Why can't you make a masterpiece?

Agreed! The final moment is lame!!

Quite agree. Why would she decide to hang herself and then change her mind like that? makes no sense at all.

Yeah I have to agree as well.

It made sense to me. Vera thinks she's alone on the island with no way out. Either she'll die slowly on the island or she'll be tried for murder and executed, and she decides to get it over with quickly. Not to mention, her decision-making skills aren't at their sharpest - she's exhausted, guilt-ridden and terrified. She's even hallucinating. Once she sees the judge, Vera sees a chance of survival. If she can convince him, she can get him to spare her.

There are also many reports of people who try to commit suicide regretting it and managing to save themselves or being glad they were rescued. People trying to hang themselves aren't usually in a stable frame of mind.

I really don't see how the explanation of the murders (done brilliantly by letter in the novel) would have worked on screen, but perhaps a little more explanation in Charles Dance's speech would have been good - more about the order of the victims perhaps, or how he found them (e.g. saying that he met Hugo).

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I agree. Hear me out.

After Lombard's death, we see that Vera's mental state is clearly diminished. She hangs herself without hesitation. The camera backs out from her dead body.

The audience thinks, "So wait what? Was Vera the killer? How and why?" Everyone is puzzled.

The police investigation could be skipped, doesn't matter.

Then we see the sailor who brought them to the island, pick up a bottle from the sea. In it is a note.

With his epic voice, Charles Dance starts narrating the letter. While he's talking, we see flashbacks and short clips of how he pulled it off. We get answers to big questions regarding their deaths.

Also we get an answer to a massive question. How did a renowned doctor announce the judge as dead? Didn't he check his pulse? Or the wound? This is explained in the book, since they're working together.

In the final scene, we see the judge committing suicide exactly the way it was on the show. And the narrations final words are, "Signed, Lawrence Wargrave"

Overall I liked this adaptation. I loved the way they were able to capture the dreary mood of the island; you really got a sense of the impending doom surrounding the place. The actors performances were good. That's the one thing in the russian version that was lacking (although it was the most accurate plot wise) - the characters there seemed curiously flat and the actors playing Blore and Lombard looked alike to the point I couldn't tell them apart -_- Whereas with this adaptation there was no way you'd mistake one for the other, as each character was distinct and the actors playing them gave convincing performances.

I agree with you on the ending- that was one of the flaws and I felt it would have been better if they didn't have Vera beg for her life. I liked it when the judge kicked the chair though, that was a great dramatic moment, but I'm thinking it would look better if they kept the scene with the police and the bottle in the end maybe there would be a way to still add the cut where the judge gets into the room to watch her hang.

I've seen a lot of Christie adaptations and several (even in the Poirot series) tend to change the plot so much you hardly even have the same story anymore. I've even seen some where they changed who the killer was and that's a big no for me. So I guess I was pleasantly surprised that this one was mostly accurate save for a few things. I'd much rather they remove certain scenes (Vera and that Henry getting it on in the beach there was really no need for that) and it's been awhile since I read the book but I don't remember there being anything at all going on between Vera and Philip....but at least it wasn't that stupid HEA like it had in the game and all.

The final moments had to be epic! And they were not epic. Vera decides to kill herself and seconds later she is begging for her life??? Bad written!