Muse

I can't really say I "enjoyed" this episode, with the misogyny and horrific murders, but I do appreciate it. The start of a new season, new living arrangements for Morse. This episode also introduces George Fancy and Eddie Nero, and Fred Thursday made me chuckle. But for me, Charlotte Hope was an annoyance in this episode. The way she plays in almost every scene, even when she doesn't have to be very intense, comes across to me as fake and way too breathy. The intensity is always nearly the same. I've seen her in some other shows/previews and she did the same there. I love this series because it's constant high quality, but Hope's acting was a distraction for me, and not in a good way. I see other people found her to be a highlight of this episode, so opinions differ on this.

This was a particularly good ep. Seeing Morse challenged as a young man by attractive, available women is interesting and revealing. Next to Neverland,S2, this is my fave thru S5. The costumes, 70s milieu, gory murders make it a stand out. The resolution is more preposterous than usual but that's not a bad thing.

Finally Morse got his DS and new DC to order around. I'm not going to go into detail to this great start to Season 5, but as others have indicated, we really see the older Inspector Morse shining through. So excited about Season 6...another 6 episode season..

Endeavour returned to our screens, and about time too. Another exceptional episode, the usual brilliance from the team behind it. Morse, no longer the junior now has poor young DC George Fancy to berate and get frustrated with, I am now genuinely seeing the John Thaw character shine through like never before, the irritation we see John Thaw's Morse have with lesser mortals now visible.

Superb performances from the entire cast, Shaun Evans and Roger Allam never dip from the incredible standard they set from the Pilot episode. Charlotte Hope arguably stole the show, Eve's showdown with Morse was arguably the highlight scene from the episode.

The story was brilliant, the show's ability to surprise and intrigue never seems to falter. I think they took the killings to a whole new level for Endeavour, more graphic, more macabre then usual, historically the sixties was quite a violent era for crime. The killings in this one were nasty. I literally didn't see the outcome of this one coming! No pun intended.

Thank you ITV for returning this fabulous show with a six part series.

I agree with those who point out that this holds its own well with both Morse and Lewis. Here we have a complex case that centers on a Faberge egg that has disappeared. This valuable artifact has tentacles, however, and brings in a serial murderer who is killing people in colorful ways, which seem to be Biblical in nature. As a subplot, we have the love of Morse's life back as her father struggles to regain her trust.