The Curious Mind of Hercule Poirot

11. S2E5 Myth 5: Autistic People Don’t Want Friends - A Friendship of Two Minds

This episode challenges the myth that autistic people lack imagination or humour. Through The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and The ABC Murders, we see how Poirot’s creativity flows through order and logic — finding beauty in patterns and joy in precision. His quiet wit and structured imagination reveal that creativity can be disciplined, purposeful, and deeply human.

12. S2E6 Myth 6: Autistic lives are limited - The Whole Life of Hercule Poirot

This episode explores the myth that autistic people don’t want or need friends. Through the enduring bond between Poirot and Captain Hastings, we see how true friendship can thrive across difference — one mind logical and precise, the other warm and impulsive. Their story reminds us that connection isn’t about sameness but the quiet beauty of two minds learning to walk together.

13. S3E1 The Pattern and the Storm: Introducing Ariadne Oliver

This episode explores the partnership between Poirot and Mrs Oliver, showing how different ways of thinking can work together. Poirot brings order, patience, and careful reasoning; Mrs Oliver brings intuition, energy, and surprising insight. Through their contrasts — logic and impulse, quiet and volume — we see that truth is found not in one style but in the meeting of many. Their collaboration challenges the myth that thinking differently is a disadvantage and reveals how God weaves order and creativity together in the human mind.

14. S3E2 Different Ways of Knowing: Logic, intuition, and the beauty of two minds seeing differently

This episode explores two distinct ways of knowing: Poirot’s careful logic and Mrs Oliver’s racing intuition. Through Dead Man’s Folly and The Pale Horse, we see how their contrasting minds work in tandem — his patience meeting her instinct, his order grounding her rapid leaps. Their partnership challenges the idea that insight comes only through analysis, showing instead that truth can emerge from quiet reasoning or sudden spark. Together they model a kind of cognitive community where different thinkers enrich the search for wisdom

15. S3E3 Symmetry and Surprise: Physical space reflects the mind

This episode explores how our physical spaces shape our inner worlds. Through the contrast between Mrs Oliver’s colourful, creative clutter and Poirot’s precise, symmetrical apartment, we see two different ways minds find clarity — one through movement and possibility, the other through calm and order. Drawing on psychology and gentle spiritual reflection, this episode reminds us that there is no single “right” workspace. Whether we think best in geometry or in colour, our surroundings can become places of peace, creativity, and grace.

16. S3E4 All in the Mind: Fous and Flow

This episode explores hyperfocus in both Poirot and Mrs Oliver — two very different minds drawn into the same deep flow. Through Cards on the Table, we see Poirot’s quiet, steady concentration alongside Mrs Oliver’s energetic, idea-filled rush. One focuses through stillness, the other through movement, yet both express passion, purpose, and the beauty of a mind absorbed in meaningful work. Hyperfocus becomes not a flaw, but a gift — a glimpse of how God uses both order and creativity to guide us toward truth.

17. S3E5 Tea, Talk and Tolerance: Connection Across Neurotypes

This episode explores how connection grows between very different minds. Through Mrs McGinty’s Dead and Hallowe’en Party, we see Poirot’s quiet precision meet Mrs Oliver’s energetic, rapid-fire intuition. Their communication misfires, overlaps, and occasionally collides — yet their friendship endures through patience, affection, and curiosity. Blending psychology and gentle spiritual reflection, this episode shows how autistic, ADHD, and neurotypical ways of relating can form genuine community, where understanding is built not on sameness but on grace.

18. S3E6 Two Minds, One Purpose: The Harmony of Difference

This episode brings the season to a gentle close, exploring how Poirot and Mrs Oliver’s contrasting minds form a genuine harmony. Through Elephants Can Remember and Cards on the Table, we see logic and intuition, steadiness and spontaneity, fact and feeling working side by side. Their friendship becomes a picture of cognitive community — a reminder that different minds don’t compete but complete one another. Blending psychology, storytelling, and faith, this episode celebrates the God-given beauty of diversity in how we think, relate, and uncover truth.

19. S4E1 The Foreigner Who Saw Clearly

In this episode, we explore how Agatha Christie’s famous detective sees what others miss — not despite his difference, but because of it. In this episode, we look at Poirot as the outsider: the foreigner whose accent, routines, and precision set him apart in English society, yet sharpen his insight. Through literature, neurodiversity, and gentle theological reflection, we consider why truth is often clearest to those who don’t quite fit in — and what that means for us today.

20. S4E2 The Shape of Oddness

Why do “odd” people become the first suspects? This episode explores Christie’s fascination with eccentrics and misfits — the artists, outsiders, worriers, and wanderers whom polite society mistrusts. From Henrietta Savernake to Cust and Miss Lawson, we look at how difference becomes suspicion, and how Poirot quietly resists that pattern. Blending literary insight, neurodiversity reflections, and gentle theological thought, we consider why truth is often found in those who don’t fit the mould — and what their presence reveals about us.