The Best Episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 3

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(7 votes)

   #1 - The Mysterious Affair at Styles

   S3:E19/16/1990

   Recovering from the horrors of World War I, British Army officer Arthur Hastings hopes to find peace and quiet at a country manor in the English countryside. But when the matriarch dies during the night from strychnine poisoning, Hastings enlists the help of an old friend staying nearby with other war refugees to help solve the murder: former Belgian police detective Hercule Poirot.

   Director:Ross Devenish

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Ross Devenish

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   8.0/10(24 votes)

   #2 - How Does Your Garden Grow?

   S3:E21/6/1991

   Suggestions of a Communist conspiracy cast suspicion on a murdered woman's Russian servant. Meanwhile, Poirot has a rose named after him, and a ceremony at the Chelsea Flower Show makes him the centre of attention. Hastings receives a packet of seeds and develops hay fever.

   Director:Brian Farnham

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Brian Farnham

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   7.7/10(23 votes)

   #3 - The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

   S3:E31/13/1991

   The London and Scottish Bank is sending a huge shipment of Liberty Bonds to New York on the liner Queen Mary. Poirot, who suffers terribly from sea-sickness, is asked to see the bonds safely across the Atlantic.

   Director:Andrew Grieve

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Andrew Grieve

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   7.4/10(21 votes)

   #4 - The Plymouth Express

   S3:E41/20/1991

   An Australian shipping tycoon wants Poirot to check out his daughter's suitors. Then the young lady takes a trip on the Plymouth Express, and Poirot finds himself investigating a jewel theft on the train.

   Director:Andrew Piddington

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Andrew Piddington

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   8.2/10(21 votes)

   #5 - Wasps' Nest

   S3:E51/27/1991

   Poirot visits a garden fete, where a wasps' nest adds to the tension. He meets the son of an old friend who has his girl-friend, a fashion model, with him, and Poirot soon suspects that they are both in danger. He has to solve a mystery which includes cyanide, failing brakes and mixed-up love lives. Meanwhile, Hastings has a new hobby which Poirot finds helpful in cracking the case.

   Director:Brian Farnham

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.0/10(19 votes)

   #6 - The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

   S3:E62/3/1991

   Poirot is summoned to Marsdon by the owner of a country inn there to solve a murder. But the inn-keeper is a would-be thriller writer, and to Poirot's dismay the murder turns out to be fictional. Thankfully, though, there is soon a real (if seemingly supernatural) murder at the big house. Things get even more interesting when a young wife claims that a tree in her garden is haunted by a laughing ghost, and there are also signs of black magic from East Africa. Poirot lays a clever ambush to smoke out the killer,confident that he or she will turn out to be human.

   Director:Renny Rye

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.3/10(23 votes)

   #7 - The Double Clue

   S3:E72/10/1991

   Japp (who is really worried that failure could cost him his job) seeks Poirot's help in investigating a series of jewel thefts, and two remarkable things happen. Poirot falls in love (with the beautiful and clever Countess Vera Rossakoff) and he also meets a criminal intellect which he finds worthy of him. As the countess is his main suspect, Poirot spends most of his time with her - which for once leaves Hastings and Miss Lemon to do most of the actual detective work. In the end, this case may have to be put down as the one that got away.

   Director:Andrew Piddington

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.8/10(24 votes)

   #8 - The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

   S3:E82/17/1991

   Poirot is called in to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband, and he is invited to a dinner party which goes horribly wrong.

   Director:Andrew Grieve

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.9/10(22 votes)

   #9 - The Theft of the Royal Ruby

   S3:E92/24/1991

   Poirot prepares to spend a quiet Christmas on his own with a box of chocolates, but he has to give up his plans when the British government asks for his urgent help. Prince Farouk, a young member of the Egyptian royal family visiting London, has lost a famous ruby, and this is deemed to be a matter of national security.

   Director:Andrew Grieve

   Writer:Unknown

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    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #10 - The Affair at the Victory Ball

    S3:E103/3/1991

    Poirot attends the Victory Ball, a costume party where you are expected to dress as someone famous, as himself. However, when two members of a party of six dressed as characters from classical Italian comedy are subsequently found dead, Poirot finds himself working with Chief Inspector Japp to solve the case. The solution to the deaths of Viscount Cronshaw and Coco Courtney is to be found in determining the correct time of death and identifying an impostor at the ball. Poirot takes to the airwaves and reveals the identity of the killer on a live BBC radio broadcast.

    Director:Renny Rye

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #11 - The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge

    S3:E113/10/1991

    Hercule Poirot accompanies his friend Captain Hastings on a weekend shooting party at the home of Harrington Pace, but he isn't having a very good time. He comes down with the flu and takes to his bed but when Pace is shot dead in his study, he rises to the occasion to assist Inspector Japp in solving the case.

    Director:Renny Rye

    Writer:Unknown

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