As always and it is becoming something of a cliche but the acting by all was very good. So, let us get to the good points about the episode and there were quite a few. Why did they have to be Americans? Is it a sop to an American audience? Another red herring. the producers of Endeavour, make sure it is Scottish actor who plays the part of McNutt).ĭon’t get me started on why the Americans were included in the plot. It would allow the the character of Morse to have to adapt to a new boss and a new set of rules in that new boss’s methodology. ![]() I love the character and Roger Allam but a new DI for Morse would be breath of fresh air. I believe it is time for the character of Fred Thursday to be written out of the series. Unless of course you are completely unaware of anything that happened in the original series. It is yet another red herring that has no drama or suspense. OF COURSE NOT! We all as Morse fans know that Morse never leaves the Oxford police department. The other people won’t break or abuse or drop your baby if they are chosen wisely.Īnother complaint is the ‘ will he or won’t he‘ go to London scenario. Mr Lewis, let go and allow your baby to be feed and looked after by other people. The producers of the Morse series looked for the best screenwriters around at that time and it worked brilliantly. The original Morse series worked partly due to the many great writers they used. Thank you Russell for devising this series and getting it to the screen but I can’t think of another series where one writer has writen 17 two hour episodes by himself. On the subject of Russell Lewis, I believe it is time to bring in other writers, some new blood. Russell Lewis has to start the next series with an end to the ‘ will they won’t they‘ element to the Endeavour series and have Morse concentrate on his career and meet and fail with other women. The whole affair between Morse and Joan is becoming like a soap opera and using it as a story arc just didn’t work. I do wish it had ended with Joan’s death and this would allow the series to move on. he was a jack the lad who was only courting Joan to get information about the bank. Paul Marlock was the character from the last episode of the third series, Coda. It was either Ray Morton or Paul Marlock’s baby. A baby died but it wasn’t even Morse’s baby. I predicted Joan Thursday dying which I believe would have made for a better ending and allow Morse to move on from their doomed, unrequited love affair. The tarot card ‘death’ is shown at the end of the last episode, Lazaretto, and we all as fans assumed that there would be a dramatic death that would affect Morse. Again the tarot cards where a red herring. After all the build up over the last three episodes each ending with Sheila Hancock’s character laying down portentous tarot cards, NOTHING HAPPENS. My biggest disappointment was under using Shelia Hancock. ![]() It was all so twee and what was maybe worse the whole druid like antics of the villagers and their unwillingness to talk to Morse was all a red herring. A villager then says, ‘There be a stranger among us’. ![]() I was waiting for Morse to enter the pub and the music to stop and all the customers and staff to stare at him. The use of the old chestnut of a unfriendly village where strangers aren’t welcome wore out as a motif back in the seventies. As I have mentioned in other reviews there are times when the writing is more akin to an episode of Murder She Wrote or an Agatha Christie series. It is certainly not as bad as the second episode Canticle but unfortunately this episode has too many faults. This is a rather disappointing episode after last week’s excellent episode, Lazaretto. I am glad that Endeavour never ended up inside a giant wicker man at the end of the episode. I am sure I am not the first to mention the resemblance of this episode to the, in my opinion over-rated film The Wicker Man, (I never read any other reviews until I have finished writing my own). Meanwhile, Joan Thursday is found by her father and she must make decisions as to where her future lies. The disappearance of Matthew Laxman leads Morse and Thursday through beautiful countryside, a nuclear power plant and the beautiful, seemingly sinister village of Bramford. Matthew Laxman disappeared in the area five years before and with the finding of his glasses DI Thursday wants to open the cold case. SYNOPSISĪ body is found near marshland and is presumed to be the body of the botanist, Matthew Laxman. Endeavour: Series 4, Episode 4, HARVEST.įirst shown on the 29th January 2017 in the UK.Ĭhronologically this would be episode 17.ĭirected by Jim Loach. So, if you haven’t seen the episode, look away now. !!SPOILERS!! !!SPOILERS!! In this post I will be not only be reviewing the episode but also looking at the locations, music, literary references and other interesting facts and trivia within the episode.
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