What should have been an excellent episode had the most implausible opening ever. The whole episode is based on Morse finding the dead body and clutching it AND picking up a knife next to the body! Really?! The rest of the setup is all based on this ridiculous opening.
And he conveniently forgets about the phone call? Too bad because Ian McDiarmid has his best turn since playing The Emperor in the Star Wars movies. The writers just couldn't think of a better way to have Morse as a suspect. Too bad.
Detective Bottomley was thoroughly unenjoyable as the investigating officer. Just unlikable enough to be a suspect. Until we discover what we knew from the time we heard about the most likely suspect to set him up.
And he conveniently forgets about the phone call? Too bad because Ian McDiarmid has his best turn since playing The Emperor in the Star Wars movies. The writers just couldn't think of a better way to have Morse as a suspect. Too bad.
Detective Bottomley was thoroughly unenjoyable as the investigating officer. Just unlikable enough to be a suspect. Until we discover what we knew from the time we heard about the most likely suspect to set him up.