tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post1734832049604882033..comments2024-03-26T16:25:34.559-04:00Comments on Longish: Endeavour Series 4 - Canticle - Episode ReviewHannah Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-42766951625917613892022-09-02T22:41:38.420-04:002022-09-02T22:41:38.420-04:00This makes the most sense -- an effect of the trip...This makes the most sense -- an effect of the trip.Paul Machlishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17435376093430370276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-16720644601851958432018-05-27T03:19:49.158-04:002018-05-27T03:19:49.158-04:00The script for the meditation session was pertty m...The script for the meditation session was pertty much the lyric from Tomorrow Never Knows!Ironing Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429344686032228019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-77631884097597251162018-02-26T09:28:38.749-05:002018-02-26T09:28:38.749-05:00PS - While I was watching this episode I suddenly ...PS - While I was watching this episode I suddenly remembered Pattie Boyd's memoir "Wonderful Tonight : George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me". Mr. Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549519701686475998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-33930579381711979942018-02-26T09:06:16.331-05:002018-02-26T09:06:16.331-05:00Your comments are fun to read. One reason I especi...Your comments are fun to read. One reason I especially like reading reviews about each Endeavour episode is to better understand all the culture references that are seamlessly included. Russell Lewis is an amazing writer and the effort he puts into the scripts is truly remarkable. Except for really obvious stuff like the Great Bixby thing I mostly have to wait to after I finish watching to see what I missed. But this time I did grasp the significance of the comment about Huxley's book straight away. Very pleased with myself. You don't mention it but that book is the source of the name of Jim Morrison's band (Not group!) "The Doors". Check out their song "Break on Through to the Other Side."Mr. Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549519701686475998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-79044976559235638492017-12-27T16:28:47.089-05:002017-12-27T16:28:47.089-05:00The "living happily after" Joan storylin...The "living happily after" Joan storyline can't happen because he's a bachelor in Inspector Morse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-23988422203431525222017-12-22T14:10:24.654-05:002017-12-22T14:10:24.654-05:00Why can't a Joan storyline happen? I am still ...Why can't a Joan storyline happen? I am still fixated on the phone call Joan received at the beginning of "Coda" --from a man. Sam did not ask who it was, so nobody knows. Could it be someone threatening her, someone related to Vince Kasper, or Paul Morlock, that made her feel she had to leave town? Since she goes the next morning. I do think it is odd that Morse and Thursday have made no effort to find her...talking to the stationmaster, ticket agent, etc. to find out where she went. I gather she requested they not, but knowing how vulnerable a young woman alone can be, it does not sit right that Thursday isn't doing something- given how unhappy he is about it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-7680779092291555642017-08-28T23:38:33.537-04:002017-08-28T23:38:33.537-04:00Thank you so much, Hannah!Thank you so much, Hannah!Lois Padawerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331775646368005451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-23048647358162816832017-08-28T23:27:33.828-04:002017-08-28T23:27:33.828-04:00It was Emma, the murderess, who dropped off the ch...It was Emma, the murderess, who dropped off the chocolates in Mrs. Pettybon's dressing room at the tv show. She was getting back at Mrs. P. for trying to get the band's record banned. <br />I'll admit that I had to go to the script, but it's there, at the end as Thursday whirls through the confessions trying to wrap everything up. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-72628732488850151992017-08-28T22:07:51.843-04:002017-08-28T22:07:51.843-04:00They don't reveal it in the show. We're ju...They don't reveal it in the show. We're just supposed to assume it's the Powers That Be, I guess.Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-6024472519504260652017-08-28T22:05:31.039-04:002017-08-28T22:05:31.039-04:00I think that's the best way to read the Pettyb...I think that's the best way to read the Pettybon storyline - as a parallel with the Thursdays. The thought only occurred to me on the rewatch, as Thursday says, "She won't [come back]." Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-56831950823141127412017-08-28T22:03:09.514-04:002017-08-28T22:03:09.514-04:00Your "mind pub" made me giggle. :)
I def...Your "mind pub" made me giggle. :)<br />I def enjoyed this episode, much more than the previous one, which was too straightforward for my taste. Endeavour's guess as to what actually happened and the identity of the killer was an inspired leap of intuition that older Morse was famous for.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06187241811924637777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-86368285416591031812017-08-28T13:09:29.370-04:002017-08-28T13:09:29.370-04:00I'm a recent convert to Endeavour. It's ju...I'm a recent convert to Endeavour. It's just brilliant but has to be watched a few times to really take in the story. I still don't understand who 'mislaid' his sergeants exam paper.... and who keeps tampering with evidence. Is there something I'm missing?? Annd please don't say 'it's the Masons' because I want to know exactly who. Whoever it is is male and wears a ring on the little finger of their right hand.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504405066845824990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-49094289544935959942017-08-28T09:42:16.379-04:002017-08-28T09:42:16.379-04:00I got the idea there was not any phone call at all...I got the idea there was not any phone call at all...Morse was having a flashback from his LSD trip, which is why he threw the phone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13350930866683448854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-41260610516052795572017-08-28T09:18:30.591-04:002017-08-28T09:18:30.591-04:00So nice of you to answer right away. But I didn...So nice of you to answer right away. But I didn't follow who wanted to disturb Mrs. Pettybon, perhaps not lethally. It's not our murderer, is it? That's what's been bothering me. I can't find it anywhere online.<br /><br />Monica has always confused me. Maybe I haven't seen every episode. First she was in a flat in Morse's building, and then she was his nurse in the hospital. Isn't that a bit coincidental? But I guess that stuff happens often in the original Inspector Morse too. Lois Padawerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331775646368005451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-71278240062024237062017-08-28T03:16:52.600-04:002017-08-28T03:16:52.600-04:00The poor Reverend did not in fact *Golightly* into...The poor Reverend did not in fact *Golightly* into that good night. He ate the chocolates laced with laxatives that were meant for Mrs. Pettybon. Postmortem, it was determined that he had an undiagnosed aortic aneurysm. So the two combined, well, blood and guts, to paraphrase Strange.<br /><br /><br />My thoughts about the mother/daughter Pettybon story line, yes, cliched to an extent, were indeed to show the parallel with the father/daughter Thursday relationship. Hadn't Thursday been the overbearing, overprotective father, when it came to Joan's dating life? Perhaps after the trauma of the bank robbery, she couldn't stand being stifled anymore. I got the sense in Canticle that Thursday was close to that realization. ( I do like the idea that she might be pregnant...by the bingo parlor announcer slash assasin!)<br />That said, it's the Nurse Monica story line that baffles me. And I noticed from the trailer for the next episode, she's back on the scene. What? <br /><br />My favorite line from tonight's episode: <br />Jessop: How can love be dirty?<br />Morse: Well if it isn't, I expect you're not doing it right.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-36759002496331138792017-08-27T23:34:28.143-04:002017-08-27T23:34:28.143-04:00Can someone explain to me the death of Rev. Goligh...Can someone explain to me the death of Rev. Golightly?Lois Padawerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331775646368005451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-55025411696934215782017-03-20T09:49:13.920-04:002017-03-20T09:49:13.920-04:00Thanks! I'm American, but thanks to years of w...Thanks! I'm American, but thanks to years of watching such programs, my writing does tend to have a British tang. Glad you enjoy it.Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-39246462603578982512017-03-20T06:08:57.519-04:002017-03-20T06:08:57.519-04:00'Morning! I just discovered your comments this... 'Morning! I just discovered your comments this morning about a series my wife and I simply "worship"!<br /><br />May i state I'm sovery fond of your notes and remarks about these characters? So very British in a way!<br />From France with affection! P.A.petrus.axelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-7665623786733536132017-02-26T21:53:23.469-05:002017-02-26T21:53:23.469-05:00Yes, this episode was an outlier from a usually go...Yes, this episode was an outlier from a usually good show. It gets better!Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-58882899408230177482017-02-25T19:31:48.806-05:002017-02-25T19:31:48.806-05:00Well I thought this episode was just a load of rub...Well I thought this episode was just a load of rubbish from corny dancing start to tarot card finish. I was wondering if there are new too Young producers or something. I have only just watched it and have the rest of the series recorded. So, I do hope it will get better as have always loved Morse, Lewis and Endeavour. But this was just embarrassing I'm afraid.<br />MorseLewisFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987568861957908920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-80938933239520253402017-02-12T14:49:19.628-05:002017-02-12T14:49:19.628-05:00I am assuming that the corned beef in Thursday'...I am assuming that the corned beef in Thursday's sarnie would have been the Hereford kind ?therealshellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598639173652882797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-56631110695441196482017-01-23T10:45:44.986-05:002017-01-23T10:45:44.986-05:00Thank you. I agree that this series' arc hasn&...Thank you. I agree that this series' arc hasn't been as compelling as I might have hoped, but then I didn't think series 3 was as interesting as the previous two seasons. It's difficult to craft intriguing arcs about a character whose endgame we already know.Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-30359093688562122302017-01-22T23:20:24.427-05:002017-01-22T23:20:24.427-05:00Just discovered your blog, and was impressed with ...Just discovered your blog, and was impressed with your review for this episode, Canticle.<br />I too found myself sighing over the predictable cliche of the Mrs Pettybon character, and it was nice to see you had picked this up as well! <br />Overall a pretty good episode, but I do feel like the series has lost a little bit of direction since series 3, which I really loved, especially the more dramatic moments.<br />Though I'd mention two bits of this episode I thought were highlights<br />-'Have you tried Mushrooms before, Morse?'<br />'Only as part of an English Breakfast<br /><br />Thought the 'Jennifier Sometimes' song was perfect, and really captured the era. Nice attention to detail. Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839632727920142743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-46385420288136027652017-01-20T02:27:23.549-05:002017-01-20T02:27:23.549-05:00I love how all Oxford plod have adjectives for sur...I love how all Oxford plod have adjectives for surnames: Strange, Bright, Innocent, Trewlove.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650147340969927580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-918467087072199038.post-66464997573895584572017-01-18T16:52:58.996-05:002017-01-18T16:52:58.996-05:00I rewatched that scene, and you're correct.I rewatched that scene, and you're correct. Hannah Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529410255089707007noreply@blogger.com