The setting is great and its very unrealistic to place all these murders in Oxford. To have a great show it has to be possible. The Wire was realistic. These scripts are shallow, yet too cumbersome. We have no idea why
Morse is Morse. Why does he drink so much ? Why is he so solitary. He seems educated but being a cop is kind of a fall down the class cliff. I think Thaw phoned it in with this character. He was much better in Kavanagh QC. The premise was better and so was the writing. I watched that series first and this is inferior. The Endeavour series has better character developement, better supporting characters. It makes you want to see more of them. I just found this to be mostly mediocre.I wont watch a lot of c shows to find a few good episodes. Maybe UK viewers or detective meme folks have different criteria? These are on a par with Agatha Christie type plots.
Morse is Morse. Why does he drink so much ? Why is he so solitary. He seems educated but being a cop is kind of a fall down the class cliff. I think Thaw phoned it in with this character. He was much better in Kavanagh QC. The premise was better and so was the writing. I watched that series first and this is inferior. The Endeavour series has better character developement, better supporting characters. It makes you want to see more of them. I just found this to be mostly mediocre.I wont watch a lot of c shows to find a few good episodes. Maybe UK viewers or detective meme folks have different criteria? These are on a par with Agatha Christie type plots.