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Has Anyone Followed the Inspector Morse Series? Inspector Morse, Lewis, and Endeavour? Thoughts?
chickensoup's very small brain | 10.06.22 | chicken the soup

Posted on 10/06/2022 1:37:09 PM PDT by Chickensoup

Has Anyone Followed the Inspector Morse Series? Inspector Morse, Lewis, and Endeavour? Thoughts?

I have been overwhelmed with the series. to the point that I have purchased the DVDS. I have never felt television to fit. this fits.

your take?


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KEYWORDS: endeavour; iwatchtv; lewis; morse
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To: Chickensoup

Loved them. My favorite was Dalziel and Pascoe.


161 posted on 10/07/2022 3:12:16 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: EverRight
Wonder how Americans can understand "Lewis".

I am from that part of the world - North East England and sometimes I have trouble understanding him. LOL!

162 posted on 10/07/2022 3:16:13 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Chickensoup

Thank you!


163 posted on 10/07/2022 3:30:33 AM PDT by TiGuy22
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To: Chickensoup

Love this show. Discovered it during covid.


164 posted on 10/07/2022 3:40:43 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: Doulos1

I thought I would like Midsomer Murders, but watched a few and didn’t like them.


165 posted on 10/07/2022 6:26:04 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: mass55th

I watched the Dark Winds series. I liked it, mainly because I liked McClarnan. Glad to hear it’s coming back…


166 posted on 10/07/2022 8:56:12 AM PDT by marron
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To: Chickensoup

One thing I notice in almost all current cop shows… almost everything gets solved with surveillance video, or you have a kooky kid working the computer and occasionally hacking into databases he/she isn’t supposed to access.


167 posted on 10/07/2022 9:05:13 AM PDT by marron
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To: Chickensoup

I like the series that don’t rely on that so much.


168 posted on 10/07/2022 9:06:27 AM PDT by marron
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To: Chickensoup
They all sort of run together. And they aren't very realistic. Thames Valley has very few murders. Usually no more than two a month, but now they are getting as many as three a week, which gives Morse and Lewis, and whoever the other guy is plenty of work to do now.

The shows are better than Grantchester, which from what I've seen has gone in big for political correctness. Inspector George Gently also turned out to be a PC guru far ahead of his time in 1960s Tyneside. The problem with series that go on and on is that you forget where you stopped watching, and when you get a new set you are often disappointed that you've seen it before and know who the murderers are.

169 posted on 10/07/2022 9:15:58 AM PDT by x
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To: Chickensoup
Laurence Fox (from the big Fox acting family) played Hathaway in Lewis and is now Hunter Biden in My Son Hunter. He is decidedly not "politically correct."

It seems like everyone in showbiz, especially British showbiz, is either related to everyone else or has been married or in a relationship with everyone else. It's a little like the Mafia or the Nomenklatura.

170 posted on 10/07/2022 9:23:25 AM PDT by x
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To: Jamestown1630

I tried watching a random Midsomers Murder episide and I did not like it. After reading that a premise is that the villages are suppose to not be normal, I tried again with the first episode, “The Killings at Badger’s Deift “ I got hooked after that.


171 posted on 10/07/2022 10:01:29 AM PDT by vaskypilot
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To: mairdie

Britbox is UK only; AcornTV is UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.


172 posted on 10/07/2022 10:03:49 AM PDT by vaskypilot
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To: vaskypilot

I guess the ones I watched were just too dark and strange for me. I might try again.


173 posted on 10/07/2022 10:05:46 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: marron
"I liked McClarnan."

I like McClaran too. He's good in just about anything he does. He was in AMC's two season western drama series "The Son" with Pierce Brosnan. I just checked his filmography on IMdB and he's recently worked on five new movies.

174 posted on 10/07/2022 1:51:08 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: KC Burke

I just wish the English could clearly speak English.

That is why God made subtitles.


175 posted on 10/07/2022 2:24:39 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives. Leftists are genocidal. )
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To: KC Burke

I’ve lost a lot of high-frequency response in my ears, so high pitched female voices with an English accent are essentially unintelligible.

I watch them with closed captioning turned on.


176 posted on 10/07/2022 4:38:08 PM PDT by FarCenter
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To: Chickensoup

I stream Endeavour on my Amazon tablets thru Amazon Prime.


177 posted on 10/07/2022 5:49:21 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Prayers for America.)
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To: Chickensoup
It's their native language, with even more different regional accents than we have had.

What bothers me about lots of Brit shows is that they don't speak LOUD enough, and often speak sotto voce; and they often tend to speak very fast. If I could hear, I could figure out everything...
178 posted on 10/07/2022 8:43:37 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

Not only quietly spoken, but very poor audio recording systems. Lucas was not only the prince of darkness...


179 posted on 10/07/2022 8:55:07 PM PDT by W. (Prince of WHAT?!)
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To: W.

The sound on a lot of American films is lousy, too; at least on television. I’m constantly turning up and down the volume, and my hearing is good.


180 posted on 10/07/2022 8:58:48 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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