S6.E2

Apollo

Episode aired Feb 17, 2019
TV-14
1h 29m

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Roger Allam and Shaun Evans in Endeavour (2012)

As the highly-anticipated moon landing of Apollo 11 draws near, Endeavour finds himself investigating the death of a promising young astrophysicist and his girlfriend.As the highly-anticipated moon landing of Apollo 11 draws near, Endeavour finds himself investigating the death of a promising young astrophysicist and his girlfriend.As the highly-anticipated moon landing of Apollo 11 draws near, Endeavour finds himself investigating the death of a promising young astrophysicist and his girlfriend.

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Trivia
Discussing the Moon Landing with Bright, Thursday mentions the achievement of "Alcock and Brown, fifty years ago when I was a boy". The two-man transatlantic flight by John Alcock, a Mancunian, and Arthur Whitten Brown, a Scotsman of American parentage, did indeed take place in 1919, a half-century before the Moon Landing. They flew from Canada to Europe in less than 72 hours, a feat which had previously been considered impossible. Both men were knighted. Eight years later, the American Charles Lindbergh managed a solo flight from America to France in less than 34 hours.

Goofs
There are stars visible "through" the dark portion of the moon in the final shot.

Quotes
DS Jim Strange: [after Morse has quarreled with Box and Jago] Not lost the old charm, then?

Connections
References School for Scoundrels (1960)

Soundtracks
Che Gelida Manina
from "La bohème"
Written by Giacomo Puccini

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8/10

Morse is back in CID

This episode sees Morse back in CID at Oxford but as the evidence officer rather than actually investigating... at least officially. Set shortly before the Apollo 11 a young astrophysics professor is found dead in a crashed car along with an unknown young woman. At first glance one might suspect it was a tragic accident but it is clear that the woman was dead before the accident and the car had been tampered with. As Thursday is on 'light duties' following a run in with a pair of crooks he ends up working with Morse. There are several anomalies to be investigated... why was the professor driving somebody else's car and why does he have another set of car keys, also not his, in his pocket?

While I didn't think this was quite as good as the season's opening episode I still thought it was rather fun. The central mystery was solid; I liked the fact that its link to the moon landings was only ever tangential; the professor did present a TV programme on the subject but his work as an advisor on a sci-fi puppet show was more important. This provided as good excuse to show some 'Thunderbirds' style puppets that anybody growing up in the '60s of '70s are likely to find nostalgic. As the investigation progresses various suspects and motives emerge to keep the viewer guessing. Away from the central mystery the office politics continues; it is clear that Box isn't pleased to have Morse back in CID, doesn't want him investigating and will take credit for any breakthroughs Morse makes. The episode also hints at a larger case that will no doubt become more important in future episodes. Overall I'd say this was a solid enough episode that fans of the series should enjoy.