We’ve been on a British TV show watching kick.
Escape to the Country for late night/exhausted no-brain-needed viewing.
Great British Baking Show, Holiday episodes, ditto. But just me. We do enjoy the regular seasons together, but the Holiday editions aren’t shared.
We were caught up with Midsomer Murders and Father Brown (though both may have new seasons by now), so we went looking for something similar and found Lewis. Lewis is a detective in Oxford who was trained by Morse, who first appeared in books by Colin Dexter. We started with Lewis, then I figured we’d back up to Morse.
One day a couple months ago, Stud Muffin was telling a friend that we were watching Lewis and the friend stopped him and said we needed to start with Endeavor. It’s actually a newer show, but it’s about Inspector Morse as a young policeman and the detective who trained him.
So we put the brakes on Lewis and went to Endeavor. It begins in the late 1960s, in Oxford, England. We see Endeavor as a young officer, confident in his abilities to solve crimes. His trainer/mentor, DI Thursday, tells him he’s a good detective, but not a very good policeman.
Endeavor then learns to be both.
We’re almost to the end of the series, up to the early 1970s. We see Morse struggle to find his place in policing and life. We see him drink too much, sleep around too much, and fall into deep holes. But we also see him loving easily, stopping violence, and being a voice of truth to others.
If you enjoy British Who Done Its, Endeavor is an excellent addition to your viewing list!
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