Any "Endeavour" fans?

[iemanja]

I love the "Endeavour" series, the "Inspector Morse" prequel. Any fans here? I recently decided to start rewatching the original Inspector Morse series, and I don't like it nearly as much as "Endeavour." The older Morse is a bit lazy and bumbling, where the younger Morse in "Endeavour" is sharp as a tact and hard-working. I'm waiting for Season 8 of Endeavour to show in the US on PBS. It's already aired in the UK.

What do you all think about "Endeavour" vs. "Inspector Morse"?

[Kittycatkat]

1. We are all sharp as a tack and hard-working when we first go out to conquer the world.

Over the years the world wears (most of us) down a bit and our faculties too tend to dull over decades. I love them both! Lewis is my favorite though.

[iemanja]

3. I've only seen a couple of episodes of "Lewis"

But I have PBS Masterpiece on Amazon Prime so I will have to stream the rest, maybe after I finish "Inspector Morse."

[elleng]

2. YES! Loved them both.

[Ocelot II]

4. In the original Morse books by Colin Dexter, Morse is a curmudgeon who drinks too much.

He's actually kind of an asshole in a lot of ways - he often thinks he's got a case figured out right away, gets all arrogant about it and treats Lewis like an idiot, but then he finds out that he's wrong and has to revise his theory, although quite cleverly at the end. He's much nicer in the TV series. I like the Endeavor series but the original Morse series is even better, IMO.

[iemanja]

5. Lewis is definitely not an idiot

I haven't read the books. Thanks for your observation.

[madashelltoo]

6. I'm with you!

Endeavor is far more entertaining than Morse. I love it!

[Irish_Dem]

7. Yes I am a big fan.

Yes of course Endeavour is a much better series than the original.
No doubt about it.

But the old series was not bad.

[First Speaker]

8. I love Endeavour...

...and I love Fred Thursday, and was appalled to see the spat between Morse and Thursday in the last episode shown here--they went thru too much for that to happen. One thing, though--I wonder if there really *were* Masonic conspiracies in the Oxfordshire police department in the 1960s...because they've given them a lot of prominence...

[iemanja]

9. I don't really know

but there have been references to masonic conspiracies throughout history. I've never quite understood them.

[Vinca]

10. We really love them and Inspector Lewis, too. In fact, we decided to do a chronological watch

of the series and started first with "Endeavour," when Morse was young, then "Inspector Morse" and finally the one with Lewis. Overall, we like "Endeavour" more than the others and are looking forward to the next season. We have several shelves that are filled exclusively with British television series CDs. In addition to the detective/mystery shows we also like some of the period pieces, the older version of "All Creatures Great and Small," "Doc Martin," etc.

[iemanja]

11. I'm doing just what you did

I binged watched Endeavour and now am on Inspector Morse, though I saw many of the Inspector Morse episodes when they first aired.

[Kittycatkat]

12. How about Midsomer Murders? I love em', especially the older episodes

[Vinca]

13. We like those, too, and I expect to watch the series again very soon.

[Callalily]

14. Yes, been watching Endeavour for years.