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No one, the great detective reminded a villain for the last time... gets the better of Hercule Poirot. And no murder mystery betters Agatha Christie's Poirot when it is as beautifully executed - a verb Poirot chillingly used last night - as Curtain.
This felt uneasily like the funeral of an old friend. If you put aside the nominal story, it was some of the incidental detail that worked particularly well.
Since these are, absolutely, the last TV episodes featuring Suchet as Poirot, they do provide a satisfying conclusion to a very long-running viewing experience.
And with that one of the great TV achievements - and great TV performances - of the past 30 years came to an end, still displaying the same unshowy brilliance that's been its hallmark since 1989.