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The Best Episodes of Endeavour

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Every episode of Endeavour ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Endeavour!

The Best Episodes of Endeavour

The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.

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  1. Background image for Exeunt
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Exeunt

    S9:E3

    A series of death notices in the Oxford Mail, each with a cryptic message, provides clues to Endeavour’s final investigation, while Thursday’s past catches up with him.

    Director:Kate Saxon
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  2. Background image for Deguello
    9.1/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Deguello

    S6:E4

    When a librarian is gruesomely murdered at the Bodleian, Endeavour and Thursday have little to go on besides a set of muddy boot prints. With the two main suspects having their own motives for killing the librarian, Endeavour digs deeper into their backgrounds, tracking a trail that appears to connect to seemingly innocent college bequest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Uniform
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Uniform

    S9:E2

    Endeavour suspects a connection between a woman's disappearance and her past employer but another missing persons case demands his attention. This time, it's a notable artist, whose work adorns the covers of a series of paperback mysteries.

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  4. Background image for Quartet
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Quartet

    S5:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Neverland
    8.7/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Neverland

    S2:E4

    As 1966 draws to a close, the body of a disreputable journalist found in mysterious circumstances threatens to expose past horrors. As the investigation deepens, Endeavour and Thursday face corruption in Oxford's corridors of power.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Pylon
    8.7/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Pylon

    S6:E1

    With the Cowley team scattered across Oxfordshire, Endeavour finds himself policing a lonely country patch, and back in uniform. His day job is a monotonous investigation of missing livestock and stolen tractors. But when he discovers the dead body of a missing schoolgirl, it opens this quiet backwater to the roar of Castle Gate CID – now staffed by Thursday and an old adversary, the newly promoted DCI Ronnie Box, alongside sidekick DS Alan Jago.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Oracle
    8.7/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Oracle

    S7:E1

    Whilst Endeavour sees in 1970 at a Venetian opera, a grisly murder on an Oxford towpath speaks to Thursday's intuition. Back in Oxford, Endeavour meets a kindred spirit.

    Director:Shaun Evans
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  9. Background image for Colours
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #8 - Colours

    S5:E4

    A photo-shoot on an army base turns sinister when one of the models is found dead. But the investigation is complicated when Sam Thursday is revealed to be involved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Apollo
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Apollo

    S6:E2

    As the highly-anticipated moon landings of Apollo 11 draw near, Endeavour finds himself investigating the death of a promising young astrophysicist and his girlfriend. Their deaths seeming to be a result of a tragic car accident on first inspection, with the clues pointing to foul play, Endeavour enlists the help of an injured Thursday to uncover the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Confection
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Confection

    S6:E3

    The murder of a chocolate factory owner during a local hunt leads Endeavour to the sleepy village of Chigton Green. When he learns of a vicious campaign of gossip and rumour, it seems likely that two murders are connected. One of the targets, a beautiful, single mother, captures Endeavour's attention, giving him food for thought about the future.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Harvest
    8.5/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Harvest

    S4:E4

    When a body is found in Bramford Mere, a marshland outside of Oxford, everyone assumes they are the remains of Dr Matthew Laxman, an Oxford botanist who mysteriously disappeared near the site five years earlier.

    Director:Jim Loach
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Zenana
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Zenana

    S7:E3

    Endeavour uncovers a potential link between a series of peculiar accidents leading him to an all-women Oxford college determined to eschew co-education.

    Director:Kate Saxon
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  14. Background image for Cartouche
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Cartouche

    S5:E2

    Hollywood glamour comes to Oxford as the stars of a new horror movie sequel begin filming in the city. Meanwhile, the unexplained poisoning of a former detective sergeant leads Endeavour and Thursday to a local cinema, which is playing host the film's stars in a special event.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Fugue
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Fugue

    S1:E2

    There is a new kind of killer haunting the Oxford twilight. Endeavour and Thursday find the city's dreaming spires giving way to waking nightmare.

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  16. Background image for Nocturne
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #15 - Nocturne

    S2:E2

    A murder investigation sends Endeavour and DI Thursday to a girls' school which is haunted by memories of an atrocity committed a hundred years earlier.

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  17. Background image for Sway
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #16 - Sway

    S2:E3

    As a multiple murderer haunts the city strangling married women with a silk stocking, Endeavour and DI Thursday's emotional lives are turned upside down.

    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Ride
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    #17 - Ride

    S3:E1

    A vanishing bus conductress and a raucous funfair draw DC Endeavour Morse back to duty.

    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Arcadia
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Arcadia

    S3:E2

    The shock death of an artist in a house fire leaves Oxford city police baffled.

    Director:Bryn Higgins
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Lazaretto
    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Lazaretto

    S4:E3

    Whispers that Cowley General contains a cursed ward - and a seemingly innocuous death - set off a chain of events that lead Endeavour to investigate.

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  21. Background image for Raga
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #20 - Raga

    S7:E2

    It's the lead up to 1970's general election and as racial tensions escalate in Oxford, tragedy strikes in an Indian restaurant, testing family loyalties.

    Director:Zam Salim
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  22. Background image for Girl
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #21 - Girl

    S1:E1

    The sudden death of a secretarial student and the shooting of a doctor appear unconnected despite Morse's theories. Chief Superintendent Bright, the new commanding officer of the Oxford City Police, unimpressed with Morse's zeal, protests to Thursday that the bagman's position is a Detective Sergeant's job and the young constable is too inexperienced. Following the shooting of a vicar, Morse is reduced to general duties for dismissing a beautiful, but mentally unstable girl as a suspect and must continue his investigations alone despite warnings of possible dismissal from his superiors.

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  23. Background image for Rocket
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #22 - Rocket

    S1:E3

    When a worker at a missile factory is murdered, Bright wants the case resolved quickly, but Endeavour remains unconvinced that the crime is such an open-and-shut case.

    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Coda
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Coda

    S3:E4

    Morse is recruited by an old college mentor to look into the safety of his estranged wife.

    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Prey
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Prey

    S3:E3

    A seemingly routine missing persons case takes on a troubling dimension.

    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Game
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Game

    S4:E1

    As Endeavour and Thursday deal with the heartbreak of Joan's departure, a death at East Cowley Slipper Baths hurls Oxford's Finest into their darkest adventure.

    Director:Ashley Pearce
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Exeunt" is the best rated episode of "Endeavour". It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Kate Saxon and written by Russell Lewis, it aired on 3/12/2023. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Deguello".