These classic TV dramas dwarf any another film!!! I think this is the power of classics which can drive you watch or read them again and again!!! So I'd like to record something I'v learnt from these episodes produced by ITV and stared by David Suchet here!!!
SEASON I
The Adventure Of The Clapham Cook: A bank clerk stolen the money from the bank and killed the one that was incriminated by him and hided the body into the cook's case.
Poirot doesn't touch that particular cases such as finding a cook. important of national importance!!!
never to despise a trivial
Murder In The Mews: A suicide looked like a murder!!! A young life drained by blackmail was taken by herself gave her roommate the chance for trapping that blackmailer.
Poirot played golf!!! Nice shot for the first-time-player!!!
run like a well-oiled clock
The Adventure Of Johnnie Waverly: A father directed kidnap.
If there is to be any ruff stuff, I don't think it will be Poirot. Brain stuff, yes; ruff stuff, devious!!!
Poirot has his own pair of slippers with the initial "HP" embroided on it!!!
He had the hot-water feet treatment!!! And singing with Hastings!!!
Four And Twenty Black Birds: The nephew killed the other twin uncle for the inheritence.
Two beans in the pot!!!
The Third Floor Flat: A man killed his wife in her flat just above Poirot's for another marriage!!!
Hastings cost his car in catching the criminal, and Poirot paid the fee for him!!!
Poirot recovered from his illness by exercising his little grey cells!!!
Triangle At Rhodes: Two planed the murder and decided to stage it in public, so as to get out of their own marriage.
Poirot was on holiday on island Rhodes in Italy, and was mistaken as a spy!!!
"when the cold-blood Englishman come out into the sun, perhaps it warms their passion."
Problem At Sea: A man killed his bossy wife!!!
"The quickness of the hands deceives the eyes!!!"
The Incredible Theft: The designer planed to let his false paper be stolen.
The King Of Clubs: An accident erased all the trouble haunting that actress.
The Dream: Having applied the makeup and played the part of the victim, the secretary shot the boss by taking the advantage of the layout of the building.
Finally, Poirot bought a new clock for Miss Lemon for the sake of not laying out of the widow again, though that was not what Lemon was expecting!!!
"When Hercule Poirot is concerned, there is possibly a matter of murder!!!"
two hearts beat as one
SEASON II
Peril At End House: A young lady planed four intent murders to herself and the real murder to her sister who had the same name as hers for money!!!
Poirot set himself on an island where nobody knows him!!!
Poirot is a detective; a great detective; a detective unique!!!
always you have the right direction in the wrong place!!!
The Veiled Lady: A lady pretended to employ Poirot to search a letter which could blackmail her, in fact, what she wanted was the box which contained the jewels at the other heart.
When there was no crime for him to solve, Poirot started to think all those criminals were afraid of him!!!
Poirot was bargain with a blackmailer!!!
Poirot can ride bike!!! He disguised himself into someone who can fix locks. At that night, he, together with Hastings, creeped into that house to see if they can find that little box that contained the jewels.
thefty little eyes!!!
Jepp joked about Poirot's caught and called him "mad dog"!!!
What a craftsman's lost when Poirot decided to become the most famous detective!!!
by the method of the most apprehensive
The Lost Mine: A gambler who lost a lot in stock market killed a chinese man for his mine and framed a opium-addicted man into this crime.
Poirot was playing "Monopoly" with Hastings!!!
The Cornish Mystery: A man allured, planted the idea that the husband was the killer, and killed the lady for her whole inheritance.
In Belgian, they tax the heaviest on rice.
flatter him into confession
hash up
Double Sin: Two criminals cheated in trading the miniatures!!!
Poirot thought he was finished!!! And got the idea of retirement, though Hastings thought he was at the height of his powers!!!
He thinks growing a moustache is an art!!!
Jepp borrowed the word from his native tongue:"Private detective is not the glamorous figure of fiction,he is a man who's failing in more worthy works of life, and being of middle-son and trouble-making disposition, finally comes to rest in the dingy office over the chipshop where he piles the higher and sorted world of perky crime and divorce!!!
I may say with fear of contradiction: HP has the very original minds of the 20th century--intelligent, brave, sensitive, devastatingly quick. HP stands head and shoulders above any other detectives of my considerable experience"
After hearing such compliments, Poirot decided to humbly provide help to Hastings on this case.
The Adventure Of The Cheap Flat: It's about the stolen blue-print!!!
Poirot, again, did the locking stuff with the very professional skills--wearing gloves!!!
Poirot removed bullets from the gun, so he had the courage to stand out!!!
The Kidnapped Prime Minister: Switch a prime minister with face bandaged!!!
Poirot seems to grow bigger every year!!!
wild goose chase
decreed the vision
smoke screen
The Adventure Of The Western Star: Diamond stolen
Poirot got fanatic about a film star from his home country!!!
The Mysterious Affair At Styie: The husband killed his wife for the house and the money. This should be the first episode!!!
This was how Poirot, Hastings, and Jepp met and started their co-working!!!
Poirot was singing!!! "keep its tune!!!"
Poirot was playing "Monopoly" with Hastings!!!
The Cornish Mystery: A man allured, planted the idea that the husband was the killer, and killed the lady for her whole inheritance.
In Belgian, they tax the heaviest on rice.
flatter him into confession
hash up
Double Sin: Two criminals cheated in trading the miniatures!!!
Poirot thought he was finished!!! And got the idea of retirement, though Hastings thought he was at the height of his powers!!!
He thinks growing a moustache is an art!!!
Jepp borrowed the word from his native tongue:"Private detective is not the glamorous figure of fiction,he is a man who's failing in more worthy works of life, and being of middle-son and trouble-making disposition, finally comes to rest in the dingy office over the chipshop where he piles the higher and sorted world of perky crime and divorce!!!
I may say with fear of contradiction: HP has the very original minds of the 20th century--intelligent, brave, sensitive, devastatingly quick. HP stands head and shoulders above any other detectives of my considerable experience"
After hearing such compliments, Poirot decided to humbly provide help to Hastings on this case.
The Adventure Of The Cheap Flat: It's about the stolen blue-print!!!
Poirot, again, did the locking stuff with the very professional skills--wearing gloves!!!
Poirot removed bullets from the gun, so he had the courage to stand out!!!
The Kidnapped Prime Minister: Switch a prime minister with face bandaged!!!
Poirot seems to grow bigger every year!!!
wild goose chase
decreed the vision
smoke screen
The Adventure Of The Western Star: Diamond stolen
Poirot got fanatic about a film star from his home country!!!
The Mysterious Affair At Styie: The husband killed his wife for the house and the money. This should be the first episode!!!
This was how Poirot, Hastings, and Jepp met and started their co-working!!!
Poirot was singing!!! "keep its tune!!!"
How does your garden grow?: A woman murdered her aunt for a garden into which she devoted herself.
"Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row." Poirot likes pink roses and wears Cologne!!! Tips from this episode is tradesmen never forget those who pay in cash!!!
Million Dollar Bond Robbery: A stealing happened before the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary.
Poirot came to England in a boat 20 years ago which, maybe, made him seasick and that voyage is still kept freshly in his oval-shaped head!!!
An Affair At The Victory Ball: It's about six china figurines.
Poirot had his dreadful accent broadcast!!! "Your eyes betrayed what your tongue denied!!!"
Wasps' Nest: A dying man wanted to incriminate his opponent in an love affair by his death.
Poirot succeeded in preventing a crime though he was stung by wasps!!! "Let the vigour build your figure!!!" Poirot can not stand the description of painful experience by Chief Inspector Jepp who hospitalised due to his stomach pain.
The Tragedy At Marsdon Manor: A woman killed her elder husband for money from the life insurance!!!
Poirot was fooled by the owner of a country inn who wrote a crime fiction without an ending. And he stepped into bullshit. Also he discovered his wax figure and showed off in front of his fellows!!!
"My brain is the most intricate machine like a motor car, and that can not be driven by inferior and low-grade fuel!!!"
The Double Clue: Ooh, Poirot was in love in this episode!!! LOL!!! Just the same as Sherlock Holmes, he fell in love with a female thief and let her go at last!!! "During your short stay in England, there are four robberies and I don't want you to be involved in the fifth one!!!" I'm wondering why great detectives are always fond of thieves!!! Jesus!!! "In my career, I've seen 6 husbands who killed their beloved wives and 22 women killed their beloved wives!!!" That scene of the lady gave kiss on Poirot's egg-like head made me LOL!!!
The Mystery Of The Spanish Chest: Poirot danced in this episode!!! Though he danced like a penguin. Actually, that matches his appearance!!! He almost put his life at stake. And afterwards, he learnt how to be "humble" and more English!!!--"It's nothing!!! Just luck!!!" He is always THE Hurcule Poirot^^
The Theft Of the Royal Ruby: Well, no one dead in this episode. And Poirot had a happy Christmas, though he was escorted by two Egyptian bodyguards!!!
The Plymouth Express:
"It scares off the decent flockings and brought bastard broking!!!"
This story is very similar to the murder on the blue train in which that maid was the crime assistant.
The Mystery Of Hunter's Lodge:
Poirot got sick!!! "My feet are blocks of ice, my lungs are filled with gunpowder and cold air; I am the corpse waiting to death!!!" But that didn't degrade the working of his little "grey cells". He tormented his grey cells with no mercy!!!
The dog was the hero in this episode. It's her, by her acute nose, who picked out the real murderer!!! Good dog^^ Well done^^
SEASON IV
ABC Murders: The two previous murders were committed to hide the real person murderer wanted to kill for money!!! Another victim was a man of the most suggestible whose name, in initial, was ABC. The first letter of the three victims' name were followed by the alphabetic order.
"Just taking a piece of breath can bring the smell of jungle!!!" Poirot was much more English when he had something to say about the crocodile shot by Captain Hastings who took it as a gift to Poirot. "It's nothing to do with my undoubted fame!!!" is the answer to the question why the murder wrote letters to him. Oh, he was "humble" again!!!
Murder In The Clouds: A money lander was killed by her illegitimate daughter and her man(a dentist) who, together, orchestrated this murder for money--by a poisoned dart!!!
Tennis has its very origin in 11 century France.
Poirot is good at eavesdropping!!! He is scared of flying in a plane!!!He described an architecture in Paris as "an enormous birthday cake"!!!
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: In this episode, the dentist was one of the victims. All the three victims were killed to prevent the fact that the murderer committed double marriage!!!
Poirot isn't very fond of dentist. The look on his face when he saw that chair was the same as the one before he would be hanged!!!" There is no little chap in the world, particularly Hurcule Poirot!!!" ^^
SEASON V
The Adventure Of The Egypt Tomb: One of Poirot's trips into the land of Egypt. The doctor killed his fellow to inherent the money.
"The force of superstition is the greatest force the world has ever known." "the death of him is from the cause of the very natural" "talk three hats"
"the heart is sound as a bell"
"May your knife not get hold of me,may my hands not touch the poison, may I not fall into your slaughter house,for I know your names and my heart is with the Syrus. Delivery me from the god whose face of a dog but whose skin of a man who live upon the dam digesting human hearts."
The underdog: The one who was the last person to be suspected hit it!!!
"With someone whose character is so forceful and intellectual is so powerful, the hypnotics will not work!!!" "Belgian miniature of bronzes is the finest and the largest--the man who possesses them must has the exquisite taste and sensitivity" "drive like the wind"
The Yellow Iris: As Poirot put it in early episode, this is the story of a husband killed his beloved one for money!!!
"The English they have no cuisine. They only have food!!! The meat is overcooked, vegetable too salty, the cheese inedible and the day the English create their own wines is the day I return to Belgian!!!" is the comment Poirot gives to the English food. But at the end of this episode, he and Hastings ate fish and chips happily!!! Poirot ate like a squirrel!!!
"something get out my chest"
When Poirot was arrested, he shouted:"Nooo, the Belgian embassy!!!" Not French one!!!
The Case Of The Missing Will: A mother committed the crime for the benefit of her son!!!
"I've ever seen a dead person with a beating heart!!!" "--Get the wrong end of the stick. --I have no stick at all."
The Adventure Of An Italian Nobleman: Miss Lemon has an admirer who acclaimed himself as a private secretary of an Italian Business man, but was testified to be the murderer of his master!!!
Poirot is not fond of cats!!! Miss Lemon cared about that cat much more than her admirer.
The Chocolate Box:
Poirot was back to his home country as the deputy of Jepp's wife!!!--"Her lose is my gain!!!" Poirot recap his first case as a private detective while he was still a junior inspector and had hair over the top of his head, and his first love affair!!! That woman called him "Hurcule", which is why Poirot would like that female thief!!!
Belgian was a religious country.
"disinterested party" "There is no such thing as an incident!!!" "sooth the trouble water" "a slave to insomnia" "ask for you speciously,by moustache!!!"
Dead Man' Mirror: A mother committed the murder for the benefit of her daughter.
Poirot failed to acquired a mirror at the auction.
Jewel Robbery At The Grand Metropolitan:
"Even the great little cells require rest sometimes." Given the advice by his doctor, Poirot had to leave London for a vacation. Then he encountered a jewel robbery committed by a couple who disguised as servants at that hotel.
Poirot also went outrageous when others recognised him by someone else. "You have the face of a great man!!!" Poirot said this to encourage a young man who had the same moustaches of his.
SEASON VI
Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A murder for revenge!!!
"mauled by a lion" That murder was "a work of lunatic"/ "homicidal maniac"
Poirot was hymning while cooking his delicious Christmas meal. Then the radiator broke down. So, he had to accept the invitation from a failed old man. On the way, he was laughed by his "spats, patont leather shoes, moustaches must have enough wax in them to keep Madom Tussaud's going for a fortnight."
Poirot rescued Jepp from his family Christmas choir. Having received a Christmas present from Inspector Jepp--a pair of gloves knit by Inspector Jepp' wife who spent a month to do so, Poirot, in return, bought a box of cigarette!!!
Hickory Dickory Dock: A son of the hero of Briton killed his mother at first, and later murdered his roommates to conceal he was one of the diamond smugglers.
"wake up the suspicion" "snitch" "get my wind up" "Psychiatrists just balm themselves!!!"
After a week's "suffering" at Poirot's home, Inspector Jepp got a spot of English-cooking lunch: mushed potato, mushy peas, and faggots, for Poirot!!! But it's a blessed upset that Poirot has an allergy for the faggot--la phobie de faggot!!! Then, he was treated by nothing nicer than the bit of mousetrap!!!
Poirot always has nine little exquisite biscuits placed in perfect square with strawberry jam on every and each of them!!! Oh, he can cook typical Belgian cuisine!!!
Murder On The Link: A plot planed to escape the blackmail only brought himself the death!!!
"To let a little ball go into a little hole in the middle of a large open field! It's not the taste of Poirot!!!"
Poirot won the wedge--a pipe from a french detective. Captain Hastings fond his love at the end of this episode!!!
Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A murder for revenge!!!
"mauled by a lion" That murder was "a work of lunatic"/ "homicidal maniac"
Poirot was hymning while cooking his delicious Christmas meal. Then the radiator broke down. So, he had to accept the invitation from a failed old man. On the way, he was laughed by his "spats, patont leather shoes, moustaches must have enough wax in them to keep Madom Tussaud's going for a fortnight."
Poirot rescued Jepp from his family Christmas choir. Having received a Christmas present from Inspector Jepp--a pair of gloves knit by Inspector Jepp' wife who spent a month to do so, Poirot, in return, bought a box of cigarette!!!
Hickory Dickory Dock: A son of the hero of Briton killed his mother at first, and later murdered his roommates to conceal he was one of the diamond smugglers.
"wake up the suspicion" "snitch" "get my wind up" "Psychiatrists just balm themselves!!!"
After a week's "suffering" at Poirot's home, Inspector Jepp got a spot of English-cooking lunch: mushed potato, mushy peas, and faggots, for Poirot!!! But it's a blessed upset that Poirot has an allergy for the faggot--la phobie de faggot!!! Then, he was treated by nothing nicer than the bit of mousetrap!!!
Poirot always has nine little exquisite biscuits placed in perfect square with strawberry jam on every and each of them!!! Oh, he can cook typical Belgian cuisine!!!
Murder On The Link: A plot planed to escape the blackmail only brought himself the death!!!
"To let a little ball go into a little hole in the middle of a large open field! It's not the taste of Poirot!!!"
Poirot won the wedge--a pipe from a french detective. Captain Hastings fond his love at the end of this episode!!!
Dumb Witness:
BOB is the name of that cute dog--a fox terrier, a fluffy toy!!! SOOOOO CUTE!!! He can play trick--run faster than the falling ball and, the most important, put it back into his basket every time he finished this trick!!! Terrier dogs never drop hair!!! "greet with the agitating of the tail" Poirot was so unwillingly to leave that super cute canine assistant^^
"I' don't care hails from the moon!!!"
"For he knows it whereof we are made; he rememberth it that we are but dust; the days of man are but His grass; for he flourishes as a flower of the field; for as soon as the wind goth over it, it's gone; and place thereof shall know it no more; but the merciful Goodness of the God shall endure for ever and ever upon them they fear him; and his righteousness upon his children's children; It's certain that we can carry nothing out; The Lord gave and the Lord had taken it away; Blessed be the name of the God."
SEASON VII
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A murder done by a doctor was still kept in secret.
Poirot was retired to a countryside, having a garden.
"gallow; spineless; quandary; cast the net of suspicion even wider; lord it over us;
tell an untruth; nagging away at the back of my mind; looks pretty browned off; keep the eyes on the alert; have row with sb; at his beck and call"
"the fields are green, the singing of the birds, the faces,smiling and friendly; the field that are green are the secret burial places of victims of murders most hideous; the birds sing only briefly because some idiots in the tweeds shoot them; and the faces all smiling and friendly, what do they conceal!!!"
Load Edgware Dies: Two actresses switched identities to commit the murder for a religious wedding.
Poirot opened his business again!!! His egg-like head was laid between hands of a lady and kissed again!!! Bon! Bon! LOL
Captain Hastings got married with that singer he fell in love in the previous season!!! But due to his "unconsolidated" investment, Hastings had to back in London alone!!!
"Poirot doesn't fall, he observes only."
"As soon as we get back around again, the body will be sure turned up!!!" "breathing down the neck" "get lapping at her feet" "be for the hook"
SEASON VIII
Evil Under The Sun: A couple gained money from preying on rich people.
Poirot is not but medically obese!!! Accompanied by Hastings, he was supposed to enjoy the healthy resort where a complete program was set for him: natural goodness of the sea and the sunshine with the indoor swimming pool, gym, heated oil therapy and steam cabinet (which can purify the skin,and is an aid for respiration and circulation of the blood), brisk daily exercise and a strict diet.
"live things up"; "also the heart of the son of man is full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live"
"WHEN YOU ARE AROUND, PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE THE DROPPED FLIES!!!"
"the grey cells are like the army of Napoleon" when Poirot back on form--which means when he had a good meal!!!
"arrive at an explanation which makes everything clear"
Hastings had the bad investment again!!!
Murder In Mesopotamia: A husband changed his identity to get close to his wife and then killed her from the roof in the name of love!!!
Mesopotamia--a land between two rivers.
SEASON IX
Five Little Pigs: An innocent mother thought her being placed at the end of the rope for killing her husband was the amendment for what she did upon her baby sister, while the real murderer was man's mistress.
Poirot sorted the truth from five different versions of the same story.
"calm and collected"; "The truth has the habit of revealing himself."; "have the insolence to do sth"; "with her head held high, her grace and dignity unsoiled"; "scream like a fishwife"; "hanged like a carcase in a butchershop"; "Human nature has the infinite capacity of surprise!!!"; "didn't wash with me"; "sly remark"; "milk it"
Death On The Nile: three murders
"end my days in Neptune's arms.";"several people got it in the neck,rolling in it one day and the next day in the gutter"; "deranged by desire, lust pumping through his vein";"dislodge the stone"
"EVERYONE DROPPING LIKE FLIES!!!"
"whoa"
The Hollow: The wife shot her husband after the witness of one of the out-of-marriage affairs!!!
Poirot smelled the country air,by stay away from the fumes and stink of London.
"falls like rain, right flopped into his head"; "in tail"; "thin story"; "categorically wrong"; "the eyes of witness are of most unreliable, sometimes the eyes see what they are meant to see."; "close handed and colluded"
SEASON X
The Mystery Of The Blue Train: The maid, the assistant of that bodyguard, robbed the priceless "the heart of fire" and left the girl faceless on the floor.
"as right as rain"; "your stockings are high"
papa Poirot--the first-class avuncular
Cards On The Table: A man who was tired of life and had madness in his soul drugged himself and was waiting for an artistic death.
Lady Oliver was on stage since this episode!!!
"tax your memory carefully"
After The Funeral: A maid, first disguised in her companion after the funeral to spread the rumour that the dead was poisoned, then killed her companion in the most brutal way only for a famous painting which could bring her the lost coffee shop.
"hurtling at the country of English at the speed of the most alarming."
"hands-to-mouth affair"
Taken At The Flood: A man killed his sister and that whole family and escaped with one maid who, later, taken the identity of his sister, was manipulated to cheat more money.
walk out of the inferno
peach and cream
unresolved indigo in your aura
SEASON XI
Mrs Mcginty's Death: A son committed the murder to conceal the secret of his birth--he was born by a murderer.
regular as clockwork
make this snappy
Cat Among The Pigeons: A spy who was presumed to be dead, killed for diamonds.
Poirot, being invited to take the floor at a girls' school, was described as a penguin by two students there who did the greatest favour to Poirot.
"Speaking to parents is like feeding dogs!!! One simply pops soothing platitudes into every waiting mouth!!!"
feel tip-top again
through sheets to the wind
sadistic
a clip around ear
get them a flea in the ear
The Third Girl: A girl who could inherent a lot of the money was incriminated by her half sister who, cooperated with the man, killed the nanny.
have birds in her attic
The Appointment With Death: Parents took revenge for their girl by killing the bulling monster.
amity is reciprocated
keep it very close to your chest
fill your boots
lighten the mood
the voice of the little grey cells are beginning to sing to Poirot
stand-offish
no recourse for violence, instead she just prised open on the top of the skulls and raked her poisonous tongue through our brains.
kick all the contents put of the town
filthy lie with the poor taste
There is no such thing on earth so damaged that can not be repaired by the hand of the almighty god!!!
SEASON XII
Three Act Tragedy: One of Poirot's friends killed three people so as to marry a girl. (Act one--the innocent vicor; Act Two--the doctor who knew there was a wife; Act Three--that woman in the nut house)
run it like clockwork
sth out of joint
hair grows out of my ears
grist to your mill
scamper around like the puppies
poking and prying
conjurning trick
The Clocks: Murder for money!!!
It's about MI6!!!!!!
keep themselves to themselves
pop them in the pot
be clean as a whistle
Halloween Party: A woman slaughtered (her husband, her aunt, a maid, one after another~~) in the name of love!!!
At this time of the year in Belgian, it's the custom to light the candle in memory of the dead not to tell the stories macabre.
there is a fly
it leaps in your mouth
Murder On The Orient Express: Jury of twelve good men and true did the justice beyond the law!!!
Poirot, finally, let the faith take the lead!!!
"two eggs, boiled, and exactly the same size!!!"
speak out of turn
sewage rat in suit
rig the trail
channel our determination
SEASON XIII
Elephents Can Remember:
The Big Four: A maniac "performance"!!!
far-fetched
a sight of sour eyes
for the interest of the most keen
invitation-only event
show a little reciprocity
sinaphile
cosh
proverbial bad penny
fill up the bowl, a top-up
run a tub
Prodigal returned
carpel
charade
Dead Men's Folly: A supposed dead son, associated with his "lawful" wife and his mother, killed 3 people for keeping the secret that he is still alive!!!
feeble-minded
galling
it has the ground enough for me to arrest you
make me jump
The Labours Of Hercules: The thief lady's her daughter who, together with a wicked psychiatrist, stole, killed and slaved people for money!!!
as fit as a flea
stir your stumps
be on edge
Cerberus--the three heads dog belongs to Hades
have sb implicated
out of the top draw
Curtain: Poirot's last case and he died for it!!!
the speaking countenance
xxx is the monopoly of the xxx
falling to bits
bane of my life
a Mussolinine of the place
is the feather for every wind
fall in prey to the charm of xxx
have an axe to grind
a monkey's uncle
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