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When did the detectives on PBS' “Masterpiece Mystery!” start getting so sexy?
Before, I could count on crime-solvers of the comfy old-shoe variety — Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and other wise, but not exactly alluring, characters — to lull me to a peaceful slumber on Sunday nights.
Nowadays, I'm put on edge — pleasantly, mind you, but still on edge — by the seductive charms of male detectives such as Aurelio Zen (played by slow-sizzle handsome Rufus Sewell) or the passionately geeky and Heathcliff-like Sherlock Holmes ( Benedict Cumberbatch). Even the rumpled Kurt Wallander ( Kenneth Branagh) has a quiet sex appeal as he thoughtfully goes about investigating murders across the Swedish countryside.
Most hot and bothersome — so far, anyway — is “Masterpiece's” latest sleuth, Jackson Brodie (played by intensely masculine Brit Jason Isaacs), whose tortured brow, sensitive nature and powerful build are like catnip to the ladies in tonight's first installment of “Case Histories.”
The trilogy of intriguing tales from the novels of Kate Atkinson bows at 8 tonight on PBS and continues for two subsequent Sundays. Right away, brooding ex-cop Brodie stands out as appealingly human and a bit quirky — whether he's remembering a shocking tragedy from his childhood or listening to moody folk and country tunes from Lucinda Williams and Seguin-born Nanci Griffith.
In the opener, the divorced dad is in the midst of helping an eccentric oldster locate her missing cat when he happens upon two sisters who live next door. They still mourn the loss of their beloved youngest sibling, who mysteriously disappeared one night many years ago when they were children. Their wound is freshly opened by a discovery of the girl's favorite stuffed toy, “Blue Mouse,” stashed in the heretofore locked desk of their deceased father.
Brodie is irresistibly drawn to the cold case; it doesn't hurt, of course, that one of the sisters is blonde, pretty and, as we see later, willing. Meantime, in the signature style of Atkinson, Brodie gets tangled up in two other mysteries that eventually intersect. He's talked into helping a grieving father find his daughter's murderer and also seduced into aiding a female stranger who is bent on locating her wayward niece.
Did I say “seduced”? What I really meant was the lady shares a steamy bedroom romp with our hero. Ah, yes, as I said at the outset, don't expect PBS' new detectives to relax you.
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