The third installment of the English-produced miniseries brings us to a village crossroads, where a murder takes place that puts the staff of the police headquarters at No. 36 on the Goldsmiths' Embankment in quite a headspace.
The episode once again plunges us into the investigation of a complicated crime that is not far removed from bribing police commissioners, diamonds and ill-fated love.
The story could easily have been filmed in the English countryside, it doesn't take up so much of Paris or France. The fact that the story is about a murder in the countryside means we don't get much of France either. The first two episodes were more interesting because the producers managed to add more French realism and music to the story. The third episode took us a little elsewhere and we don't enjoy much of the mystery.
In the lead role, Rowan Atkinson once again excels in dramatic acting, ably assisted by his castmates from the first episodes. The cast is rounded out by Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones) and Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean), who fit in well with the cast.
This third installment of the English-produced Maigret is admittedly a little weaker than the previous two, but my recommendation is still that it's still on a great level that puts the Czech (detective, doctor...) series well ahead of them in quality.
Thank you Karoline Koblížková for proofreading 
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Original edition of this article 21. October 2020 – Kritiky.cz
