Episode
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Underdog
Overview
A wealthy industrialist is found dead in his study. Is his death related to a discovery made at his chemical factory? And is his wife all she seems?
Details
- Series
- Agatha Christie's Poirot
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1993-01-24
- Runtime
- 53 min
Episode context
The Underdog is Episode 2 in Season 5 of Agatha Christie's Poirot. It aired on 1993-01-24. The runtime is 53 min.
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Episode 1: The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
An archaeologist dies of a heart attack shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, but his widow thinks there is dirty work at the crossroads and calls Poirot.
Episode 3: The Yellow Iris
Friends and family gather at a dinner party to mark the second anniversary of a woman's death. Meanwhile, Poirot is caught up in a coup d'etat and arrested as a spy, which prevents him from solving a murder at a French restaurant owned by an Italian in Buenos Aires.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: The Case of the Missing Will
Poirot has to execute the final wishes of an old friend who has been killed.
Episode 5: The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
Poirot is drawn into the underworld of London's Little Italy when Captain Hastings looks for a new car, but instead finds murder.
Episode 6: The Chocolate Box
Poirot returns to Belgium for the first time since the Great War. There he revisits a twenty-year-old murder mystery that was never officially solved.
Episode 7: Dead Man's Mirror
When Poirot investigates the mysterious death of a despised art dealer, he finds that he has more than enough suspects from whom to choose.
Episode 8: Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
Mrs. Opalsen's famous pearls are stolen and Poirot is happily on hand to investigate. A complex theft calls for a sophisticated solution. Unfortunately, Poirot is hindered everywhere he goes by being mistaken for 'Lucky Len'.