Hercule Poirot (Amazon Prime Series)

Hercule Poirot is an upcoming Amazon Prime series. The series centres around the Agatha Christie detective of the same name, set in the modern day with adaptational changes to account for the new setting. The show also has multiple original stories that were never written by Agatha Christie.
==Cast==
* TBA as Hercule Poirot - A former detective for the Belgian police department. He now lives in London, England and works as a private detective.
* TBA as Arthur Hastings
* TBA as Chief Inspector James Japp
* TBA as Officer Justin Wyatt - An original character added to the show. Wyatt is a rookie police officer who looks up to Japp.
* TBA as Felicity Lemon
==Episodes==
===Season 1===
Season 1 is set during Poirot's time as a police officer in Belgium.
* The Chocolate Box - Hercule Poirot, a constable for the Belgian police, is assigned to investigate the murder of a politician who has an open rivalry with Belgium's political leaders. Poirot deduces that the man was poisoned but wonders about the importance of the two nearby boxes of chocolates that seem to have had their lids mixed up.
* The Missing Ring - Poirot is assigned to track a missing ring belonging to the wealthy Van Pruisen family. Despite Poirot finding the ring, the family matriarch argues that he is wrong about the thief and has her friend, Chief Inspector Bert De Loof, Poirot’s superior, arrest an innocent maid.
* The Panicked Child - Poirot is tasked with looking after a young boy whose father seems to have abandoned him during the annual Day of Wallonia. An accidental statement made by the boy allows Poirot to link the case to a cold case of a child kidnapper from 7 years prior.
* Murder on Air - Poirot, now promoted to detective, listens to a live podcast, when the host dies in the middle of the podcast.
* The Return, Part 1 - Poirot is invited to the marriage of Cassandra Van Pruisen, the daughter of the Van Pruisen family, who Poirot remembers from his prior case. When Poirot arrives, he meets the guests and discovers that one of them is Bert De Loof, Poirot’s superior, after a fight between De Loof and the groom, De Loof is found murdered.
* The Return, Part 2 - Poirot investigates the murder of De Loof, discovering a secret affair between De Loof and the matriarch of the Van Pruisen family, along with a link to the blackmail case and an employee strike.
* The London Case, Part 1 - Poirot is tasked with protecting a valuable painting, intended to be the centrepiece of the London Museum. Despite security measures, the painting is stolen, and Poirot must work with his new friend, Arthur Hastings, to track down the painting.
* The London Case, Part 1 - While investigating the art theft, one of the gala guests is murdered. Poirot and Hastings continue the investigation to track down the killer and the stolen painting.
* The Headless Houdini - Poirot investigates a case of a popular magician who has been decapitated with his head missing. The magician's womanizing nature leads to several potential culprits and Poirot's investigation reveals that the magician had accidentally caused the death of his assistant.
* The Prediction - Poirot announces he plans to leave the Belgian police and move to London. His co-workers decide to take him to a psychic show when the psychic predicts her own murder. The next day, the psychic is murdered in a school, seemingly by the school science teacher, her own son-in-law, who was previously suspected of murdering his wife.
==Changes to the Original Stories==
* While previous adaptations have made Poirot a devout Catholic, this version of Poirot is an agnostic.
* The show is set during the modern day rather than the 1930s, changes to the stories have also been made to account for the new setting.
* Poirot is made into a foodie with a love for foreign foods and a sweet tooth.