8.5/10864 votesLoading...#1 - Deadly Slumber
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1993
The owner of a private hospital is found murdered in his car, after a series of anonymous threatening letters. Suspicion falls on a retired book-maker whose daughter suffered severe brain damage as a result of negligence during an operation some years before. Morse spends a lot of effort in investigating the possibility that the dead man was criminally negligent, and concludes that he was. While he does his best to bring the killer to justice, Morse does not seem very troubled that at the end of the day he is unable to nail him.
Director: Stuart Orme
Writer: Daniel Boyle
8.4/10939 votesLoading...#2 - Second Time Around
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/20/1991
The mysterious death of a former deputy police commissioner brings Morse into reluctant contact with an old rival, Ch Insp Dawson. Morse and Lewis, in uneasy tandem with Dawson, spot a link with the unsolved murder of a young girl 18 years earlier. To find the latest killer they have to unravel the first case again.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/101,076 votesLoading...#3 - Masonic Mysteries
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/1990
Morse finds himself at the top of the suspect list when his lady friend, Beryl Newsome, is stabbed at a dress rehearsal for the local amateur dramatic society's production of The Magic Flute. Then Lewis starts uncovering more incriminating evidence, and Morse becomes the target of direct attacks. Who is it that wants to get at Morse so badly?
Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: Julian Mitchell
8.3/10950 votesLoading...#4 - Dead on Time
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 2/26/1992
Morse investigates the apparent suicide of a terminally ill Oxford don and finds he has a personal connection with the family. As the case develops, Lewis worries that Morse's professionalism is being undermined.
Director: John Madden
Writer: N/A
8.2/10915 votesLoading...#5 - Driven to Distraction
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/1990
The apparently motiveless murder of two young women points to a psychotic killer. Morse's speculations on what they might have in common leads him to a local garage owner, Jeremy Boynton, who knew them both, and who arouses his suspicions and dislike. Convinced that Boynton holds the key to the crime, Morse begins to hound him, despite having no firm evidence. Morse is also faced with the possible oss of his beloved red Mk II Jaguar.
Director: Sandy Johnson
Writer: Anthony Minghella
7.9/10948 votesLoading...#6 - The Ghost in the Machine
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1989
Morse investigates the reported theft of erotic paintings belonging to Sir Julius Hanbury, a local baronet who is one of those standing for election as the new Master of Courtney College, Oxford. As well as the pictures, Sir Julius himself has also disappeared. Morse finds Sir Julius's dead body, and at first it looks like murder, but the new police pathologist, Dr Grayling Russell, believes he killed himself. Then there is another death which is undoubtedly a murder - but how is it connected with the late Sir Julius Hanbury?
Director: Herbert Wise
Writer: Julian Mitchell
7.9/10838 votesLoading...#7 - Promised Land
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/1991
The search for a retired 'supergrass' takes Morse and Lewis from Oxford to the Australian outback. Strangely, Lewis is less at home down under than Morse himself is.
Director: John Madden
Writer: Julian Mitchell
7.9/10930 votesLoading...#8 - The Death of the Self
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/1992
The strange death of an Englishwoman abroad takes Morse and Lewis to the city of Verona in northern Italy. Morse takes delight in open-air opera in the Roman amphitheatre and falls under the spell of Nicole Burgess, a glamorous opera singer. But Lewis is home-sick.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10891 votesLoading...#9 - Deceived by Flight
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1989
Morse investigates when the annual match of the Claret's old boys' cricket eleven is brought to an abrupt end by the sudden death of a team member - and it seems that cricket was the last thing on their minds.
Director: N/A
Writer: Anthony Minghella
7.8/10938 votesLoading...#10 - The Infernal Serpent
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/1990
Morse investigates a tangled web of university intrigue which surrounds the baffling murder of Dr Julian Dear, a college don and famous environmentalist who was killed just minutes before he was due to give a controversial lecture. It seems that the most respectable of academic families can have skeletons in the cupboard, and Morse has to put his job on the line to get at the truth.
Director: John Madden
Writer: N/A
7.7/10991 votesLoading...#11 - Last Seen Wearing
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/8/1988
The schoolgirl daughter of rich parents has been missing for six months. Morse believes she has been killed, and his investigations show curious goings on at the missing girl's school. But before Morse can unravel the mystery, he finds another.
Director: Edward Bennett
Writer: N/A
7.7/10934 votesLoading...#12 - Last Bus to Woodstock
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/1988
A young secretary is found dead in a pub car park. Morse suspects murder and uncovers a complex web of relationships - passion and corruption, lies and unhappiness.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10845 votesLoading...#13 - The Sins of the Fathers
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/1990
Morse investigates the murder of Trevor Radford, managing director of the family-owned Radford's Brewery, who was attacked and killed while working late. Morse becomes immersed in the implications of a hostile take-over bid by another company. Then Helen Radford goes to the brewery to look for her missing husband Stephen and finds him also murdered.
Director: Peter Hammond
Writer: N/A
7.7/10855 votesLoading...#14 - Happy Families
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/1992
Business tycoon Sir John Balcombe is found murdered at his country house, Balcombe Castle, with no signs of a break-in. As a result, the dead man's wife and sons come under suspicion. Morse finds that the family is strangely untroubled, and several of his prime suspects have flawed characters and dark secrets - and then the Balcombe family suffers another killing. Meanwhile, Morse has to cope with journalists who try to turn his own personality into a story - and he also suffers from an unhelpful Chief Superintendant, covering for the station's usual boss, who puts pressure on him to crack the case in a hurry. In the end, though, Morse is vindicated and his various tormentors get their comeuppance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10801 votesLoading...#15 - Absolute Conviction
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/1992
"Absolute Conviction" is an episode of the British television detective mystery show Inspector Morse dramatized on ITV. It was first broadcast in 1992.
Director: Antonia Bird
Writer: N/A
7.7/10782 votesLoading...#16 - The Day of the Devil
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1993
Morse and Lewis hunt a violent rapist who has escaped from prison. They find themselves drawn into an under-world of satanists, and some of them seem more respectable than others.
Director: Stephen Whittaker
Writer: Daniel Boyle
7.6/101,107 votesLoading...#17 - The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1987
Someone at Oxford's Foreign Examination Syndicate is selling exam secrets. Nicholas Quinn, a member of the board, overhears something he shouldn't know about and is soon found dead at his cottage, poisoned with cyanide - but Nicholas was deaf. Then crossword compiler Philip Ogleby has his skull smashed in. During his investigations, Morse is attracted to Monica Height. She works for the Syndicate and may be mixed up in the corruption which led to Quinn's murder, and perhaps to Ogleby's as well.
Director: Brian Parker
Writer: Julian Mitchell
7.6/10815 votesLoading...#18 - Who Killed Harry Field?
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/13/1991
An artist, fun-loving drinker and raconteur, Harry Field seems like a man after Morse's own heart. But when Morse and Lewis investigate his mysterious death, they discover that he was not such a lovable rogue.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10794 votesLoading...#19 - Twilight of the Gods
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1993
A nasty but very rich businessman and a world-famous opera singer are in Oxford to receive honorary degrees from the Chancellor of the University. However, the ceremony has to be abandoned when a sniper opens fire on the procession of dignitaries. The singer is seriously wounded, but was she the intended target?
Director: Herbert Wise
Writer: Julian Mitchell
7.5/101,332 votesLoading...#20 - The Dead of Jericho
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1987
Morse is passed over for promotion and gets a new working partner in the shape of Lewis, who is not sure what to make of his new boss. Their first case together is a murder, when Anne Staveley, who was Morse's friend in a choral society, is found hanged in her house in the Jericho area of Oxford. The death looks like suicide, but Morse has his own reasons for treating the case as a murder investigation. A parking ticket and Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, come to his assistance.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: Colin Dexter, Anthony Minghella
7.5/10996 votesLoading...#21 - The Wolvercote Tongue
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/25/1987
Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewel to an Oxford museum, and it has gone missing. Then Dr Kemp, who is a womanizing historian, dies of a fall, Lucy Downes is crushed to death in a telephone box, and Dr Kemp's widow appears to take a fatal overdose of Paracetomol.Morse believes the deaths are all linked.
Director: Alastair Reid
Writer: Julian Mitchell
7.5/10847 votesLoading...#22 - The Last Enemy
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1989
A body is found in the canal and the only clue to its identity points to a connection with one of the university's colleges. It happens that intense rivalry for one of the most prestigious posts in the university has led to murder. But which one of the highly respected contenders is the calculating killer?
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Buckman
7.5/10757 votesLoading...#23 - Greeks Bearing Gifts
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/20/1991
When the chef at Lewis's favorite Greek restaurant is found murdered, and a baby goes missing, Oxford's close-knit Greek community closes ranks. Matters aren't helped when Morse has a bad-tempered exchange with the shipping millionaire who owns the restaurant.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10793 votesLoading...#24 - The Secret of Bay 5B
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/1989
Playboy architect Michael Gifford is found strangled in his car, and the only clues are a car-park ticket and his diary. Morse and Lewis uncover a love triangle involving the murdered man, and the list of suspects grows. Meanwhile, Morse considers asking Grayling Russell for a date.
Director: Jim Goddard
Writer: N/A
7.3/10822 votesLoading...#25 - Cherubim and Seraphim
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/1992
"Cherubim and Seraphim" is an episode of the British television detective mystery show Inspector Morse dramatized on ITV. It was first broadcast in 1992. Cherubim and Seraphim are both Biblical words and their origin is described in Christian angelic hierarchy.
Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: Julian Mitchell
The Best Episodes of Inspector Morse
Every episode of Inspector Morse ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Inspector Morse!
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Deadly Slumber" is the best rated episode of "Inspector Morse". It scored 8.5/10 based on 864 votes. Directed by Stuart Orme and written by Daniel Boyle, it aired on 1/6/1993. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Second Time Around".