History Recap / MidsomerMurdersS1E1

* AssholeVictim: Max Jennings not only cheated on his wife, he only became successful because he took Gerald Hadleigh's life story (which he'd confided to him in strictest confidence) and than used it a basis for his book, violating patient client confidentiality AND turning Gerald's entire life story into a cheap spectacle. Notably even Troy (Who's somewhat weirded out by Hadleigh being a crossdresser) admits that he would have killed Jennings if he were in Hadleigh's place.

* DeadlyDodging: Honoria is killed when she charges at Amy, who is standing in front of an upstairs window, with a knife. Amy gets out of the way and Honoria goes through the window.

* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: Honoria Lyddiard still keeps the corpse of her dead brother Ralph in her house after his death from AIDS. Amy, Ralph's widow and Honoria's sister-in-law, is understandably horrified when she discovers this.

* SympatheticMurderer: Hadleigh is a killer, but he only does so after the victim betrayed his trust in the worst way possible AND turned his life story (Which is incredibly traumatic) into a spectacle for money.

* [[spoiler: BigBrotherAttraction]]: [[spoiler: Honoria Lyddiard, to {{Yandere}} levels. Even going so far as to keep his corpse in her house and murder both a man who revealed him to have been gay and her own sister-in-law out of jealousy.]]

* ShoutOut: This episode not only references ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' with the preserving of a dead body, the cross-dressing and the attempted insanity-driven killing with a knife, but there is also a reference to ''Film/{{The Shining}}'', where the murderer hacks a hole in the door with a sharp object to reach a terrified character in the episode's climax.

* {{Crossdresser}}: [[spoiler: Gerald Hadleigh.]]
* DeadlyDodging: [[spoiler: Honoria]] is killed when she charges at [[spoiler: Amy]], who is standing in front of an upstairs window, with a knife. [[spoiler: Amy]] gets out of the way and [[spoiler: Honoria]] goes through the window.
* FalseWidow: In this case a False Widower as Gerald Hadleigh claimed to have had a wife who died years ago. [[spoiler: But there never was a wife as Gerald was trying to cover up the fact that he was a closeted transvestite.]]
* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: [[spoiler: Honoria Lyddiard]] still keeps the corpse of [[spoiler: her dead brother Ralph]] in her house after [[spoiler: his death from AIDS]]. [[spoiler: Amy, Ralph's widow and Honoria's sister-in-law,]] is understandably horrified when she discovers this.
* ShoutOut: This episode not only references ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' with [[spoiler: the preserving of a dead body]], the cross-dressing and [[spoiler: the attempted insanity-driven killing with a knife,]], but there is also a reference to ''Film/{{The Shining}}'', where the murderer hacks a hole in the door with a sharp object to reach a terrified character in the episode's climax.

* ShoutOut: This episode not only references to ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' with [[spoiler: the preserving of a dead body]], the cross-dressing and [[spoiler: the attempted insanity-driven killing with a knife,]], but there is also a reference to ''Film/{{The Shining}}'', where the murderer hacks a hole in the door with a sharp object to reach a terrified character in the episode's climax.

* ShoutOut: This episode not only references to ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' with [[spoiler: the preserving of a dead body]], the cross-dressing and [[spoiler: the attempted insanity-driven killing with a knife,]], but there is also a reference to ''Film/{{TheShining}}'', where the murderer hacks a hole in the door with a sharp object to reach a terrified character in the episode's climax.

* ShoutOut: This episode not only references to ''Film/Psycho'' with [[spoiler: the preserving of a dead body]], the cross-dressing and [[spoiler: the attempted insanity-driven killing with a knife,]], but there is also a reference to ''Film/TheShining'', where the murderer hacks a hole in the door with a sharp object to reach a terrified character in the episode's climax.

* ShoutOut: This episode not only references to [[Film/Psycho]] with [[spoiler: the preserving of a dead body]], the cross-dressing and [[spoiler: the attempted insanity-driven killing with a knife,]], but there is also a reference to [[Film/TheShining]], where the murderer hacks a hole in the door with a sharp object to reach a terrified character in the episode's climax.

* MummiesattheDinnerTable: [[spoiler: Honoria Lyddiard]] still keeps the corpse of [[spoiler: her dead brother Ralph]] in her house after [[spoiler: his death from AIDS]]. [[spoiler: Amy, Ralph's widow and Honoria's sister-in-law,]] is understandably horrified when she discovers this.

* Mummies at the Dinner Table: [[spoiler: Honoria Lyddiard]] still keeps the corpse of [[spoiler: her dead brother Ralph]] in her house after [[spoiler: his death from AIDS]]. [[spoiler: Amy, Ralph's widow and Honoria's sister-in-law,]] is understandably horrified when she discovers this.