Endeavour season 9 episode 3 recap

Many TV shows are well past their prime by the time they hit their final season. Not Endeavour. The magnificent British series, a prequel to another mystery drama classic, Inspector Morsebid farewell to American viewers Sunday night, July 2, on PBS with shocking resolutions, heartbreaking goodbyes and even a bit of Shakespeare.

June Morse investigates a death notice in the Oxford Mail which appeared shortly before the person mentioned actually died in what initially looks to have been an accident, and finds a link with an earlier death which was not treated as suspicious. This leads him to an undertaker's, forcing him to confront his own mortality. Fred Thursday, looking set to move to Carshall Newtown, finds himself having to deal with more trouble from his past, at a time when he has trouble enough in the present, leading him to resort to desperate measures to protect his family. Elsewhere, Strange is set to marry Joan and transfer to Kidlington, while Bright is looking forward to retirement.

Endeavour season 9 episode 3 recap

So, this is it — the final episode of Endeavour , the last chapter of a year TV saga. Can it possibly live up to the weight of expectation put upon it? Can it satisfy our longing for a fulfilling conclusion to this epic of detection and character observation? Endeavour Morse has always been, perhaps after Sherlock Holmes, the most fully-rounded of fictional detectives; and Endeavour had the difficult task of laying the background for that character, both in terms of psychological development and in complexities of plot. We also got an insight into the career development of the character, once described as a great detective but a poor policeman, and how it was formed by his relationships with his colleagues Fred Thursday, Jim Strange and Reginald Bright. If the series went off the rails at one point, descending into farcical operatic drama and comical Carry On references, it did manage to get its feet back on the ground for these final three episodes. But the burden was always there, the pressure to explain the big question — what happened between Morse and Fred Thursday, such that the Thursday family was never mentioned in the Inspector Morse novels or TV series? Handily, the killer turns up, is captured and confesses to his crimes in a racist, homophobic, and anti-European rant. All this is against the background of the planning of the wedding of Joan Thursday and Jim Strange. Meanwhile, Morse is investigating the murder of a biker, presumably in a drugs turf war.

He turns out to be the man behind the Blenheim Vale cover-up, using his connections with other, more senior corrupt cops to keep the child abuse scandal quiet, be it by way of threats or failing that violence. Lott then pretends to hand over the bag of money, stabbing Morse.

Footage of a funeral, motorcycles, and the creation of a wedding dress opens "Exeunt," the series finale of Endeavour. Given the progression of the series with its twists and turns over the decade, we are prepared to accept not every issue will be resolved — from the beginning, Endeavour has reminded us life is uncertain, compared to the truths of great music, literature, or architecture. Writer Russell Lewis and director Kate Saxon indulge in a certain amount of fantasy in this episode, but they and the superb cast and production team make it all work. Our revels now are ended. Once again, Morse is at Blenheim Vale, where excavations continue, but not for much longer. Morse is convinced that the remains of Peter Williams, a victim who was never accounted for, are buried there, while Thursday and Bright are anxious for the case to be closed. Morse has also discovered Blenheim Vale is owned by an offshore company owned by one Lionel Godfrey Chambers, but the trail has run cold.

For the most part, the Endeavour finale kept its feet on the ground and provided answers to long-held fan questions. One scene however, set a new mystery. Endeavour nods and places the gun in the boot of his Jag. Ad — content continues below. That smile could be a clue to one interpretation of the Endeavour finale gunshot mystery. Endeavour shoots the weapon while sitting on a bench outside the church in which Joan and Jim were married. In that same churchyard, Morse discovered the headstones connecting corrupt Inspector Lott to the false identity he adopted to buy Blenheim Vale. Next to the Lott family plot was the grave of infant Lionel Godfrey Chambers, whose birth certificate Lott had obtained to create the persona behind his hooky front company based in Bermuda.

Endeavour season 9 episode 3 recap

Please consider helping with the running of my website by making a donation via Paypal. With Patreon you set up how much you wish to pay monthly. At two minutes we see a student running through a college quad. A professor is walking away from the camera. The actor has the look of Colin. This was the pseudonym that Colin used when setting crosswords. Endeavour continues to investigate who was killed and buried at Blenheim Vale. After the skeletal remains of Landesman and Brenda Lewis were found Endeavour believes that one of the young boys, Peter Williams, will also be found. Meanwhile, two people have been killed in what looks like accidents.

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Leave a comment Cancel reply. The choir sings the last chord. Thursday asks about Peter, and Morse says he's long dead before asking about Tomahawk. Her household near Washington DC includes two badly-behaved cats about whom she frequently boasts on Facebook. If John Bingley has a mate who works as a typesetter for the Oxford Times , why didn't he just use him to put the bogus death notices in that paper, as opposed to going through the rigmarole of faking a death notice including tricking the sub-editor by providing a fake phone number for a local undertaker which he then answered when she called to verify the information, etc for the Oxford Mail? Share This Post Facebook Email. Sam arrives to stand in for his father, who is unexpectedly working late, and Strange joins them. Gainax Ending : A downplayed sort, but there are nevertheless a few mildly surreal touches in the final scenes, such as the gunshot in the graveyard and the fact that the very last scenes would appear to be Morse driving past his future self. Would she not have wanted to go to her cousin's wedding even if her father did not? Can it possibly live up to the weight of expectation put upon it? But the burden was always there, the pressure to explain the big question — what happened between Morse and Fred Thursday, such that the Thursday family was never mentioned in the Inspector Morse novels or TV series?

A fancy funeral, with extensive flower arrangements. No clue who the dead person was, but does this feel like a callout post for everyone involved in covering up the Blenheim Vale situation or what?

Raymond Kennett. That turn of events will give added poignancy to anyone now watching Inspector Morse which streams on BritBox. Joan helps her daughter dress; Sam and Thursday almost smile at each other. Charlie Phil Daniels says to drop the Vale case, revealing Lott is who he lost Thursday's life savings to. Morse is convinced that the remains of Peter Williams, a victim who was never accounted for, are buried there, while Thursday and Bright are anxious for the case to be closed. We saw this in " Home ". Morse and Thursday visit the friend of Professor Bevin, who reported his absence, Dr. He grew up to be a murderous, drug-dealing biker. Endeavour where to stream Subs. At the wedding rehearsal, Morse turns up after Joan but before Strange, leading the vicar to assume that Morse is the groom. One of them is registered to a flat in Neptune House, where Morse meets chatty painter John Bingley Philip Wright at work on renovations down the hall. Big time. The death of Raymond Kennett alias "Tomahawk" is a very unambiguous example, as his body is found with the knife that killed him still embedded in his chest. Make It Look Like an Accident : John Bingley's modus operandi for his killings, so much so that no-one even realised that McMurdo, the man whose funeral is shown at the start of the episode, was murdered until Morse finds the link between him and the second murder that of Dr Bevin. In the one episode in which Carol appeared, the two were not seen to interact.