I really love the detective series "Endeavour", in my opinion, this is a great prequel to"Inspector Morse" (one of the best detective shows in fact) and a good show in itself. "Endeavour "started with a solid pilot episode and got even better with "Girl" and "Fugue", two very solid episodes of the show, after which the first season ended with two decent episodes of "Rocket" and "Home". The second season got even better and darker, with the only bad episode "Neverland".
Season 3 started very poorly, with "Ride", leveled off a bit on" Arcadia "and" Prey "(the latter's lack of a completely uninteresting ending), but ended with a rather weak"Coda".
"Game" is a very strong improvement over the entire previous season and just an exceptional episode, with the kind of bleakness that I missed so much in half the episodes of season 3. In terms of tension, "Game" corresponds to the episodes "Sway", "Neverland"and " Prey". It is also quite elegantly photographed, lots of beautiful shots, the atmosphere is great (although not as great as in the first 2 seasons). A lot of intrigue, good plot moves and tense moments.
The disadvantage of such an exceptional episode is the same as in Foyle's great War episode "Enemy Fire", which was brilliant until it was slightly let down by the ending, or rather, by a completely unsolved killer. Unfortunately, this is a big drawback.
Total, an exceptional episode, although not without drawbacks. 10/10