# Murder on the Orient Express (again)

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**Created:** [June 4, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-on-the-orient-express-again/788088 "2017-06-04T05:07:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-on-the-orient-express-again/788088/61 "2017-06-08T16:53:07Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> This was actually a deliberate decision by yhe program makers. They wanted to make Curtain a sort of sequel to MOTOE, where Poirot was left feeling uncertain about the morality of one, which affects his actions in the other.

I was not aware of that. I watched them out of order. But thematically, it does make sense. One form of justice inspired another.

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