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Poirot concludes that while Elsa got what she wanted—Amyas's death—she ended up with a "living death," spending her life in bitter emptiness while Caroline died at peace.

The story of the episode "[S9E1] Five Little Pigs" is a tragic "cold case" mystery based on the Agatha Christie novel. It follows Lucy Crale as she enlists Poirot to prove that her mother, Caroline Crale , was innocent of murdering her father, the famous painter Amyas Crale , 14 years earlier. The Setup: A Crime of Passion? [S9E1] Five Little Pigs

: Caroline discovered her sister, Angela, pulling a prank on Amyas earlier that day. When Amyas died, Caroline wrongly assumed Angela had accidentally poisoned him. Poirot concludes that while Elsa got what she

Fourteen years before the main story, Amyas Crale was found dead at his estate, Alderbury, poisoned by . At the time, he was having a flaunted affair with his young model, Elsa Greer . Because Caroline had discovered the affair and allegedly stolen the poison from her neighbor's lab, she was convicted and hanged for the crime. Before her execution, she wrote a letter to Lucy claiming her innocence. The "Five Little Pigs" (The Suspects) The Setup: A Crime of Passion

Poirot investigates by interviewing the five other people present on the day of the murder: