The essential episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Agatha Christie's Poirot — each pick states its reason.
- 01
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
Poirot probes the disappearance of a wealthy woman's cook, and soon uncovers an elaborate plot to hide an ever darker crime.
- 02
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
Poirot tries to prevent the kidnapping of a country squire's son. While his plan fails, all is not what it seems.
- 03
Poirot investigates a murder that hits close to home after the new occupant of a flat two floors below his is found shot.
- 04
An enchanting beauty is fatally poisoned while Poirot holidays on the Greek island of Rhodes.
- 05
A wealthy industrialist's plan to snare a Nazi sympathizer goes awry when the secret plans for a new fighter plane inexplicably go missing.
- 06
A famous pie manufacturer tells Poirot that he has dreamt of his own suicide, then dies under the same circumstances he dreamt about the very next day.
- 07
While Poirot is staying at an exclusive Cornish resort, he meets a beautiful heiress whose life is in danger.
- 08
Poirot becomes a criminal himself when he agrees to help a beautiful woman recover a letter written in her youth that is being used to blackmail her.
- 09
Alice Pengelley visits Poirot in London, telling him she thinks she is being poisoned by her husband. When Poirot arrives in Cornwall the next day to investigate Mrs. Pengelley's charges, he is too late, and finds her dead.
- 10
The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
When U.S. Navy plans for a new submarine are stolen and the thief tracked to London, the FBI sends an agent to work with Inspector Japp to recover them.
- 11
Poirot is drawn into a case where a man is found dead on the grounds of his estate, apparently frightened to death by the spirits that haunt it.
- 12
Poirot helps Chief Inspector Japp try to find a jewel thief, but is sidetracked when a bewitching Russian countess arrives on the scene.
- 13
The Affair at the Victory Ball
Poirot and Hastings attend the Victory Ball, a popular costume party. During the festivities, one of the guests is found stabbed to death, and another succumbs to a drug overdose the next day.
- 14
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
Shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, members of an English-American museum expedition start dropping off like flies. Can it truly be the Pharaoh's curse? Poirot travels to Egypt to unravel the mystery.
- 15
Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen.
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