In a word: perfection.
Warning: thisInside No.
Show me one second wasted in this expertly constructed half hour.
LessRear Windowthan Front Door, Mulberry Close was told almost entirely through the static frame of a video doorbell.
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That description alone Sheila and Ken from No.
8 conjures up plenty to be going on with.
We too were led to suspect Damon, and to enjoy a shiver from our escalating suspicion.
The limited setting worked wonders, with No.
8s front bedroom and balcony offering another depth to the otherwise flat image.
Then, missing-Val breezed home right as rain, having spent the past week with her sister.
That was just one of several satisfyingly seeded pay-offs in the episode.
All of which was told in the resulting Netflix true crime parody that capped a running gag aboutMichael Ball.
Did Sheilas driving strike again?
Did Ken and his rake?
Its always the quiet ones, and we never found out what happened to previous No.
9 residents the Bensons and their cat…
