'Endeavour' ITV 1

[Nick Armstrong]

'Blue Velvet', Cal. I thought it was well done!

Ah... not sure I'd recognise it. What did the homage consist of?

[Richard Tarleton]

I had to stop watching 15 minutes in, as a friend rang looking for a chat. I did notice a female member of the hunt had been blooded, so clearly there'd been a kill. Will start again tonight. Thursday looked as if he'd spotted Box's sidekick up to no good in that shop.....

[johncorrigan]

Ah... not sure I'd recognise it. What did the homage consist of?

It's a David Lynch film, Cal - the white picket fence and bright red roses, the 60s bright colours and blue sky and the Big O's wonderful 'In Dreams' - pretty spooky film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_BybDB_phY

[Richard Tarleton]

Thanks for that. I was reminded of this..... about the best hour of telly you could ever hope for.

[Nick Armstrong]

It's a David Lynch film, Cal - the white picket fence and bright red roses, the 60s bright colours and blue sky and the Big O's wonderful 'In Dreams' - pretty spooky film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_BybDB_phY

Yes I knew it was a David Lynch but don't believe I've ever seen it; I saw the fence/roses scene in Endeavour but it didn't trigger any memories...

[eighthobstruction]

,,,,blue velvet is a 1986 film...????

[Nick Armstrong]

Very much enjoyed the homage

I did spot the sly reference to a Rhodes Scholar, name of Clinton...

I did not have sex with that woman, Detective Constable Morse ....

[Richard Tarleton]

I did spot the sly reference to a Rhodes Scholar, name of Clinton...

I did not have sex with that woman, Detective Constable Morse ....

You just beat me to it there, Cali. I overlapped with Bill Clinton, but funnily enough never met him

And when Fred took his bunce, and Box said it would be easier next time, this.....

[Pabmusic]

Pretty dreadful storyline in no. 3. Poison-pen letters in a village? Edmund Crispin was sending that up in the 1950s. A vet's humane killer? Peter Lovesey made use of that in Skeleton Hill. (Btw, why has no-one made a Peter Diamond series?)

And the underlying story is now set up for (I suspect) a rather obvious fourth episode.

And - come to think of it - the Clinton reference is reminiscent of the character (and budding politician) Anthony in a Gently episode - "Call me Tony".

[Nick Armstrong]

Edmund Crispin

I am half-way through the second of his 'Gervase Fen' books at the moment, recent discovery (tho I heard about him years ago from a friend who was the author's successor as organ scholar at St John's Oxford). Much enjoying the light, ironic touch. Surely ripe for a subtle dramatisation.... Bill Nighy as Fen, perhaps...?

Yes the plot was pretty thin in this Endeavour - as someone said above, hardly above Midsomer Murders level. But the acting made it worthwhile - above all I think, Anton Lesser.... Luminous performance dealing with his wife and her illness. Shame the story arc has left him somewhat marooned plot-wise

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Yes the plot was pretty thin in this Endeavour - as someone said above, hardly above Midsomer Murders level. But the acting made it worthwhile - above all I think, Anton Lesser.... Luminous performance dealing with his wife and her illness. Shame the story arc has left him somewhat marooned plot-wise

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SPOILER ALERT:

the best bits of this programme were the "incidentals" (Fred accepting the "bung" - Bright's diginity: a total contrast to the pompous ass we've seen in previous series - De Bryn's suppressed horror as he realizes that he's advised Bright to seek a second opinion from the specialist who gave him the first ... ) and I liked the "if Morse fancies a woman, by the end she's either dead or arrested" tribute to the later Morse series.

You Can Open Your Eyes Now:

Speaking as a fan of Midsomer, yes, this was a disappointing story - but I still rather enjoyed it.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... and the way we hear about Mrs Birght's condition: the suggestive way that we're led to believe that she (like Win Thursday) has been having an affair (with a husband we know mainly from previous series, who would blame her?) ... then the cut ... and then the truth coming out with Bright's drink with DeBryn; that was really first rate, careful scripting, highlighting what's missing from the policing stories themselves.

[LMcD]

I am half-way through the second of his 'Gervase Fen' books at the moment, recent discovery (tho I heard about him years ago from a friend who was the author's successor as organ scholar at St John's Oxford). Much enjoying the light, ironic touch. Surely ripe for a subtle dramatisation.... Bill Nighy as Fen, perhaps...?

Yes the plot was pretty thin in this Endeavour - as someone said above, hardly above Midsomer Murders level. But the acting made it worthwhile - above all I think, Anton Lesser.... Luminous performance dealing with his wife and her illness. Shame the story arc has left him somewhat marooned plot-wise

A TV adaptation of 'The Moving Toyshop' was broadcast on BBC1 in 1964 as part of the series called 'Detective'. Richard Wordsworth played Gervase Fen.

[eighthobstruction]

... and the way we hear about Mrs Birght's condition: the suggestive way that we're led to believe that she (like Win Thursday) has been having an affair (with a husband we know mainly from previous series, who would blame her?) ... then the cut ... and then the truth coming out with Bright's drink with DeBryn; that was really first rate, careful scripting, highlighting what's missing from the policing stories themselves.

....Oh Win Win where ya bin.... ....Stranges very serious nudge nudge wink "Trust Nobody"....not even the writer....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]