As I was preparing to finish up A Murder at the End of the World on Hulu today, I happened across another series that dropped today called Death and Other Details. What drew my attention to this was the thumbnail that featured Mandy Patinkin.

I then read the synopsis and it told me that Patinkin was playing the world’s greatest detective, Rufus Cotesworth and that he was investigating a locked-room murder aboard a luxury ocean liner. 

That was enough for me. I do like murder mysteries and this had a bit of a combination of Adrian Monk and Benoit Blanc. Mandy Patinkin is always excellent and I was excited to see the show.

After watching the first episode, I can say that this is totally okay… and has a chance to be entertaining, even if the first episode may not have reached that level.

Rufus was on the liner investigating another case, and the story was being told in flashbacks about a case that he did not solve earlier in his career, A mother blew up in a car bomb in front of her young daughter, scarring the girl for life. This girl, now an adult, named Imogene Scott (Violett Beane), happened to be on the boat too, and had an interaction with the murder victim that made her look like a prime suspect. 

Not sure how much I liked Imogene and that was a drawback to the show. I hope that once I get connected to her more, I’ll enjoy the show more. It was okay.