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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 1973 - 1973
Episode 1
Mysterious Circumstances
Sun, Dec 2, 197344 mins
Nonagenarian General Fentimann is found dead of an apparent heart attack at his gentlemen's club on Armistice Day, the same day as his estranged sister, passes on too. The lawyer representing the estate recruits Wimsey to investigate the matter in order to discover which of the siblings died first as that would greatly affect which side of the family would inherit the bulk of the fortune.
Episode 2
Mr. Oliver
Sun, Dec 9, 197345 mins
Fentinman is convinced he's being followed by a shadowy character called Oliver, but it's possible he doesn't exist. That, plus a mysterious letter written by the dead man, causes Wimsey to move to have the body exhumed. That causes Miss Dormand to try to settle the estate, but it doesn't stop the doctors from autopsying the body.
Episode 3
That Damned Dorland Woman
Sun, Dec 16, 197344 mins
The General's autopsy concludes that he was murdered by an overdose of digitalis, which mimicked the symptoms of a heart attack. Police suspicion falls on Ann Dorland, who as heir was the primary beneficiary from his death and later refused a settlement with the other heirs before the results of the post-mortem were known. Media and popular opinion view her behavior with suspicion.
Episode 4
Execution Day
Sun, Dec 23, 197344 mins
Wimsey finally meets Ann Doland, and through examining one of her paintings realizes that her ill-fated romance is the key to solving the poison murder of General Fentiman.
