Oracle

Disjointed. Inappropriate sex. Rats?? Crows?? Must be connected with later episodes. Thursday's relationships with his wife and with Morse seem to fluctuate more than would be likely. I don't understand why Thursday would be so careless -his homelife has leveled out and he has his old position back with the police. Morse' criticism of him is so abrupt. One would have thought he would have gone to Thursday personally before spilling his criticism to Bright. The ESP lab segments are poorly edited; and, like the rats and crows, seem contrived for effect rather than storyline.

Evans is fun to watch as the early Morse, but the series has definitely taken a dark turn with his directorial vision.

Lots more face-time for Frazil to make up for the absence of Joan (on maternity leave), which is fun; but shocking how much weight Strange is putting on.

The Endeavour series should have ended with season 5.

I've always been 100% impressed by the brilliant directing/acting of Shaun Evans and brilliant acting of Roger Allam and the exemplary acting of ALL the actors in all the Endeavour Series, but for me, the episode ORACLE of 9/821 just raised the bar another 100 miles !

I was in tears for Anton Lesser losing such a beautiful & dedicated wife, which surprised me as he always "annoys me" with the condescending way he talks to Morse and Thursday.

The plot and storyline to Oracle is 100/100.

Cudos and congratulations to Writer and Playwright and ALL involved, in the most touching episode I've seen yet.

Signed Bernie Valentini, Melbourne , Australia.

I missed " Morse" , and enjoyed the first episode from the new season. I'm glad that he shaved his moustache, last season we could see only a brush hanging below a pair of sad eyes:) Now we see an interesting dynamic, apparently Morse is stepping on Tuesday's toes...we shall see what will come out of it.

This seasons episodes have been sat on our recorder for months so I just saw the first one last night.

This story was set around the turn of the year. So the last thing you would expect to see when they visit a relative of the deceased, is a toddler sat on a blanket in the garden. This is quickly followed up by a scene with an open air concert with ladies in off the shoulder frocks. From this obvious mistake the whole episode felt very disjointed. I hope episodes 2 and 3 are better.

When a young woman dies, pushed off a footbridge on New Year's Eve, Thursday is called to investigate. Morse has been on holiday in Venice where he has had a tryst with a sultry Italian woman. Our attention moves back and forth from the investigation to a research lab, dealing with ESP and other paranormal sciences. The men who run the lab are sexist and an attractive young graduate student receives the brunt of their chauvinism. Thursday continues expressing his pain from the work he does--dead and mutilated bodies and the worst of humanity. For some time, he has seen Morse as a threat to his position in the police, even though they are partners. Other than being a bit slow moving at times, this is an excellent offering of this series.