Nocturne
- Episode aired Jul 6, 2014
- TV-PG
- 1h 31m
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8.5/10
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The death of an elderly gentleman with a specialism in heraldry and genealogy propels Morse to the Blythe Mount School for Girls.The death of an elderly gentleman with a specialism in heraldry and genealogy propels Morse to the Blythe Mount School for Girls.The death of an elderly gentleman with a specialism in heraldry and genealogy propels Morse to the Blythe Mount School for Girls.
Emily Renée
- Shelly Thengardi
- (as Emily Warren)
Michael Shannon
- Nahum Gardiner
- (as Michael J. Shannon)
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Did you know
- TriviaAt the beginning Morse walks past a large billboard advertising "Grimsby Pilchards" and featuring Diana Day, the beauty-queen character from the previous episode,"Trove". This billboard will feature in future episodes, too.
- GoofsWhen Endeavour is explaining to Thursday how he knows that Terence Black is the killer he describes the coat of arms Weiss was creating for Black. He says: "It was unnamed, but it included various clues in the form of rebuses, heraldic jokes which would suggest it was meant for Terence Black. The escutcheon is sable, the heraldic term for "black". In the upper sinister quadrant is a pick-axe, or pick, while the lower dexter quadrant contains flowers of the genus Matthiola longipetela, also known as stocks." But when we see the coat of arms the pick-axe is in the upper-left from our point-of-view which is the Dexter side - similarly the stock is bottom-right which is the Sinister side. Sides are named from point-of-view of the bearer of the shield - not the viewer.
- Quotes
[Strange has organised a double date which includes Thursday's daughter, Joan]
DC Endeavour Morse: [to Strange] Where would you like your ashes scattered?
- ConnectionsReferences Mary Poppins (1964)
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excellent episode
Endeavor investigates a mystery that may have a link to a tragedy 100 years earlier in "Nocturne," in this prequel to the Inspector Morse series, set in 1966.
Shaun Evans plays Endeavor, and he is a wonderful actor. As the series has continued, Morse has gained confidence. As usual, he has the support of his boss, Thursday (Roger Allam). though the head honcho, Bright, a weaselly man who doesn't "get" him (Anton Lesser) still isn't altogether happy. Nevertheless, Morse, through hard work, good observation, and intuition, solves case after case.
When a genealogist is murdered in the museum, Morse investigates at the school that was in attendance that day visiting, the Blythe Mount School. Some students are staying there for the summer; there is also the headmistress, Miss Symes (Diane Fletcher), and a teacher, Victoria Danby (Susy Kane). Morse learns that the school was originally a house owned by the Blaise-Hamilton family, and 100 years earlier, five people were found murdered at the house. Supposedly, the ghost of the surviving daughter, Charlotte, walks around the school at night.
Morse has to delve into the period woman in white he actually sees, two missing girls, and another murder to get to the bottom of the case.
This is a very suspenseful, compelling mystery that will keep you guessing. And once the solution is given, there's yet another twist.
Love this series, though as I've said before, it's hard to picture Endeavor morphing into the older Morse who growls "Lewis." Doesn't matter.
Shaun Evans plays Endeavor, and he is a wonderful actor. As the series has continued, Morse has gained confidence. As usual, he has the support of his boss, Thursday (Roger Allam). though the head honcho, Bright, a weaselly man who doesn't "get" him (Anton Lesser) still isn't altogether happy. Nevertheless, Morse, through hard work, good observation, and intuition, solves case after case.
When a genealogist is murdered in the museum, Morse investigates at the school that was in attendance that day visiting, the Blythe Mount School. Some students are staying there for the summer; there is also the headmistress, Miss Symes (Diane Fletcher), and a teacher, Victoria Danby (Susy Kane). Morse learns that the school was originally a house owned by the Blaise-Hamilton family, and 100 years earlier, five people were found murdered at the house. Supposedly, the ghost of the surviving daughter, Charlotte, walks around the school at night.
Morse has to delve into the period woman in white he actually sees, two missing girls, and another murder to get to the bottom of the case.
This is a very suspenseful, compelling mystery that will keep you guessing. And once the solution is given, there's yet another twist.
Love this series, though as I've said before, it's hard to picture Endeavor morphing into the older Morse who growls "Lewis." Doesn't matter.
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- Bearwood College, Bearwood Road, Sindlesham, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK(Blythe Mount School for Girls)
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- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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