Midsomer Murders – “Hidden Depths”

Original Air Date: March 13, 2005

Directed by: Sarah Hellings

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode!

Synopsis: DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) investigates the questionable suicide of a troubled solicitor who either fell or jumped from the roof of his home.

Purr Blur: One character, Otto Benham (Oliver Ford Davies) is a potential suspect. He lives with his infirmed wife Bernie (Sara Kestleman). Bernie is lying in bed when a tortoiseshell cat jumps up beside her.

Midsomer Murders - Hidden Depths - tortioseshell cat in bed with Bernie Sara Kestleman
Midsomer Murders - Hidden Depths - tortioseshell cat in bed with Bernie Sara Kestleman

This is the only time the cat is seen in the episode.

Midsomer Murders - Hidden Depths - tortioseshell cat jumping up onto bed with Bernie Sara Kestleman animated gif

Final Mewsings: Cats deserve more screen time!

Many thanks to San for letting us know about the cat in this episode.

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