Nocturne

Episode aired Jul 6, 2014
TV-PG
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

8.5/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Mystery

The death of an elderly gentleman with a specialism in heraldry and genealogy propels Morse to the Blythe Mount School for Girls.The death of an elderly gentleman with a specialism in heraldry and genealogy propels Morse to the Blythe Mount School for Girls.The death of an elderly gentleman with a specialism in heraldry and genealogy propels Morse to the Blythe Mount School for Girls.

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IMDb RATING

8.5/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
At the beginning Morse walks past a large billboard advertising "Grimsby Pilchards" and featuring Diana Day, the beauty-queen character from the previous episode,"Trove". This billboard will feature in future episodes, too.

Goofs
When Endeavour is explaining to Thursday how he knows that Terence Black is the killer he describes the coat of arms Weiss was creating for Black. He says: "It was unnamed, but it included various clues in the form of rebuses, heraldic jokes which would suggest it was meant for Terence Black. The escutcheon is sable, the heraldic term for "black". In the upper sinister quadrant is a pick-axe, or pick, while the lower dexter quadrant contains flowers of the genus Matthiola longipetela, also known as stocks." But when we see the coat of arms the pick-axe is in the upper-left from our point-of-view which is the Dexter side - similarly the stock is bottom-right which is the Sinister side. Sides are named from point-of-view of the bearer of the shield - not the viewer.

Quotes
[Strange has organised a double date which includes Thursday's daughter, Joan]
DC Endeavour Morse: [to Strange] Where would you like your ashes scattered?

Connections
References Mary Poppins (1964)

Soundtracks
Prelude in C Op.28 No.1
(uncredited)
Composed by Frédéric Chopin

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Review

Featured review

9/10

Impressive in all areas.

Nocturne is a fantastic episode of Endeavour, the writing is first rate, but once again the execution and delivery are impeccable also.

First rate story, delicious dark and complicated, one that puts Morse's intelligence and powers of deduction to the test, solving two mysteries, which span two centuries. The creepy vibe worked incredibly well, an almost ghost story feel, with apparitions and sightings haunting the main protagonists.

Shaun Evans on top form alongside the brilliant Roger Allan, Daniel Ings also giving a hugely memorable performance. Probably the most dramatic opening to an episode in the show's history.

I loved it, 9/10