Foyle must find out if there was a traitor within the SOE after Hilda Pierce is shot in an attempted assassination.Foyle must find out if there was a traitor within the SOE after Hilda Pierce is shot in an attempted assassination.Foyle must find out if there was a traitor within the SOE after Hilda Pierce is shot in an attempted assassination.
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- TriviaThe piano music being heard under the titles, played on the piano, and on the radio is "Für Elise." Elise was Sophie's code name when she went to France as a British intelligence agent. There's another irony as "Für Elise" was written by Beethoven in 1810 but not published until 1867, forty years after his death. Elise was a pseudonym for the composer's "Immortal Beloved," whose real identity is often speculated on.
- GoofsA letter starts "Dear Ms Pierce".
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[final lines of episode and of whole series - Samantha has a quiet word with Foyle after the funeral]
Samantha Wainwright: [diffidently] Sir...
Christopher Foyle: Yes?
Samantha Wainwright: Um...
Christopher Foyle: Problem?
Samantha Wainwright: No, I just wanted to tell you something.
Christopher Foyle: What's that?
Samantha Wainwright: I hate letting you down, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to hand in my notice. The fact is... well, you could say I'm... PWP.
Christopher Foyle: Pregnant without permission?
Samantha Wainwright: 'Fraid so.
Christopher Foyle: Well, you choose your moments!
Samantha Wainwright: I wanted to get it over with.
Christopher Foyle: Good thinking.
Samantha Wainwright: So it means I'm going to be rather... busy for a while.
Christopher Foyle: Well, I do understand.
Samantha Wainwright: I don't like to leave you on your own.
Christopher Foyle: Well I *might* be OK. I don't about the rest of the country, but...
Samantha Wainwright: I'd really like it if you- if you'd be the godfather.
[Foyle stops walking and turns to face Samantha]
Christopher Foyle: Honoured.
Samantha Wainwright: Thank you.
Christopher Foyle: Pleasure.
[Samantha hugs Foyle and kisses him on the cheek, then walks off to her husband; Foyle smiles contentedly to himself]
- SoundtracksFur Elise
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (in 1810 but unpublished until 1867, 40 years after his death)
Heard on piano under main titles
I am gob-smacked at how different this is from the first-generation Foyles. This episode, a highly cynical look at the clandestine services, has more in common with a Le Carre novel than with a Foyle adventure. In fact, Foyle is no longer the centrepiece here, he is merely a component of a complex clockwork of a plot that, once wound, must proceed to its ultimate conclusion.
It is almost pitch-perfect. One might argue there are lulls but I suggest these are the result of false expectations. If you were expecting a simple police procedural, you will be disappointed. If you wanted the whole series wrapped with ribbons and bows, you are likely in the right spot.
I will repeat again that the notion of placing Honeysuckle Weeks in jeopardy every single episode is the only atonal element. It was fun the first time, seemed forced the second time, and so on.
I also loved the fast joke in the last 60s seconds when Weeks discloses her condition and Kitchen, sub vocce, says he will manage, but perhaps not "the country." I will miss Foyle. Really.
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- Apr 22, 2015
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