This Rough Magic

Episode aired Mar 1, 2018
TV-PG
45m

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7.5/10

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Emma Noakes in Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2018)

Comedy Crime Drama Mystery

Jill Shiplake dies after being picked from the audience to assist magician Laurence Pross in a stage trick. Laurence believes rival conjuror Anton Duke sabotaged the trick and consults Luell... Read allJill Shiplake dies after being picked from the audience to assist magician Laurence Pross in a stage trick. Laurence believes rival conjuror Anton Duke sabotaged the trick and consults Luella and Frank. They discover that wealthy Jill had argued with cash-strapped spouse Steffan ... Read allJill Shiplake dies after being picked from the audience to assist magician Laurence Pross in a stage trick. Laurence believes rival conjuror Anton Duke sabotaged the trick and consults Luella and Frank. They discover that wealthy Jill had argued with cash-strapped spouse Steffan and CCTV seems to incriminate him but the detectives find that he has been framed and must... Read all

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Another delicious reference to Shakespearean plots when Sebastian inquires about booking a honeymoon with his fiancée Olivia. In the play Twelfth Night, the Lady Olivia marries Sebastian (whom she thinks is his twin!).

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[Lawrence and Anton are rival magicians. Anton turns up backstage in the theatre where Lawrence's magic show is being staged]
Anton Dukes: Maybe I could do a guest spot here one night. You wouldn't have to pay. I'd do it for the exposure.
Lawrence Pross: If you want to expose yourself, please do it elsewhere.

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References Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

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6/10

This Rough Magic

It certainly is a case of when magic goes wrong. Laurence Pross's career as a conjurer has hit the buffers and he is taken to the drink when Jill Shiplake was whisked from the audience and impaled on stage. Pross might be charged for death by negligence and turns to Shakespeare and Hathaway for help.

Pross thinks that a rival magician sabotaged his equipment. The police found nothing wrong with the equipment and the duo consider if Jill's spouse, Steffan might be involved.

Some CCTV footage emerges of him behaving suspiciously but something in Steffan's past leads to an important clue.

An entertaining mystery with plenty of red herrings and just enough clues to point towards the culprit.