Fugue
- Episode aired Jul 14, 2013
- TV-PG
- 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
The strangulation of a married woman and the poisoning of an elderly botanist lead Morse to bring a serial killer to justice.The strangulation of a married woman and the poisoning of an elderly botanist lead Morse to bring a serial killer to justice.The strangulation of a married woman and the poisoning of an elderly botanist lead Morse to bring a serial killer to justice.
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Dr. Cronyn is describing high-functioning serial killers to the police, he refers to several American cases - "Starkweather, the Fairvale murders, and recently DeSalvo". Charles Starkweather and Albert DeSalvo were real serial killers, the latter apprehended only the year before the one in which this story takes place; however, "the Fairvale murders" is a reference to a famous film - Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". Fairvale is the small town outside which the Bates Motel stands in that movie.
- GoofsAs Morse and his colleagues are looking at the sheet music of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera as part of their investigation, the name of the composer in Russian is misspelled on the cover page. The title of the opera is misleading as well: it reads Snezhnaya Koroleva, which means Snow Queen in Russian. However, the real title of the opera is Snegurochka - Vesennyaya Skazka. Snegurochka, correctly referred to as such by Morse, is a Russian fairy tale character that has nothing whatsoever in common with a Snow Queen (no such character exists in Russian folklore, by the way). The opera's title is habitually translated into English as The Snow Maiden - A Spring Fairy Tale.
- Quotes
DI Fred Thursday: [to Morse] One day I'll send you out for a routine inquiry and it'll turn out to be just that. But I won't hold my breath. You'd find something suspicious in a saint's sock drawer.
- ConnectionsReferences The Singing Detective (1986)
- SoundtracksGreensleeves
(uncredited)
Traditional
Featured review
Wonderful episode
Endeavour is shaping up to beat the original episodes of Morse. This one has a story ideally tailored to Morse with crossword clues and opera. This might seem hackneyed but it works very well and is satisfying and clear. The scenes filmed on the roofs at Trinity College are exciting. Best of all is the father-son relationship that is growing up between Morse and Thursday. It is genuinely touching, particularly at the close of the episode, before the famous theme music comes in. Shaun Evans is excellent in the role of Morse, even though his appearance, voice and general demeanour make it impossible to imagine him ever turning into anything resembling John Thaw.
(Questionable aspects of the show are the extremely clichéd you're-off- the-case boss, played by Anton Lesser, and the friendly and helpful Constable Strange, who it's hard to imagine becoming the you're-off-the-case-matey boss of Morse's later years. Also, would a music lover like Morse slam down the lid of his record player while it was playing an expensive LP? However, these are minor quibbles.)
It's great. Watch it.
(Questionable aspects of the show are the extremely clichéd you're-off- the-case boss, played by Anton Lesser, and the friendly and helpful Constable Strange, who it's hard to imagine becoming the you're-off-the-case-matey boss of Morse's later years. Also, would a music lover like Morse slam down the lid of his record player while it was playing an expensive LP? However, these are minor quibbles.)
It's great. Watch it.
Details
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content