this be a strong poirot or suchet and television mystery selection . the character be vivid and well act . the plot and the main set a student hostel be excellent . japp be nothing special but for me do not distract from story . one significant point and many poirot watcher do not recognize good acting or good characterization . i also think they be rather harsh in their judgment of some of the poirot mystery . finally and i have read few christie novel none in recent year and find it annoy that so many viewer be upset about change from the novel . please and viewer and consider what be present to you on film and not what you think should be there . that say and the poirot mystery vary in quality and but not as much a reviewer and raters would have you believe . with the singular exception of the five little pig which be fabulous in plot and character and theme and the long poirot film be neither that good or that bad . for the record and i have see all the longer poirot or suchet film . finally and film without lemon and hastings and and or or japp be neither good nor bad because of their absence . there presence and however and be either obtrusive ( almost always with japp ) or irrelevant with hastings . lemon be in the middle .