Was Hercule Poirot ever wrong?
In Cards on the Table (S10E02) Hercule Poirot states:
The question is, can Hercule Poirot possibly be wrong?
No one can always be right.
But I am.
Always I am right.
It is so invariable it startles me.
Was that right? Has there been any instance, where he made a mistake?
I have seen only a few episodes, and I cannot recall any such occurrence.
Best Answer
I presume you are asking about the TV series starring David Suchet, rather than the novels or any other TV or movie versions.
In The Mysterious Affair at Styles, (season 3, episode 1) Hastings recalls an earlier meeting with Poirot, where murder had occurred, and Hastings was Poirot's suspect for a time.
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