Inspector Morse

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Inspector Morse was a television series starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately, based on the books by Colin Dexter.

Contents 1 Regular Quotes 2 1st Series, 1987: 2.1 Episode 1. The Dead of Jericho 2.2 Episode 2. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn 2.3 Episode 3. Service of All the Dead 3 2nd Series, 1988: 3.1 Episode 4. The Wolvercote Tongue 3.2 Episode 5. Last Seen Wearing 3.3 Episode 6. The Settling of the Sun 3.4 Episode 7. Last Bus to Woodstock 4 3rd Series, 1989: 4.1 Episode 8. Ghost in the Machine 4.2 Episode 9. The Last Enemy 4.3 Episode 10. Deceived by Flight 4.4 Episode 11. The Secret of Bay 5B 5 4th Series, 1990: 5.1 Episode 12. The Infernal Serpent 5.2 Episode 13. The Sins of the Fathers 5.3 Episode 14. Driven to Distraction 5.4 Episode 15. Masonic Mysteries 6 5th Series, 1991: 6.1 Episode 16. Second Time Around 6.2 Episode 17. Fat Chance 6.3 Episode 18. Who Killed Harry Field? 6.4 Episode 19. Greeks Bearing Gifts 6.5 Episode 20. Promised Land 7 6th Series, 1992: 7.1 Episode 21. Dead on Time 7.2 Episode 22. Happy Families 7.3 Episode 23. The Death of the Self 7.4 Episode 24. Absolute Conviction 7.5 Episode 25. Cherubim and Seraphim 8 7th Series, 1993: 8.1 Episode 26. Deadly Slumber 8.2 Episode 27. The Day of the Devil 8.3 Episode 28. Twilight of the Gods 9 Specials, 1995–2000: 9.1 Episode 29. The Way Through the Woods 9.2 Episode 30. The Daughters of Cain 9.3 Episode 31. Death Is Now My Neighbour 9.4 Episode 32. The Wench Is Dead 9.5 Episode 33. The Remorseful Day

Regular Quotes

• Morse: LEW-IS!
• Morse: You've done it again, Lewis. [Said when Lewis unwittingly helps Morse to solve a mystery through a passive remark.]

1st Series, 1987:

Episode 1. The Dead of Jericho

Episode 2. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

Episode 3. Service of All the Dead

2nd Series, 1988:

Episode 4. The Wolvercote Tongue

Episode 5. Last Seen Wearing

Episode 6. The Settling of the Sun

Episode 7. Last Bus to Woodstock

3rd Series, 1989:

Episode 8. Ghost in the Machine

• Morse: Get an ambulance to Hanbury House as fast as you can. Some fool in a sports car just drove into a tree.

Episode 9. The Last Enemy

Episode 10. Deceived by Flight

Episode 11. The Secret of Bay 5B

4th Series, 1990:

Episode 12. The Infernal Serpent

Episode 13. The Sins of the Fathers

Episode 14. Driven to Distraction

Episode 15. Masonic Mysteries

5th Series, 1991:

Episode 16. Second Time Around

Episode 17. Fat Chance

• Lewis: Who, cigar and cassock? [Enquiring after a chain-smoking female priest.]

Episode 18. Who Killed Harry Field?

Episode 19. Greeks Bearing Gifts

Episode 20. Promised Land

• Morse: They don't spell Australian beer with four X's out of ignorance!
• Ann Harding: You're a bastard, Morse.
• Lewis: ...and my name's Robert. My friends call me Robbie.
• Lewis: How old are you, sir?

Morse: I forget, Robbie.

6th Series, 1992:

Episode 21. Dead on Time

Episode 22. Happy Families

Episode 23. The Death of the Self

Episode 24. Absolute Conviction

Episode 25. Cherubim and Seraphim

7th Series, 1993:

Episode 26. Deadly Slumber

Episode 27. The Day of the Devil

Episode 28. Twilight of the Gods

Specials, 1995–2000:

Episode 29. The Way Through the Woods

Episode 30. The Daughters of Cain

Episode 31. Death Is Now My Neighbour

• 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?

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?

Lewis: You poor sod.

Adele Cecil: I'm not calling you "Endeavour".

Lewis: Call him "sir". He likes that.

Adele Cecil: Oh no, no,—I'll stick to "Morse", like everyone else.

Morse: [Raises his glass of beer.] Cheers.

Episode 32. The Wench Is Dead

Episode 33. The Remorseful Day