![]() When the Detective Inspector hauls the barely-conscious Morse to his apartment, Monica - a lovely neighbor who also happens to be a nurse - comes to the rescue, helping to care for Morse as he recovers. The gangster’s attack on Morse has ripples beyond his relationship with Thursday, as well. Finally, the pseudo-father-son relationship between Thursday and Morse continues to deepen this season, including a delightful scene in the first episode where Thursday confronts some goons who have jumped Morse. This incident also allows us a better understanding of Thursday’s wife, Win, permitting us a look at her strength as the center of their home and also the level of trust they share. Most notable is the appearance of an old flame from his past, rocking his internal equilibrium and giving us a glance at how vital his family is to him. This season continues the deft development of the Thames Valley team, but Thursday in particular gets some extra attention, with a deep dive into his personal life. But when a new case rears its head, and Morse is sent “once more into the breach,” we see a return to form for our favorite sarcastic crime-solver. Season two opens four months after the close of the first season, with Endeavour Morse still severely rattled from his last case - as well as the death of his father. We conclude with him sitting for his sergeants exam. The season ends with a lovely nod to the original Morse show: young Morse getting shot, an injury that will eventually lead to older Morse’s limp. His heart still smarts from being dumped by Susan, his college sweetheart his family life is strained, with a distant father and bitter step-mother and half-sister and in returning to Oxford, we see his ultimate resentment toward the ‘gown’ set, despite perhaps fitting in with them better than his present peers. Other factors come up through the season that help us place this version of Endeavour Morse in the larger Inspector Morse galaxy. Max DeBryn, a flippant pathologist, and the honorable-yet-tough Chief Superintendent Bright, and Constable Strange, a well-meaning, if blustery street cop. But the other denizens of Oxford’s Cowley Station aren’t quite as jealous of young Morse, merely puzzled by his ways - among them Dr. We also meet Detective Sergeant Peter Jakes, the diametric opposite of Morse, who serves as his main antagonist, alternating between bullying and resentment toward our lead. Once invited to Thursday’s home, Morse soon becomes part of the family, bantering with Joan and Sam, Thursday’s grown children, and being mothered by Thursday’s wife, Win.īut, alas, Thursday is one man among many. In this first season, we see him moving from Morse’s boss - who simply wants to help the bright young man succeed - to a caring friend, and eventually to an almost father-figure to the younger man. Thursday elegantly balances the light and dark sides of the job time and again throughout the series, standing up for what’s right… but also displaying a mean right hook. As a detective Morse excels, but as a constable, he’s often found wanting: his brain seems more capable of recognizing cryptic clues than it is at remembering elements of the law.īut this factor of Morse’s personality makes him the perfect foil to Detective Inspector Thursday, a long-in-the-tooth veteran to the force. Season One sees Morse joining the Oxford police force as a Detective Constable. Meet Endeavour Morse: highly-educated and awkwardly charming, Morse has a penchant for Wagnerian operas and crossword puzzles, a hatred of his first name, and a handicapping fear of heights. And any questions you may have as to the character development, life and motivations of the denizens of Thames Valley? Well, we hope we've answered them here. If you haven't been able to stay abreast of the series thus far, never fear - each episode has a neatly encapsulated mystery that is solved by the time the credits role. Whether it's watching the tightly-strung Endeavour Morse trying to navigate Oxford in the sixties or the gruff-but-endearing Fred Thursday trying to understand a world that's moved just beyond his ken or even unraveling the complexities of the new bureacracy that took over the Oxford police last season the show is fascinating and exciting, a real thinking-person's drama. And while we've been super into Unforgotten and Prime Suspect as of late, there's just something about Endeavour that keeps us coming back for more. Here at WGBH Drama Club, we love a good mystery. Endeavour Will Take On His Most Baffling Cases In Season Six
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