Deadly Slumber

Is there a better Story than this is in the vast array of Morse classics?

It's impossible not to shed a tear at some scenes.

The whole story never gets vulgar or crude. Never gets down into the sewers. Then again what does one expect from Morse?

Deadly Slumber is beautifully played throughout. Its never sentimental though. Morse has too much class for that.

There isn't a better Morse than this. Some may be it's equal. But none better it.

This is an excellent episode of Morse, with a terrific story, awesome characters, and some particularly good performances, notably Brian Cox.

It is saddest episode of Morse, very tragic, with a heartbreaking thread running through, Mr Stebbings and his poor daughter. Brian Cox is outstanding, and delivers a truly sincere, moving performance. His scenes with Thaw are terrific, so moving.

A great, dramatic opening, a truly baffling mystery, murder or suicide?

Janet Suzman, Jason Durr, Penny Downie, all terrific, this is a superbly produced drama, the visuals are sublime, it looks gorgeous, with some glorious location work.

A truly great episode, but then, was there ever a bad one? Just variations of brilliance. 9/10

When the head of a medical clinic is found asphyxiated in his garage, the father of a one of his brain-dead patients becomes the prime suspect.

This was my first exposure to Inspector Morse. I suspect it will not be my last, as a few more have made their way on to my list of things to see. What made this a good story, besides the excellent detective work, is the series of twists and turns.

Now, anyone who knows how murder mysteries goes will expect a few curve balls. It is far too easy to go after the local bookie for a murder -- surely the real answer is much more complicated. Which makes this such a wonderful story, because along the way the detective and the bookie develop a friendship while still maintaining a cat and mouse attitude. This is an excellent script.

This certainly ranks near the top of the Morse mysteries. It involves the death of very rich man. It appears to be a carbon monoxide death but further evidence from the examiner shows that he was tied up and murdered. What this leads to is a case of a young woman who died during a routine surgery, performed by the dead man and his wife. There is a college aged son who is in the home, a student, and a host of other possible suspects. The most viable is the father of the dead girl who lost a court case where he charged negligence. What's great about this is the peaks and valleys that appear as Morse and Lewis ply their trade. We also have some examples of people who could be seen as purely evil being much more complex and sympathetic. Excellent start to the seventh season.

A Morse mystery that was heading to be brilliant. Morse and Lewis only have one suspect and once they have an alibi, there's no leads to follow and they have to start over. This dearth of information and suspects makes for interesting, realistic-feeling, viewing.

However, towards the end the writers do their best to wreck the episode as they throw in twist after twist with each one more implausible than the last. They should have just stopped the episode at a point but just throwing more layers of complexity in, for complexity's sake.

It's still very good in the end but the writers do manage to turn a brilliant episode into something less so.