Endeavour

The last one ( railway murders) was back on form, very good.
Yes, I think Morse is becoming more the man he will eventually be, irascible, socially at sea and unhappy.
Thursday and Bright are wonderful characters, both totally convincing, also Strange, and Max (pathologist) at home in their parts and faithful to the older men they become in the Morse series.
This series does seem a little lack lustre compared to all the others.

We love it. Roger Allam is just wonderful and Anton Lesser has made the character of Reginald Bright into something much more complex than the forelock-tugger we first thought he was. Can't stand Trewlove though, smug madam.

Grampian?! Stupid autocorrect - I meant Grampa of course.

Morse wasn't grumpy , just a rather complex character

Me, too, Jane10.

Neither of us can put our finger on why we're not particularly keen on this program. We loved Morse and last night's episode was ok once we started watching it but have to say if it wasn't for laziness we'd probably turn over.

I like the slow relaxed pace and lovely music. Some beautiful camera work too. Thursday reminds me of my Grampian. He had the same hat, clothes and pipe. Pipes seem to have gone out of fashion these days.

Have recorded it as we were out - looking forward to seeing this episode.

Enjoyed last nights episode although I did watch with one eye on the iPad

That sounds more promising. I've recorded it son look forward to seeing it.

I thought it was a lot better last night, almost believable, and Oxford was lovely.
How sad to feel like that about your father Nm, I would love to be reminded of my S-father whom I loved dearly.

Well I love it!

But the adult Morse was a grumpy bugger.
I do like Roger Allam.

Every time I see Anton Lesser as Superintendent Reginald Bright I get shivers down my back because from the front he looks so like my father.

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and in King's Oak no less.

Crossroads Motel!!!!

You're right Greyduster, it was AWFUL!!!!

I have just watched the second episode and I thought it was absolutely awful. The ridiculous Agatha Christie style B movie plot made me lose the will to live! Hope it picks up.

I'm finding Endeavour difficult to follow and hear, to put it mildly!!! I love it because it's Oxford where I was born and lived for the first 21 years of my life. Apart from that?!!!!! It should be good, but it sort of isn't!!

Think he may have smiled briefly at Cassie at one point easybee!

I still enjoy it, thanks to the wonderful music, acting and settings, and I think Endeavour is showing early signs of Morse's irascibility.
The fault lies with the increasingly desperate plot lines, as in Silent Witness, Vera and Shetland; what a gothic attempt at a cliff-hanger. Doesn't Dougie Henshall have any facial expressions other than mildly agonised, agonised and really agonised?

Katek I thought the same about him picking up the girl. I don't think a "fast" girl would have appealed to Endeavour.
I must say I've never seen a cinema that big. But remember seeing the organist. Were the organs called wurlitzers? Must say I'm not enjoying this series as much as previous ones.

Think they may be trying to metamorphose Sean Evans into the older, curmudgeonly Morse. Him picking up a girl he didn’t know just didn’t fit the character either-it sort of stuck out and jangled. Loved the Roxy and the Reginald Dixon style organist-though-wonder where it is?

What's happening with Trewlove? All she does is stand around now looking bored. She was one of the best characters in the last series.

At one time the two hours flew by but now I think they could easily fit it into an hours programme, seems to be drawn out and slow.

Image that very remark to DH when we made the last episode. Misery guts indeed!