I’m about to finish up season 6 of Endeavour – and I’ve already watched season 7 for some reason and why can’t I do anything in order, the right way around? – so my time with it, at least for the time being, is about to end. I started with Lewis, then realized it was a follow-up series and went back to Inspector Morse and now have watched Endeavour. I haven’t read any of the Colin Dexter books they’re based on. Don’t know if I will. I like the TV characters so much I might not like the book characters.
I like the emotional undercurrents in Endeavour. All the characters are fighting epic fights on the inside, but say so very little out loud. So much is said in facial expressions. How a person looks at another person through a window. How much whiskey is left in the bottle or how a hat is laid down on a table. Which record is put on the player.
It’s bent.
The world’s bent. Always has been. We can’t fix it.
We can try.
DI Thursday and DCI Box, Endeavour
It will be sad to say goodbye.