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'MIND GAMES' 12th SEPT 08

posted 16 years ago by GladtobeGrey
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Hello
In tonight's episode, one of Frost's old cases was opened up when a convicted murderer was released at the end of his prison sentence. The details of the original investigation - a 14 yr old girl found murdered and her friend missing presumed murdered with a subsequent arrest etc - seemed very familiar and I assumed that the story was a continuation of an earlier episode I'd seen years ago. However, the murders took place 1988-90 and I don't think the series goes back that far. Can anyone shed any light on why it was so familiar?
Thanks

[–] padzok 16 years ago

The series started when he was already an Inspector. These murders were when he was a sergeant. So - afaik - not a crime that has been mentioned in the series before.

I could spot aspects of 3 well-known real-life cases: one with a guy who was "a bit slow" being wrongly convicted; one with two girls murdered in a village; one with a body that is missing years later, even though the killer has been (apparently) caught.

Maybe that's why some of the made-up story seemed a bit familiar?

[–] Midsomerlover 16 years ago

The reason it sounds so familiar, is because this storyline (dead teenager, wrong person gets locked up) has already been used once in A Touch of Frost, though I can't be sure which episode it was. But I am sure it was a Frost episode.