《大侦探波洛》第五季共8集,于1993年播出,每集片长50分钟,均改编自短篇小说,这也是本系列剧的最后一个短篇季。
1、The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb 埃及墓地历险记
2、The Underdog 弱者的愤怒
3、The Yellow Iris 黄色鸢尾
4、The Case of the Missing Will 遗嘱失踪案
5、The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman 意大利贵族奇遇记
6、The Chocolate Box 巧克力盒谜案
7、Dead Man's Mirror 死人之镜
8、Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan “大都市”酒店珠宝失窃案
“In the early 1990s, at the height of the international war on drugs, the government agency in charge of Britain’s borders, Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise, realized that they were losing the battle against drug smuggling. Their solution was extraordinary,” reads the logline. “In a top-secret operation, a small team of British Customs employees were sent undercover. Their task – to infiltrate Britain’s most dangerous drug gangs.” “They were not trained spies. These were ordinary men and women, plucked from ordinary lives around the U.K, put through a basic training regime then told to build new identities in the criminal underworld. These identities were called Legends.
改编自维克托·拉瓦列2013年的小说《The Devil in Silver》。聚焦搬运工人Pepper(丹·史蒂文斯 Dan Stevens 饰),因为坏运气和坏脾气,他被送到了一所名为New Hyde的精神病院,里面满是被社会遗忘的人。Pepper想要获得自由,就必须面对与他作 对的病人、怀着阴森目的的医生,甚至恶魔本人。这里是地狱般的地方,任何事情都不是表面那样,Pepper必须直接面对一个以New Hyde里人们的苦痛来蓬勃壮大的存在,但这样可能会证明:最可怕的恶魔恰恰是他自己。