Inspector Morse - The Wench Is Dead

Starring:Inspector Morse
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

1859 Redux
Genius; Inspector Morse at His Best
my favorite episode
Fair episode, poorly designed DVD
A few comments on this episode

Inspector Morse - The Wench Is Dead
Starring: Inspector Morse
Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000A2ZPH
Release Date: 2003-09-30

Customer Reviews:

1859 Redux.......2007-02-05

This episode is 32nd of the 33 in the series, so we have moved along a few years - Morse is just two years from retirement. While attending a book lecture featuring detection methods in the Victorian era, given by the American author Dr. Millicent Van Buren, Morse has a rather serious medical emergency. The problem is with his digestive system and puts him in hospital where Dr. Van Buren visits and presents him with a copy of her Victorian book. He finds one particular case that intrigues him, so much so that he decides to re-visit the entire affair - in hospital and particularly after he is released. Using flashbacks coupled with current day forensic analysis we have a strong episode. Superintendent Strange receives more screen time than usual and Sergeant Lewis is replaced by Constable Kershaw for this episode, but it doesn't make much difference, Morse is the one that makes this series work. Our music is limited to snippets of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto K 622, chamber background, and Victorian era light fare. However there is a love interest - Adele Cecil; Morse refers to her at one point as his "significant other." Although they indicate they do not live together, it is clear they have a relationship. This one belongs among the group of Morse's best entries - of which there are a great many.

Genius; Inspector Morse at His Best.......2006-11-30

Fascinating episode. I think if you like Inspector Morse at all, you will like this one.

my favorite episode.......2006-09-25

Morse has some unexpected free time on his hands and uses it to investigate a murder that occurred 140 years earlier.

It shows a lot of historical information about law enforcement and the court system in Victorian times. I like the frequent flash backs to dramatizations of the capture and trial of the suspects.

Although not intended to apply to the real world, there is a frequent reference to Morse being two years from the mandatory retirement age. The actor who played Morse died two years later.

Fair episode, poorly designed DVD.......2003-11-27

As others have pointed out, Sgt. Lewis does not appear in this, the penultimate Morse. Apparently, it was because of a contract dispute between the studio/producers and actor Kevin Whately. Despite his absence, and Morse being bound to a hospital bed for most of the program, it's a decent and entertaining episode.

My real complaint is with the quality of the DVD. As with others in this series, the makers of this disk have done a poor job packaging Morse. It's almost comical that this is the only disk in the series for which they've included a photo of Lewis, yet it's the only episode he's not in! I gave up on buying these Region 1 disks long ago. Instead, I bought the complete series from the UK (an elegant package of the whole set is available through Amazon.co.uk) and picked up a multi-regional DVD player on which to watch them. The series and the player together cost about the same as the series would cost if you bought all of the U.S. editions.

A few comments on this episode.......2003-10-14

As others have pointed out, no lewis in this particular episode. But that's ok really, if you like the rest of the series. If you are a fan of the series, you are aware that the 33 total episodes are either loosely based on or slightly related to Colin Dexter's handful of novels, and are not meant to replace or represent fundamentally his work in anyway. Besides, in the book Lewis is an unimportant character, so his absence is no gaping a hole. At the time Kevin Whatley was working on other television programs and films. John Thaw was as well (Kavannagh QC) but you really really really can't have Morse without Morse. So, disregarding the absence of Lewis and the plot changes, this is still a great episode. Not the best, but its still better than watching Murder She Wrote or Diagnosis Murder.

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