Promised Land is truly excellent, and it was very nice to see Morse and lewis out of Oxford for a change. The scenery of Australia is beautiful, it was a treat because I confess I have never been to Australia and would love to go. The script is very well written and the episode is beautifully shot, especially when Morse and Lewis end up in a town that looks like a set from a western. The performances are of exceptional quality, Thaw adopting a sense of both sadness and sympathy into his character, and Kevin Whately very amusing here at times, particularly when he plays the Australian music on the radio and Morse cries "Turn that rubbish off Lewis". The performances of Con O'Neill, Rhonda Findelton and John Jarett are also excellent, and the highlight is definitely the showdown-like finale, very explosive, but when Morse admits that he was wrong, Thaw did that with such conviction, I actually felt for him, and the scene with Morse climbing the sydney Opera House steps gave me goosebumps with Der Rosenkavalier in the background. Overall, explosive and sometimes even tense, making this an unmissable and fitting conclusion to the 5th series. 10/10 Bethany Cox.