tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post116170341146692083..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Jonathan Creek ArrivesHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1162403420708520792006-11-01T12:50:00.000-05:002006-11-01T12:50:00.000-05:00Tom, I think Alan Davies is highly engaging as Jon...Tom, I think Alan Davies is highly engaging as Jonathan Creek, but I agree fully with your opinion of the respective merits of Mss. Quentin and Sawalha. Sawalha weakened the show significantly with her annoying snappishness, although <I>Satan's Chimney</I> went very well. After that, the chemistry between her and Davies just didn't work.S. T. Karnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971214612730402709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1161836998897508412006-10-26T00:29:00.000-04:002006-10-26T00:29:00.000-04:00Except for the exquisite Phillip Columbo (whose Pe...Except for the exquisite Phillip Columbo (whose Peter Falk created sparks with his nemeses, as they were often his real-life drinking buddies), I don't know if a show can ignore the importance of its supporting cast.<BR/><BR/>Caroline Quentin was the moral center of the very good BBC <I>Men Behaving Badly</I>, playing the long-suffering (and long-betrothed) fiancee of one of the aforementioned Men.<BR/><BR/>Their antics were amusing, but until they were subjected to Ms. Quentin's review and deadpan, there was no context. She made the show.<BR/><BR/>In contrast, Julia Sawalha played the sourpuss daughter Saffron on <I>Absolutely Fabulous</I>. When she joined the cast of <I>Jonathan Creek</I>, altho she was far more fetching than the plump Ms. Quentin, she was, as was her professional history, a total drag. Me and Mrs. TVD never watched another.<BR/><BR/>Alan Davies was adequate, although his character as written, a magician figuring out perfect crimes, was far more compelling than his performance of it.<BR/><BR/>It was Caroline Quentin who made the show a visceral delight, and her intensity and intelligence will draw me to any entertainment she appears in. She's also sexy, far beyond the requirements of appearance alone. Alan Davies and Julia Sawalha (even though she's dropped her baby fat), I can take or leave. Ms. Quentin has won me over for life.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com