The Best Episodes of Inspector Morse Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(8 votes)

   #1 - The Wolvercote Tongue

   S2:E112/25/1987

   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

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   Director:Alastair Reid

   Writer:Julian Mitchell
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   7.6/10(8 votes)

   #2 - Last Seen Wearing

   S2:E23/8/1988

   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:Thomas Ellice

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   Director:Edward Bennett

   Writer:Thomas Ellice
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   7.5/10(8 votes)

   #3 - The Settling of the Sun

   S2:E33/15/1988

   Oxford is shocked when a a Japanese student dies in what seems to be a brutal ritual killing. Then Morse finds he has unwittingly given all his suspects a watertight alibi.

   Director:Peter Hammond

   Writer:Charles Wood

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   Director:Peter Hammond

   Writer:Charles Wood
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   7.4/10(8 votes)

   #4 - Last Bus to Woodstock

   S2:E43/22/1988

   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:Peter Duffell

   Writer:Michael Wilcox

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   Director:Peter Duffell

   Writer:Michael Wilcox