Endeavour

But we don't know about the whisky theft and Cromwell Ames, do we?

Quite a high body count this week. It was a clever twist with the trainspotter. I thought he had killed Frances / Jilly, which we were clearly meant to.

Really enjoyed this AND it kept me awake and paying attention until 10 p m which these days is almost a record. Mostly I am in bed by 9 am still too tired to read. Last night I was so awake I needed to read to get settled enough to do so. Is it my imagination or is Morse putting on a little weight? His face is not quite as thin as when he started and it is perfect for the change from the very young to the slightly older character.

But why did they make the autistic guy the killer? Like they don't get bullied enough IRL through people not understanding the condition.

Just watched it in bits, had to keep rewinding and catching up on bits I'd slept through (not a problem with the programme, a problem with me). I really enjoyed last night's programme, but was surprised by the rush at the end with the solving of the older murder. Was he planning to kill the stationmaster's wife too? What was his motive for the murder of the young girl back in 1964? Will we find out in another episode who killed Lloyd? How on earth did Frances think she'd get away with pretending to be her sister for long? Bizarre really, all those things going on in one episode. Did enjoy it though.

I have to agree with others about this headlong rush to a conclusion of the murder story and the almost sparse elements of the gangster story. Was Oxford in the late 60s really a hotbed of organised crime? Now that they’ve worked out who was responsible for the two most recent murders, I’m assuming that the cold case killing of the schoolgirl is a discrete plot line, which has now ended, although I guess we’ll still be returning to the gangster wars.

So, given that the earlier murder is a bit of a loose end, I agree it doesn’t really fit and it’s a cop-out not to tie it up. The collection of souvenirs is a classic serial killer habit, but he doesn’t appear to have committed any more murders for several years? Unless of course there are other missing persons whose bodies have never been found. Plus, there’s no actual evidence that he was intending to murder the pregnant woman - we only saw him enter the room and then her having stabbed him - how likely is it that she would overpower him if he really meant her harm?

We viewers know far too much about offender and victim profiling these days, so we get a bit frustrated if things turn out sloppily.
A disappointing episode for me.

Yes, But it was out of the blue and they would not have found them if he hadn't attacked the Station Master's wife. And there was no reason given for that. It was out of the blue after years and years of not attacking anyone. That's why it's a loose end. It just looked rushed.

yes, if you were profiling this one, you wouldn't pick out the pregnant Station Masters wife as a likely target. The others were also not similar. I mean if the Train Spotter had not attacked the pregnant woman he would never have been a suspect at all. Yes he was an unusual personality, but he was working, coping in society and had a hobby that many find amusing and strange but other than that he was in the clear. A bit of a big leap I think. Not saying he didn't kill the first girl but there was no evidence from that time and no motive this time. There was a long gap between killings, which as it turned out wasn't a gap because the first murder was not part of a series but an isolated incident. Not convinced.