St George's Defence

Episode aired Apr 18, 2023
46m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

214

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Comedy Crime Drama Mystery

Convinced that events catastrophic to the Cold War are being planned at the British Open Chess Championships, Sister Boniface must brush up her chess skills and join the tournament.Convinced that events catastrophic to the Cold War are being planned at the British Open Chess Championships, Sister Boniface must brush up her chess skills and join the tournament.Convinced that events catastrophic to the Cold War are being planned at the British Open Chess Championships, Sister Boniface must brush up her chess skills and join the tournament.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

214

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
A character mentions a scene in the film 'The Great Escape'. As that film was released on 1963, that places this episode no earlier than that.

Goofs
Malise Bonham-Crane uses the expression "We're toast!". Indicating their plan is compromised or doomed. The series is set in the 1960s but, the first known use of this phrase is by Bill Murray in the film Ghostbusters in 1984.

Quotes
Oliver Canning: You're playing in the tournament? I've always admired a woman with brains.
Sister Boniface: Oh. You'd be amazed how many of us have them.

Connections
References The Great Escape (1963)

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Featured review

9/10

Perhaps the show's best episode yet.

Sister Boniface receives a plea for help from her father, who is convinced that a Russian spy is transmitting secret messages through The medium of chess, the good Sister enters a Chess tournament to investigate.

I have to be honest, I think this may just be the best episode of Sister Boniface to date, I absolutely loved that plot, the characters, and the whole Cold War backdrop.

It was great to meet Sister Boniface's parents, they give us a bit of an understanding as to why she ended up in The Church, and where that streak of cleverness comes from. Geoff Rush and Maggie Steed were wonderful in their roles, hopefully they'll be back.

The chess theme was great, and I could actually believe in her being a chess player, she certainly has the brains for the great game.

I honestly thought we were seeing Mrs McCarthy early on, Sister Boniface's mum looked like her. Funny seeing Sister Boniface revert to being a little girl, everyone always seems to revert to the family order, very well realised.

Maybe the best so far.

9/10.