Degüello
- Episode aired Jul 7, 2019
- TV-14
- 1h 30m
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9.2/10
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The murder of an Oxford librarian and a local tragedy test Endeavour and the team to their limits, as they uncover the truth behind the crime that has haunted them all.The murder of an Oxford librarian and a local tragedy test Endeavour and the team to their limits, as they uncover the truth behind the crime that has haunted them all.The murder of an Oxford librarian and a local tragedy test Endeavour and the team to their limits, as they uncover the truth behind the crime that has haunted them all.
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- TriviaThe collapse of Cranmer House is clearly suggested by the real-life tragedy of Ronan Point, a London tower-block in the Canning Town district. It partially collapsed in May 1968, about 18 months before the events in this "Endeavour" story take place. Four people died and another 17 were injured in the collapse. As with Cranmer House, the Ronan Point collapse was initially ascribed to a gas explosion, but its chief cause was later found to be alarming structural deficiencies. As a result of the Ronan Point tragedy, laws were changed and made more stringent.
- GoofsNear the 1hour 13 Minute mark, Box is waiting at the car for Thursday & his reflection in the passenger side review mirror shows him in a short sleeve shirt but when they showed Thursday approach him from the other direction he had his jacket on which of course was long sleeved. No, it's something different. He's seen smoking with what would be the same arm. It's either a reflection of a crew member, or some type of double exposure.
- Quotes
Councillor Clive Burkitt: That's what friends are for.
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright: We are not friends, Councillor. Nor, I am very happy to say, are we ever likely to be.
- Crazy creditsThe red letters in the credits read "Dulce Domum," translated as "Sweely at Home." It is, among other things, the title of a poem written by poem by John Francis O'Donnell 1861, the title of a tune written by Robert Ambrose in 1876, the title of a chapter in the Wind in the Willows, and the Latin school song of Winchester College. Here it seems to resonate with the sense of homecoming after reorganization and the intrusion of corrupt leadership, as well as Morse's arrival at the home that is familiar from the Inspector Morse series.
- ConnectionsReferences The Third Man (1949)
- SoundtracksMain Theme
Written by Barrington Pheloung
Featured review
Classic Morse
This episode sees Morse investigating two murders; first a Librarian is stabbed to death in the Bodleian Library; the only obvious clues some muddy boot prints and a scrap of paper with a word written on it in Hebrew. Then a year old tower block partly collapses; there are many fatalities but the most notable is a man who was found shot dead in the basement; he'd been there, set in concrete, since the tower was built. He was also killed by the same gun as PC George Fancy. It turns out he was a surveyor for the local council and as the investigation proceeds intense pressure is exerted to get enquiries dropped... Morse isn't about to stop though even though he is unsure if he can still trust his Mentor DI Thursday.
This was, to my mind, the best episode of the current series. The case of the University librarian is classic Inspector Morse and the tower block disaster, a clear reference the Ronan Point collapse in 1968, gave the episode a good sense of the time. There are plenty of suspects and motives; red herrings and misdirection. As the story progresses the tension rises and while viewers know certain characters must survive as they were in 'Inspector Morse' I was genuinely concerned for key characters who don't have such guarantees. The ending nicely wraps up the various plot lines; both those raised in the episode and others that have been there since the murder of PC Fancy in the previous series. All the main cast; Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, Sean Rigby and James Bradshaw; as Morse, Thursday, Bright, Strange and Dr DeBryn are on great form and the supporting cast are equally solid. Overall a really fine episode that left me looking forward to the next series.
This was, to my mind, the best episode of the current series. The case of the University librarian is classic Inspector Morse and the tower block disaster, a clear reference the Ronan Point collapse in 1968, gave the episode a good sense of the time. There are plenty of suspects and motives; red herrings and misdirection. As the story progresses the tension rises and while viewers know certain characters must survive as they were in 'Inspector Morse' I was genuinely concerned for key characters who don't have such guarantees. The ending nicely wraps up the various plot lines; both those raised in the episode and others that have been there since the murder of PC Fancy in the previous series. All the main cast; Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, Sean Rigby and James Bradshaw; as Morse, Thursday, Bright, Strange and Dr DeBryn are on great form and the supporting cast are equally solid. Overall a really fine episode that left me looking forward to the next series.
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