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Agatha Christie’s Poirot Episode Guide
leaves for China, and Poirot reveals an odd fact- he has a twin brother. The two arrive home
to a nurse who says that her employer, Mr Templeton, often has gastric attacks after eating.
When a sample of soup is tested and found to contain antimony, they set off again. The arrival
of Templeton’s adopted son causes a disturbance; he tells Poirot that he thinks his mother is
trying to poison his father. Poirot pretends to have stomach cramps, and when he is alone with
Hastings, he quickly tells him that Templeton’s son is number Four, as he dabbed up the crumbs
with a small slice of bread at the table. The two climb down the ivy and arrive at their flat. The two
are caught by a trap; a matchbox filled with a chemical explodes knocking Hastings unconscious
and killing Poirot.
Another shock greets Hastings shortly after the funeral; John Ingles had fallen overboard on
his boat to China, but Hastings knew this to be murder, of none other than Claud Darrell, number
Four himself. After being warned twice by a disguised number Four and Countess Rosakoff
to leave for South America, Hastings is called to a hospital because Ingles’ Chinese servant was
stabbed and had a message in his pocket for Hastings. The servant managed to say ’Handel’s
Largo’, ’carrozza’ and a few other Italian words before dying. He also receives a letter from Poirot
to be given after his death saying to leave for South America, as it was part of the plan. The big
Four would think he was leaving and he could ’wreak havoc in their midst’. This is confirmed
when a gentleman in a fur coat (number Four) sends him a letter saying ’You are wise’. Hastings
is put on board a ship for Belgium, where he is reunited with his supposedly dead friend, Poirot.
Hastings is shocked, and Poirot states it was to make his death look certain to the big Four. The
two set off for Italy to Lago di Carrezza, which Hastings thought was ’largo’ and ’carrozza’. The
two find a café where they go to drink coffee. However, upon their arrival, they see a man jump up
from his table, and fiddle with his bread- undoubtedly number Four. This was all Poirot’s planto
scare a man as soon as he thinks he is safe. But it was an act; the lights went out and Poirot
and Hastings are knocked unconscious and dragged away. They are taken to the headquarters
of the Big Four- The Felsenlabyrinth. They are confronted by Ryland, Olivier and number Four,
with Chang Yen being in China, and later Vera Rossakoff.
It soon becomes clear that the man is not Hercule Poirot, but in fact his twin, Achille. The
man has a deeper voice, has no moustache and has a scar on his lip. He makes the four people
aware of the fact that the mountain has been cordoned off, and that the police were about to
raid the headquarters. Knowing their defeat, the three members retreat to a laboratory and Vera
decided to bargain with Poirot. He claimed that he could bring the dead back to life, and she said
that she would save them if he returned her dead child. The three run out of the mountain just
as it explodes, and Hastings awakes to yet another surprise. Achille Poirot didn’t exist- it was
Hercule Poirot in disguise all along. He manages to give the countess her child back, who was
really left in an orphanage, and the newspapers reveal that Li Chang Yen, the famous Chinese
politician, has committed suicide. The story ends on Poirot lamenting that all his other cases will
seem boring and tame to this case.
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