

Not Ruth Rendell's finest moment. Her weirdest perhaps. And yet there were all the elements for a fine mystery murder: dominating mother, oppressed son, blackmail, and a past double murder.

[@davidhull7115]

Camille Coduri was in Nuns on the Run; Ian Fitzgibbon was in Prime Suspect, he was Tennison's right hand man for a while.

[@christopherking3937]

Im struggling to watch this episode in it’s entirety. A tad too Avantgarde for my personal taste.

[@RITAMUKHERJEEuniverseisgod5797]

VERY CONFUSING DRAMA... NO CLARITY... ONLY PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICAL CLASS ... WEIRD ☹️

[@meofamily4]

I gave it a thumbs-down.

[@82Echo411]

Thanks for the opening w/ the background program theme in the background - MInder w/ Cole & Waterman.

[@sarah_pings_witherby]

It’s interesting that the director of this one also directed A guilty thing surprised, No crying he makes, From Doon with death and Kissing the Gunner’s daughter - all quite superior episodes! I have read the book and it is very similar in style to the filmed version. It has the same strange Samuel Beckett type dialogue ... I’m at a loss as to why they thought it would work ... strangely compelling though...

[@deba4537]

Samuel Beckett directed by David Lynch! That's it exactly.

[@lefuedebout]

An unusual episode but also in my opinion, inappropriate. By that I mean, as a stand-alone programme it would have made a great show but, as part of the Inspector Wexford saga, it was misplaced.

[@Issyhilditch]

This episode is amazing , well ahead of themselves for the times , an intriguing change showing how things can connect in your mind after a huge injury/ trauma.

[@lindaflowerpower8498]

Still nowadays many mothers cling to their sons, as a husband-substitute and prevent their healthy relationship with women .

[@tbecie6106]

The confusion in scenes began before the explosion.

[@maxineb9598]

You ate 'shrooms before watching it??

[@lady.a.7647]

I just finished rereading this book, it was nowhere close to being this weird.

[@nigelbrennan3816]

I hope the directors acid trip freaked him right out . I don't think the inspector will ever be the same after acting that one out .

[@jjroseknows777]

106:34 "you're pushing witnesses, right??!!" Ah, yes, that's where things go amok... a police detective thinks they know who is guilty and they proceed to "push" witnesses... just an observation; I love Inspector Wexford!

[@lorenrobertson8039]

This one is creepy! Freaked me out.

[@Vampirebear13]

This episode seems so much different than the other. It has a much "darker vibe" & through much of it, it seemed like the writers had come across some old blotter acid while looking for script paper. And when the agent from special branch said they'd had a file on Wexford's daughter for 6 years, it kid of made me giggle. Because here in the states, from the moment someone has a social security number, the FBI starts a file... on EVERYONE. That comes straight from my friend who's been an agent for over 30 years. Love you Paul !!!

[@u.synlig]

Vampirebear13 I am previewing, by reading the comments first, so I have no insight on this episode yet; however, your comment - supposing a writers’ adventure - made me laugh so sharply, that I must give you a thumbs-up right away! [Your next remark (re: universal citizen FBI-files) also made me laugh, ... in a different way.]

[@Vampirebear13]

@@u.synlig Well thanks, I guess. Hope you're having a Blessed day.

[@catherinesteele598]

Thank you so much Paul for up loading 🥰

[@gracer5923]

A mirror to (broken) reality than most are willing to admit... Very sad...

[@maryannsilva4160]

Wonderful series! This one is so different yet loved it. Refreshing change from usual detective stories. Really appreciate your posting the series during COVID time.

[@avicennitegh1377]

Thanks for editing out the spoiler. The director must have overdosed on Maya Deren's "Meshes of the Afternoon" (1943), keywords: nightmare, surrealism, experimentation.

[@deborahgallo6730]

Well, this was a strange one. The opening credits were different, the musical score different. The dream scene of Wexford reminded me of the dream scene by Dali in Spellbound with Gregory Peck. However, maybe it is just me, but I did not understand the end, I still have questions, as to who did it. I have a feeling this may have been a stand alone film. To anyone here for the first time, this is not indicative of the normal series, so please do not be put off, all the others are wonderful.

[@vivianhamilton616]

@33:27...im gone! I tried, but this is not working for me. thank you though.

[@meofamily4]

I lasted, but only to @35:36.

[@jamesrouillardjas1671]

I must confess this is one of the more opaque of the Inspector Wexford episodes. But I’m grasping more on this, my second viewing. Also enjoying more. I may not have finished watching the first time…

[@sheilakethley5351]

Think I picked the wrong episode to drop in to this series!

[@jiejie1119]

The most bizarre Wexford episode I've ever seen! Reminiscent of "The Prisoner" and "Twin Peaks."

[@miladachudickova1096]

Exactly, feels like something from David Lynch!

[@gina.1]

Guys it's just director's choice. Doing film noir style 30's, 40's. Look at the shot choices, truncated dialogue, hairstyles, music, etc.

[@Heather-xz3eo]

Are they all on drugs this episode Thought Id stumbled on A Clockwork Orange OR One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

[@jjroseknows777]

55:30 "He lied?" "He didn't tell the truth." "There's a difference?" "To you or for Clifford? Seems to be that this kind of philosophical splitting hairs is a bit of what's wrong in society these days.

[@robinhopkins6339]

I felt like I was in the twilight zone or watching twin peaks with this episode.😱

[@JoFunnyOnion]

Thank you. Some deeply unpleasant characters which sadly reflects real life!

[@rexharrison6827]

So, two unconnected stories in one; an utterly unnecessary coma- or shock-induced dream sequence which distracts from what I assume was the primary plot; secondary plot goes nowhere except for a domestic row towards the end; because of time wasted on secondary plot, there is virtually no essential information or back story provided regarding the murdered woman’s blackmailing operations or the mother’s presumed murder of... was it her husband? This is an object lesson in how to - literally - lose the plot. It may work in a book, since there’s more space and time to cover details or it may work over several linked episodes, but as a single story, it unfortunately bombs. The transpositional obsession of the boy with the detective could easily have been a stand-alone story in itself.

[@lisasim]

Some people can't stomach weird, but I loved this episode with all the surrealism and psychological analysis. A different episode from usual, well... life can be very unusual, at times, especially now at covid-19 time. Cheers Paul! Thank you for uploading this! 🍻

[@bonnymontes4461]

I found the comments far more entertaining than the episode. The cameraman was in league with some proponent of surrealism, symbolism, repetition of imagery - the red shoes, footsteps, emptying of handbags with similar contents, and a final valiant afford to emphasize the mother and sons madness and reinforce this theme by using Reg Wexfords knock on the head to unhinge him and allowing annoying psychiatrists to emerge from the mists of the mind. Too long, bady done and boring. Having taken a coffee break I don't feel strong enough for more.

[@deeannh17]

Nightmare. I wonder if that was like taking psychedelic drugs. The whole thing was psycho.

[@mikewilliams4438]

Like the lost episode of 'The prisoner'

[@joanneel9708]

I didn’t care much for this one, too convoluted, but have loved all the others

[@ianbeddowes5362]

The best episodes are without this surrealist nonsense but have complex but plausible plots.

[@reinadegrillos]

I found it hard to follow this one. Am I the only one?

[@kevinhorn9682]

Thanks for sharing Paul.😀

[@kathleenwalker7405]

Thank you so much I really appreciate your uploads ❤