The excellent second series continues, Sway is another episode of real quality, it sees Morse and Thursday hunt for a sadistic strangler.
The story somehow feels very much in keeping with the time frame, mysteries featuring cold blooded stranglers were very much in vogue in the fifties and sixties, so the premise works well. So much interesting character play, the roles reversed, with Morse enjoying his private life, and Thursday facing some personal problems.
They captured the feel of a sixties Department store beautifully, the formality and procedures brilliantly brought to life. The store made for a fantastic setting, with the killer lurking somewhere amongst the upmarket goods.
Fabulous use of music, glorious production values, and superb performances, Cécile Paoli (luisa) and Joe Bannister (Mr Burridge) were particularly good, those elements coupled with a first class script from Russell Lewis make 'Sway' a truly brilliant episode.
Loved it, 9/10