The Best Episodes Written By Russell Lewis

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Exeunt

   S9:E33/12/2023

   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.

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   #2 - The Tip-Off

   S7:E310/28/2008

   With Lucas back within MI5 he reveals that the Russians interrogated him about Operation Sugar Horse, the most secret ongoing spy operation MI5 ever had. If the Russians know about it, then MI5 has a very high level mole. Harry seeks out his mentor, The Spycatcher, to help him find the mole. Ben is undercover with an Al-Qaeda cell; they are planning to bomb London and what looks like a dry run unexpectedly turns live.

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - Uniform

   S9:E23/5/2023

   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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   8.7/10(7 votes)

   #4 - Oracle

   S7:E12/9/2020

   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.

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   8.5/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Zenana

   S7:E32/23/2020

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

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   8.3/10(10 votes)

   #6 - Fugue

   S1:E24/21/2013

   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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   8.3/10(7 votes)

   #7 - Raga

   S7:E22/16/2020

   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.

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   8.2/10(13 votes)

   #8 - Girl

   S1:E14/14/2013

   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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   7.8/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Prelude

   S9:E12/26/2023

   Endeavour's return to duty at Castle Gate with a newfound sobriety coincides with a gruesome discovery in a college garden linked to an Oxford orchestra.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Striker

    S8:E19/12/2021

    Opening the series in 1971, a death threat to Oxford Wanderers’ star striker Jack Swift places Endeavour and his team at the heart of the glitz and glamour of 1970s football, exposing the true cost of success and celebrity, and with it, a deep-rooted division that is soon reflected much closer to home.

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    #11 - The Pale Horse

    S5:E18/30/2010

    Miss Marple's friend - a Catholic priest - is battered to death after visiting a woman dying under strange circumstances. Seeking justice, she becomes entangled in a nefarious organization centered around an inn run by purported witches.

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    7.3/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Icarus

    S5:E63/11/2018

    After the mysterious disappearance of a teacher, Endeavour finds himself investigating the dark and secret world of a public school.

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    7.3/10(18 votes)

    #13 - Overture (Pilot)

    S0:E11/2/2012

    DC Endeavour Morse investigates the disappearance of a missing Oxford schoolgirl. Soon he is risking all in a search for justice that will ultimately shape his destiny.

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    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Dead Simple

    S1:E13/14/2021

    Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is approached by colleague Detective Sergeant Branson to help investigate the disappearance of a Brighton property developer.

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    6.9/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Dead Tomorrow

    S2:E45/22/2022

    When a body is dredged up from the seabed of the English Channel, it sets in motion a truly disturbing investigation which forces Grace to ask himself just how far anyone might go to save the ones they love.

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    6.1/10(9 votes)

    #16 - Dead Man’s Footsteps

    S2:E35/8/2022

    A sinister inquiry into skeletal remains found in a forgotten Brighton storm drain takes Grace down a labyrinthine trail through the past.

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    5.6/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Not Dead Enough

    S2:E25/1/2022

    Months on from his last investigation, and with Grace's team still reeling from the fallout, Roy must prove that a wealthy Brighton businessman has brutally murdered his wife.

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    4.6/10(7 votes)

    #18 - Looking Good Dead

    S2:E14/24/2022

    Grace senses a connection between a single death and the discovery of human remains in a field. But his superior is not convinced.

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