Where's the Midsomer Magic?

Who says ITV can't do comedy? Midsomer Murders returned for the first of two new cases last night, and was almsot as dememnted as ever. Featuring a murder at a funeral parlour, a spooky spiritualist and her Victorian guide (a serving girl killed when her dress caught fire), an odd-ball healer, and a strange steam-railway enthusiast, this episode should have been far scarier and funnier than it actually was. The highlight was the flashback to the first murder when the killers plotted how to react to "finding" the body. But the Midsommer magic wasn't qutie there - the oddballs weren't odd enough and the murders weren't macabre enough. Not to mention the fact that we still miss Troy - please come back from Middlesbrough!