Death Is Now My Neighbour

Episode aired Nov 19, 1997
TV-14
1h 42m

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8.2/10

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John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse (1987)

Crime Drama Mystery

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.

Director
- Charles Beeson
Writers
- Colin Dexter
- Julian Mitchell
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Richard Briers in Inspector Morse (1987)

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Trivia
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
When Miss James' neighbour says she saw a man out back while she was putting the ashes out, none of the houses shown in the long shots have a chimney so would not have any ashes to put out.

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)

Soundtracks
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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9/10

Great mystery

A wonderfully intriguing Morse mystery. The plot mixes murder and Machiavellian Oxford college politics.

A woman is murdered but there are no likely suspects. When the neighbour who was the closest to being a suspect is murdered Morse discovers that the woman was murdered by accident - the murderer mistook the second victim for her. Meanwhile the Mastership of Lonsdale College is up for grabs, resulting in the outgoing master abusing his ability to swing the vote.

Very interesting, with a clever plot. Two other interesting things about the episode: 1. We get to learn Morse's first name 2. The cast includes Roger Allam as one of the contenders for the Master position. He would later play Morse's boss, DI Fred Thursday, in the Morse prequel, Endeavour.

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