Pylon

The slightly timing attribution to song release month or type of medical supplies. What's wrong with you people???!!

It's absolutely bloody awesome TV and I am very much annoyed how short this season is. Please, Please, Please! Make bloody 6 or more episodes per series.

I remember thinking that Morse was one of the best written series I had ever watched all those years ago and thoroughly enjoying Lewis throughput it's run too. Endeavour surpasses both for me though. It's well written and superbly acted. Pylon is a brilliant story of child abduction and with all the main players now operating from different stations I was pleasantly surprised to see that no one was missing from this new series. The little twist at the end regarding Morse's transfer was a brilliant way to end the opening episode of series 6 and hint at a possible thread running through this series. As superb as ever matching the very high bar set by series 5.

Despite all of the quality shows on, Endeavour remains my favourite still. Pylon has a totally fresh feel about it, everything is different, not just the physical, like the buildings, and the roles that the main regulars are now in, but the music, direction, tone are all very new. With so many changes, I feared this one would feel a little disjointed somehow, not a chance! Pylon continued the immense quality of pretty much the entire previous five series.

Morse pushed into the country donning a tache, Fred Thursday taking orders from an oaf, poor CSI Bright now at traffic (the Pelican advert at the beginning was wonderful,) and of course Strange, who's inner circle will always see he lands on his feet.

The story was so sad, but as always engaging, not the outcome I expected. The dynamic between Morse and Thursday is so interesting, I can't wait to see how the rest of this series plays out.

Great to have you back. 9/10

Endeavour Morse is now a police officer, having had his detective status taken from him. Thursday is angry with him but doesn't understand what went down. In this episode, a young girl is found dead in a field. The new chief, who is a shortsighted jerk, has his mind made up. There is a young man who has drug problems and was seen lurking about, therefore he is the only suspect. Morse sees through his pomposity, but has little power at first. There is going to be an interesting dynamic developing. Also, Thursday is conflicted because of a harsh decision he made years before. I wish there were more episode in this season.

After the closure of Cowley Police Station at the end of the last series things have changed for our protagonists; Morse is back in uniform as a sergeant with a rural beat; DI Thursday is still in CID but he is now the junior partner to new comer DCI Ronnie Cox; Strange has been transferred to Banbury CID and CS Bright is in charge of the traffic division. Events will bring most of them back together again. A young girl goes missing on the way home from school; her body is found under a pylon in a field by Morse. When CID turn up Cox is fairly dismissive of Morse but when the latter reports that there have been claims of a young drug user in the area he fixates on that one suspect... especially when it emerges that Thursday had helped convict his father of murdering his mother. Morse isn't convinced and continues to investigate; further suspects emerge and the urgency increases when a second girl goes missing.

I wasn't sure how the series would progress after the protagonists separated but this story effectively brought them back together without feeling overly forced. The dynamic had obviously changed somewhat but that worked in its favour as it enabled development for established characters. The story also provided a good introduction for new character DCI Cox. Having the death of a child as the central mystery naturally gave things a down beat feel that fitted but not excessively so. Things developed well with more suspects arising and possible links to other crimes, including a previous disappearance. The final resolution wasn't too obvious but was satisfying. The cast were on fine form; especially Shaun Evans, now sporting a moustache, as Morse and Roger Allam as Thursday; Simon Harrison was also solid as new character DCI Cox, a character who appeared to have attended the Gene Hunt (Life on Mars) school of policing. Overall a welcome return that managed to add plenty of development despite this being the sixth series as well as a good mystery.