YMMV / Midsomer Murders S 14 E 6

• Complete Monster: Samuel Quested presents himself as merely a charming and jovial pub landlord and local alderman, but in reality is a vicious, power-hungry Small-Town Tyrant, having his goons intimidate anyone who goes against the accepted order. Viewing Esme Baker marrying visiting revenue agent Peter Slim as an affront to his power, Quested and his men hunt Slim with dogs before forcing the terrified man into an apple picker with Quested personally using it to viciously shake him by the neck, shattering it in several places. Devising a plan to solidify his control over the valley, Quested frames the Cider Mill owner that employs most of the valley for the murder, forcing him to sign the mill over him; and using the damage to community spirits to justify resurrecting the long dead rite of the Stag, even setting his own daughter Alice to be raped to seal the deal. Having his goons hack the kindly Reverent Walker to death for opposing him, Quested then used the Stag as a distraction to attempt to rape Esme for daring to marry out of the community. Thwarted by Inspector Barnaby and Sargent Jones, Quested attempts to rally the villagers into a mob and orders his goons to kill them.