Death Is Now My Neighbour

Episode aired Nov 19, 1997
1h 42m

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8.2/10

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John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse (1987)

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When the next-door neighbor of a murdered woman is also killed, Morse suspects the first shooting may have been an error.When the next-door neighbor of a murdered woman is also killed, Morse suspects the first shooting may have been an error.When the next-door neighbor of a murdered woman is also killed, Morse suspects the first shooting may have been an error.

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- Charles Beeson
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- Colin Dexter(novel)
- Julian Mitchell
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- Charles Beeson
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- Colin Dexter(novel)
- Julian Mitchell
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Rachel James is shot through her kitchen window early one morning, while having breakfast. She was having an affair with Dr. Julian Storrs, an Oxford professor who is a candidate for Master of Lonsdale College. When her next-door neighbor also is killed, Morse determines that the shooting of James may have been in error. He also suspects that the neighbor, Owens, may have been a blackmailer. Both Storrs and his rival for the position of Master, Denis Cornford, had secrets that would make them suspects. Morse determines that several others also had things to hide, and that any one of them could have committed the murders. —garykmcd

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Has three actors with leading or supporting roles in one or other of the two Morse spin-offs. Kevin Whately and Clare Holman continue in the same roles in the sequel series 'Inspector Lewis', and Roger Allam plays the young Morse's boss DI Fred Thursday in the prequel 'Endeavour'.

Goofs
In the version where the copyright has been changed from Carlton to ITV Studios (which was only created in 2009) the copyright date is wrong: MCMXCIII.

Quotes
Adele Cecil: This anagram: "Around Eve"? I've tried and I've tried, but all I can come up with is "Endeavour". And no-one's called Endeavour. Surely?
Chief Inspector Morse: I told you, my mother was a Quaker. And Quakers sometimes call their children names like Hope and Patience. My father was obsessed with Captain Cook, and his ship was called Endeavour. Why aren't you both laughing?
Detective Sergeant Lewis: [mutters] You poor sod.
Adele Cecil: I'm not calling you "Endeavour".
Detective Sergeant Lewis: Call him "Sir". He likes that.
Adele Cecil: Oh no. No, I'll stick to "Morse" - like everyone else.
Chief Inspector Morse: [raises beer glass] Cheers.

Connections
Edited into Inspector Morse: Rest in Peace (2000)

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Non so più
(from "Le nozze di Figaro")
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as W.A. Mozart)
Sung by Nina Tilbury

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7/10

Did the full stop on the writer's keyboard get stuck on auto?

Decent plot twists and performances as always, but the one thing that stands out in this episode is... and once you start to notice the absurd number of unfinished sentences, you can't help... which is unfortunately rather distracting from the rest of... there is of course a place for a character's thoughts to drift off occasionally, but in this episode... You get the point (as it were). It's not so noticeable in other episodes so it's a bit strange the way it is so overdone in this one. It contains the same running themes as other episodes - one has to wonder how anybody gets out of Oxford with a their life, let alone a degree. Anyway, worth watching, try not to let it...

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