Shaun Evans and Abigail Thaw on the set of Endeavour series 9 exeunt
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No matter what your opinion on the end of Endeavour is, we can all agree they did the most important thing correctly.
Dorothea Frazil and Max Debryn looked like absolutely fashion icons every single episode. Like Morse's life is decaying around him but at least his gay best friends were serving looks next to him.
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Endeavour season 9 spoiler alert
Having finished the final episode, I cannot overstate the importance of this frame. I would argue that this is the most exposed we have ever seen Morse. Throughout the series, he is estranged from the period-appropriate clothing and technology. If you saw a picture of Morse in his house, you could easily attribute it to the fifties, even though the show is set in the late sixties/early seventies. Morse's taste in music is nothing close to modern as well.
That is why this scene hits so hard. Morse in the party lights lost under the ridiculous disco ball with Rocket Man playing in the background. Morse's alienation from the music of his era makes the music choice even more special and heartbreaking. Everything that Morse held dear to his heart is gone: the love of his life is happily married to another man, and his mentor is leaving for good. But, most importantly, Morse's integrity, often represented by classical music, is corrupted. Morse betrayed his principles and dropped the Blenheim Valey case for Fred Thursday and his family. He lied so that Thursday could get away with murder.
Morse is lost in a world he neither recognizes nor fits in. The reality of 1972 has never been so tangible. Hence the disco ball. Hence the soundtrack. Immaculate and thought-through.
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i am never going to recover from that single tear falling down Morse's face as he hugs Joan for the first and last time.
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