Fourth, Poirot and Hastings discover Carlotta’s body before the doctor and the police have been there (a sensible change). Third, Carlotta’s impersonations include one of Poirot (unsurprisingly – that was begging to be added!). These scenes are nicely done and actually very much in character, so I don’t object to them. Hastings is called back from Argentina (having lost the farm in speculative investments, perfectly in tune with his previous business attempts), Miss Lemon helps Poirot moving back in and Japp (who returned in the last episode) comes to dinner. Second, there’s the scenes that re-establish the Big Four after the four-year hiatus. First, he adds a scene from Macbeth (particularly fitting, both because Lady Edgware aka Lady Macbeth is an actress and because Lord Edgware will later be murdered with a dagger).
Horowitz stays fairly true to the source material, with several notable exceptions. It was adapted for television by Anthony Horowitz and directed by Brian Farnham. This episode was based on the novel Lord Edgware Dies, first published in 1933.
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