Mystery Maniacs Podcast is a comedy recap podcast dedicated to British Mystery Television. Formerly, Midsomer Maniacs podcast.
Hey, maniacs.
Mark:Hey, mystery maniacs.
Sarah:Welcome to another mini. A spoil free mini.
Mark:Yes. For Brokenwood season number 12 episode number four. No return tickets.
Sarah:It has trains. He was like a little boy over on the couch going choo choo.
Mark:I was. I was indeed. It's a good train.
Sarah:I'm not saying that it's my favorite episode from the season so far, but it's definitely fun.
Mark:Still a good one.
Sarah:Still bangers. The mystery is still right there. Yep. We're not gonna ruin it for you because this is spoiler free. The whole idea of the mini is you listen to this, and then you watch the episode for the first or seventh time or whatever and try to answer the questions and watch like a maniac.
Sarah:Yes. And then when we cover this episode in full later, we will reveal the answers to the questions.
Mark:And just in case you're wondering, there's tons of stuff that we're like, oh, we gotta talk about that in the full episode. Mhmm. We've already planned out some things.
Sarah:Oh, yes. So are we ready for the five ways to watch like a maniac for this episode?
Mark:Absolutely. No return ticket. No return ticket.
Sarah:Number one, what does the mayor do in his free time in his office?
Mark:I could not believe this when I saw it.
Sarah:What does the mayor do in his free time in his mayoral office? Mayoral. Where he keeps his mayoral
Mark:The mayor appears. That I know that's a spoiler, but the mayor Oh, you're just ruining it now.
Sarah:I know. The mayor's
Mark:The in mayor's in
Sarah:it. The pharmacist is almost also in
Mark:it. Yes.
Sarah:Because they're the same person.
Mark:The mayor pharmacist. My pharmacist.
Sarah:Pharma mayor. Pharma mayor. Sist. Sist. Number two.
Sarah:Who wears too many hats?
Mark:Well, yeah. I did notice this, but there's a there's another person who wears a jaunty little cap though. It's a top hat. It's a little top hat.
Sarah:It's Trudy.
Mark:Trudy wears a little top hat
Sarah:and It's fantabulous.
Mark:We mentioned that to Tracy and she said thank you. And she said she had fun dressing up for this episode.
Sarah:It looks great on her.
Mark:But it looks amazing
Sarah:on her. But she is not the one who wears too many hats.
Mark:No. She wears the perfect number of hats.
Sarah:One. Yes. Number three, who's referenced in more episodes than he's actually in?
Mark:I cannot believe we're still talking about this person.
Sarah:I know. Who's referenced in more episodes than he's actually in? Yes. Number four, what's Chalmers woman power? Wow.
Sarah:This led us down Yep.
Mark:A rabbit hole. A rabbit hole and Chalmers woman power is fantastic. It is. And you should enjoy that rabbit hole.
Sarah:Yes. What is Chalmers' woman power? Yep. And finally, number five, what were Trudy's stolen goods?
Mark:And this is an answer that we don't know.
Sarah:We are eager to hear your theories on what Trudy's stolen goods were.
Mark:What were Trudy's stolen goods? Now I'm not gonna ask Tracy. That's
Sarah:No. No. I have
Mark:a feeling that that's probably
Sarah:If we haven't figured it out, we by the time we cover this episode in full, we might ask her.
Mark:Later on in the summer? Maybe. Yep. Maybe. Maybe.
Sarah:So what were Trudy's stolen goods? So what does the mayor do in his free time in his office? Who wears too many hats? Who's referenced in more episodes than he's actually in? What's Chalmers woman power?
Sarah:And what were Trudy's stolen goods? That is no return ticket like a maniac.
Mark:Yes. And what do we have next?
Sarah:We have season twelve episode five, Death Has Four Strings.
Mark:Four strings. So a bass, a banjo, a violin, a contrabass, a ukulele.
Sarah:You're stuck in one category. It could be a macrame pot holder.
Mark:It's not a great macrame pot holder.
Sarah:Could be a corset.
Mark:It could be a corset. Yes.
Sarah:Could be a marionette?
Mark:A
Sarah:yeah. Oh, oh, oh, oh, a kite. It could be a kite.
Mark:A really bad People make killer kites? Yes. A really bad tennis racket.
Sarah:Fighting kites. A fighting kite shaped like a puppet.
Mark:It could be. We have no idea.
Sarah:We don't know. But next time, in the next mini, that's what we'll be talking about. Yes. Until then, bye, Maniacs.
Mark:Bye, Maniacs. Thanks for joining us on the Mystery Maniacs podcast. If you enjoyed our crazy podcast today, don't miss out on future episodes. Follow us on social media for updates, beyond the scenes content, and exclusive sneak peeks. Subscribe, like, and share to spread the word.
Mark:Bye, Maniacs.