Quartet
- Episode aired Jul 22, 2018
- TV-14
- 1h 29m
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8.4/10
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An assassination attempt at an international sporting event opens a new case for Endeavour and Thursday, but their investigation is quickly brought to an unexpected end.An assassination attempt at an international sporting event opens a new case for Endeavour and Thursday, but their investigation is quickly brought to an unexpected end.An assassination attempt at an international sporting event opens a new case for Endeavour and Thursday, but their investigation is quickly brought to an unexpected end.
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Did you know
- TriviaMillie Bagshot tells Morse that "since '51", the attention of the security forces has been focused on Cambridge, rather than Oxford, University. It was in 1951 that Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, two top-ranking Foreign Office officials, successfully defected to Russia before they could be arrested as Russian agents, which both had been throughout their adult lives. They had first been recruited by the Russians whilst undergraduates at Cambridge in the 1930s.
- GoofsWhen the teams are introduced at the Jeux Sans Frontieres , the announcer introduces the team from "Germany". As the year is 1968, he should have introduced them as 'West Germany".
- Quotes
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright: Good God! It's a machete-wielding West-Indian with a distinctive facial scar we're trying to find! In Oxford! It's not the Scarlet Pimpernel.
- Crazy creditsThe final credits clue is Royal Peculiar. A Church of England parish exempt from the jurisdiction of its diocese and archdiocese and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch. Reference to the spies Morse deals with.
- ConnectionsReferences The Apartment (1960)
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Main Theme by Barrington Pheloung
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Season's Best.
This series of Endeavour has been a real privilege to watch, and for me the peak comes with Quartet (Finale to watch of course.) I've been a fan of the series since the very first, but somehow they took the show up another level with this episode, so many different plots, so much going on, but it was neat, tightly written, cohesive and easy to follow. So often you watch an espionage drama and get lost in complexities or bored, this was captivating.
There are almost too many superlatives for me to highlight, but I'll highlight a few. First of all, the story, absolutely fantastic, multi layered, intriguing, worthy of a John le Carre novel. The characters were incredible, Paul Ready and Ellie Haddington were fabulous, the latter reminded me of her character from Foyle's War. It was socially interesting, it highlighted so much stuff that was going on at the time, The Invasion on Czechoslovakia, the divide in Germany. It was quite action packed, our Morse almost garroted. It highlighted Morse's intelligence very well, and his thoughts on justice compared to those of his boss's. Finally Fred Thursday's decision to retire is told to Morse, so it will be intriguing to discover his fate, and see how the relationship changes between the pair.
I can think of no flaws at all, my only sadness is next week's is the season finale, the decision to put out a six part serial was a great one. It will be good to see the conclusion of the series arc.
Fabulous.
There are almost too many superlatives for me to highlight, but I'll highlight a few. First of all, the story, absolutely fantastic, multi layered, intriguing, worthy of a John le Carre novel. The characters were incredible, Paul Ready and Ellie Haddington were fabulous, the latter reminded me of her character from Foyle's War. It was socially interesting, it highlighted so much stuff that was going on at the time, The Invasion on Czechoslovakia, the divide in Germany. It was quite action packed, our Morse almost garroted. It highlighted Morse's intelligence very well, and his thoughts on justice compared to those of his boss's. Finally Fred Thursday's decision to retire is told to Morse, so it will be intriguing to discover his fate, and see how the relationship changes between the pair.
I can think of no flaws at all, my only sadness is next week's is the season finale, the decision to put out a six part serial was a great one. It will be good to see the conclusion of the series arc.
Fabulous.
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- Royal Standard of England pub, Forty Green, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(Thursday tells Morse he is retiring)
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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