When Morse is assigned a cold case of a runaway teenager from school, he suspects that the girl's been murdered.When Morse is assigned a cold case of a runaway teenager from school, he suspects that the girl's been murdered.When Morse is assigned a cold case of a runaway teenager from school, he suspects that the girl's been murdered.
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- TriviaThe setting for this episode was changed from Colin Dexter's novel of the same name. In the book, the missing girl (called Valerie Taylor rather than Valerie Craven) is a pupil at a seedy council-estate comprehensive school rather than an expensive private girls' school. Her parents live in a small terrace council house rather than an opulent bungalow in its own grounds. These changes were probably made to increase the appeal of the episode to the overseas market. When later adapted for BBC Radio Four, (with John Shrapnel as "Morse") the story reverted to Colin Dexter 's original story.
- GoofsWhen Miss Baines falls over the edge of the stairs, it is quite clearly a dummy that is dropped.
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Chief Inspector Morse: Have you ever thought about the person who designed the sports skirt? Somebody sat down and drew a fantasy and made it compulsory uniform. I can never watch Wimbledon without thanking that man.
- ConnectionsEdited into Inspector Morse: Rest in Peace (2000)
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More Triangles Than a Geometry Classroom
When Morse and Lewis are brought in to a girls' school to deal with the disappearance of a young woman, Valerie, he must wade through a myriad of relationships. There is a kind of pecking order that develops in the posh academic world. There are also sleeping arrangements that develop. He also must butt heads with a rich contractor who has little time for his family but who still demands results in finding the girl. These episodes are very long and the pace is often plodding. But Morse continues to be a fascinating character. He has been deemed the drunken detective because of his affinity for a pint or two every so often. It would seem that his supervisor has him on a very short rope, ignoring the accomplishments and being more interested in procedure. Lewis is constantly being challenged by his embracing of protocol. Yet, early on, we see him becoming more and more impressed by the great detective. There are a couple of really good villains in this episode (one in particular) and they are what moves things along.
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- Feb 15, 2018
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- White Horse pub, Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK(Morse and Lewis arrive for a drink just after closing time)
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