And it goes even deeper... Here the point is that no one in his life, except maybe Strange and Max, knows his first name. In fact that's a big part of his self-image and identity. In Endeavour, the final scene of the first episode ends with him being addressed, sternly, by his first name, by a superior trying to get his attention. In the larger scope of the narrative, hiding his name is an unconscious defense mechanism in the form of a power play. Thus this scene is reframed as less a moment of levity than of poignant vulnerability.
@@tinkdnuos Fred and Joan Thursday also knew Morse's first name (and Fred pronounced it aloud in the final scene of 'Endeavour' premiere). However their whereabouts in the 1980s are still unknown. I guess we'll find out when the series finally concludes.
@@LGranthamsHeir You have to wonder how much of it came about due to Morse's reluctant approach to promotion and that officers possibly less qualified than him moved up the tree, thus the one's who did know his christian names such as Strange no longer were in contact with him. Certainly there must have been a point in the mid 1970's were Strange's promotions took him out of CID on a daily basis, and couple that to Fred Thursday's final retirement and you are left with a DS morphing into DI Morse.That would have made is easier for Endeavour to become Morse as officers who he was dealing with on a day to day basis were junior to his rank and thus being asked by him to use his surname was a sign of respect instead of the more usual address of Sir?
The theme is just so appropriate every time I hear it. Sad and mournful, the beginning tapping out the Morse Code, beautifully haunting music. Definitely only for this character.
The theme music is so hauntingly beautiful, tapping out the Morse code in the beginning, sad and mournful at times, powerful at other points. Just a masterpiece befitting of the character. Thank you ALL cast members of both Inspector Morse and Endeavour ❤❤❤
No doubt in my mind. Morse and endeavours are perhaps the best crime story I’ve ever seen. I saw all the first Morse and Lewis and I was sincerely sorry for Endeavour, but it was way better than I have seen coming. And today Endeavour might be slightly better due to better quality ( money etc ) the actors are equal. But I would wish Joan and Endeavours would find their love. But we know it will not happen. But today these are my best series. And the writer and director are a genius. And I can’t wait to see how they are going to close the last chapter. So Morse and Endeavours I’m going to find you once a while and get a little tears in my eyes 😊🎸⬆️♾
I think so too. I’m never having kids, but if I did, I’d name one of them Endeavour, complete with the U, British spelling, as that’s where I came from, despite living in the US now.
I named my service dog “Endeavour” in 2003. I had never watched an Inspector Morse show. I live on a sailboat here in Hawai’i and named him for the HMS Endeavour that Captain Cooke sailed to Eastern Australia. The “Endeavour” was finally used as a troop carrier for the British in the American Revolution. Then one of our five space shuttles was named Endeavour. (Also Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, and the Atlantis.) What a shock to watch the new Endeavour series and find out that Endeavour’s father had named his son ALSO after Cooke’s HMS Endeavour!
He had a few elegant quirks. Hated the sight of blood and dead bodies, hated his name, liked Wagner, only drove his own red jag. Drank too much. Great character. Always got the baddie.
Morse/Thaw also died much too soon, in life and in this program....a massive heart attack on the show, and cancer of the esophagus in real life, both from heavy drinking and smoking, for decades. In the penultimate episode, Morse is hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer from excessive alcohol consumption....there’s nothing remotely romantic or admirable in that, regardless of the kind of car he drove.
he was a pretty good actor. his facial expressions were just great. i like the series but i never thought he revealed his name there. i love the "poor sod". 😊😊
Thanks for that. I have seen many of the Morse episodes, all of the Endeavor episodes, but never knew where the name came from, just that he never used it.
Even if we didn't know it at the time, and we should have, we were watching a genius, a moment in time, never to be equaled or repeated. John Thaw. A legend.
Agree. There is still quite a gap between the last episode of Endeavour and Inspector Morse in regards to how he came to be Morse. And the relationship between Inspector Morse and his superior Strange is never dealt with other than Strange marries Joan. I think Morse had better lives with the Italian woman and the photographer. He and Joan actually had sex and Joan realized it wasn’t something she wanted at the time.
I can see why he wouldn't want it to become well-known-- "Forever Endeavour Morse," everytime he'd introduce himself, with everyone thinking they were the first to come up with it. Anyhow, I used to call the show "Inspector Morose" because the character is always so moody.
I think I’d call him something silly like “Uncle Dev” He probably wouldn’t appreciate it and I’d probably get a pint poured in my face. But like.. if I were him, I’d go by Dev. And does he have a middle name at all?
When medics ask if I have any allergies, I reply, "Oxford". It is not my favourite place. In the Sweeney, we had junior officers calling their superiors "gov", which John Stalker said would never happen in real life. In Morse, we have a view of Oxford which is also somewhat distant from reality. I've had to balance my appreciation of Morse with my dislike of Oxford, which is very strong.
It is, sorry :) I've put a link to where you can find the whole episode in the video description above. Other than these two scenes, it's not my favourite episode.
@@mikebs14 I think it was one of the later episodes... They wanted to find out Morse's N.I. No. or some type of personal info ?... Cannot recall which episode, but the entry on the computer screen only appeared for a few seconds ( in green text, I think )... But Lewis did NOT say " Oh, so his first name starts with the letter E "... But Lewis, and a female computer operator, definitely saw the single line of text across the centre of the screen... I think I am correct with this, my memory is usually spot on !
@@mikebs14 I have found it... On the episode... Masonic Mysteries Season 4 Episode 4,... about 3 quarters of the way through, Morse, Lewis and a lady are checking some Bank Account details, and an entry of 99,999 pounds is shown into the account of E Morse.... Hope this solves the mystery...
Here's the thing... We all know his name was Endeavor, but I don't think that was determined until later in the series' run. I say this because I distinctly remember a close-up shot of his ID card in one of the earlier seasons in which you could read his first name (and it was something else). I don't know what it was, or if his first name is revealed in the books.. But I'm like 90% sure I saw that. Does anyone else have a clue?
Perhaps he did it for practical reasons? He invented something else to the nametag because Endeavour would grab and take people's attention away when he was interrogating them?
A great shame that the most popular name for new-borns in the UK is not also Quaker, but Mohammedan. ETA - and who the hell decided that using the word 'Mohammedan' in a post requires that I be warned about it being 'offensive'. - try it for yourself and see!
Morse was an insufferable snob! John Thaw was also a cruel, at times vicious husband and father! Endeavour continues in the same way. Robbie Lewis and Dr Hobson are the only characters I like.
Endeavour is a fitting name for him really. It is just right for his personality.
he obviously disagrees
It's a bit stupid and he'd have got duffed up at school - as Sgt Lewis eloquently observes.
"Call him sir. He likes that."
Nice Lewis.
2:17 Fifteen years later, it became the title of Morse's prequel series. Life becomes full circle indeed.
And it goes even deeper... Here the point is that no one in his life, except maybe Strange and Max, knows his first name. In fact that's a big part of his self-image and identity.
In Endeavour, the final scene of the first episode ends with him being addressed, sternly, by his first name, by a superior trying to get his attention.
In the larger scope of the narrative, hiding his name is an unconscious defense mechanism in the form of a power play. Thus this scene is reframed as less a moment of levity than of poignant vulnerability.
@@tinkdnuos Fred and Joan Thursday also knew Morse's first name (and Fred pronounced it aloud in the final scene of 'Endeavour' premiere). However their whereabouts in the 1980s are still unknown. I guess we'll find out when the series finally concludes.
@@LGranthamsHeir You have to wonder how much of it came about due to Morse's reluctant approach to promotion and that officers possibly less qualified than him moved up the tree, thus the one's who did know his christian names such as Strange no longer were in contact with him. Certainly there must have been a point in the mid 1970's were Strange's promotions took him out of CID on a daily basis, and couple that to Fred Thursday's final retirement and you are left with a DS morphing into DI Morse.That would have made is easier for Endeavour to become Morse as officers who he was dealing with on a day to day basis were junior to his rank and thus being asked by him to use his surname was a sign of respect instead of the more usual address of Sir?
@@LGranthamsHeir the last episode is tomorrow - I wonder how it shall go
@@MM------ I'd be very disappointed if it doesn't show a glimpse of Inspector Morse in the 1980s.
I love this. RIP John Thaw. A terrific actor and I always loved the music in the series too.
The theme is just so appropriate every time I hear it. Sad and mournful, the beginning tapping out the Morse Code, beautifully haunting music.
Definitely only for this character.
Lewis: "You poor sod!" 😂😂😂
Lewis is a legend, a gem, and Kevin Whately is made for the role...
I LOVE the line - and i rembered it since over 20 years...
RIP John Thaw and Colin Dexter, I bet in heaven you have started a new season of the series!
I bet they watched the last episode of Endeavour .....and compared notes!
The theme music is so hauntingly beautiful, tapping out the Morse code in the beginning, sad and mournful at times, powerful at other points.
Just a masterpiece befitting of the character.
Thank you ALL cast members of both Inspector Morse and Endeavour ❤❤❤
I didn’t know it was morse code at the beginning very clever
No doubt in my mind. Morse and endeavours are perhaps the best crime story I’ve ever seen. I saw all the first Morse and Lewis and I was sincerely sorry for Endeavour, but it was way better than I have seen coming. And today Endeavour might be slightly better due to better quality ( money etc ) the actors are equal. But I would wish Joan and Endeavours would find their love. But we know it will not happen. But today these are my best series. And the writer and director are a genius. And I can’t wait to see how they are going to close the last chapter. So Morse and Endeavours I’m going to find you once a while and get a little tears in my eyes 😊🎸⬆️♾
Yawn. ZZZzzz
My son had a roommate at the U.S. Air Force academy whose two first names were Dearly Beloved.
Ripper, plan R.
"You still owe me a pint from two days ago." Lewis with his Stan Laurel-esque reaction.
I once sailed with a chief engineer who in the months on board he never ever bought a drink.
It always cracks me up how he hoses Lewis into buying a round. He has it down to a science.
Somethings you can only explain over a Pint .
I'll never understand why he didn't like his name. I think it's the most beautiful name I've ever heard.
It just rolls from the tongue, doesn't it? "Poor sod" was my first reaction too but when you taste the name it is kinda poetic.
I think so too. I’m never having kids, but if I did, I’d name one of them Endeavour, complete with the U, British spelling, as that’s where I came from, despite living in the US now.
We have named our boy Endeavour....
Given to the most beautiful of men.
I think back then in England men had names like that. But even it seems to have stressed him out a bit...
I love the name Endeavour!
I named my service dog “Endeavour” in 2003. I had never watched an Inspector Morse show. I live on a sailboat here in Hawai’i and named him for the HMS Endeavour that Captain Cooke sailed to Eastern Australia. The “Endeavour” was finally used as a troop carrier for the British in the American Revolution. Then one of our five space shuttles was named Endeavour. (Also Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, and the Atlantis.)
What a shock to watch the new Endeavour series and find out that Endeavour’s father had named his son ALSO after Cooke’s HMS Endeavour!
odd0odium endeavour series 5
A fitting name for a Morse-based TV series :-)
Me too.
He had a few elegant quirks. Hated the sight of blood and dead bodies, hated his name, liked Wagner, only drove his own red jag. Drank too much. Great character. Always got the baddie.
Except that one episode, not sure what season, but in one episode they got away
oops I forgot that one I got a comment on my phone from someone at you tube saying my comment above breached their policy. what the??
Fear of heights, too.
@@jamesparlane9289 Which comment??
Morse/Thaw also died much too soon, in life and in this program....a massive heart attack on the show, and cancer of the esophagus in real life, both from heavy drinking and smoking, for decades. In the penultimate episode, Morse is hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer from excessive alcohol consumption....there’s nothing remotely romantic or admirable in that, regardless of the kind of car he drove.
I LOVE THIS MAN AND MISSING HIM TERRIBLY. WATCH THEM DAILY. RIP
Me too. Quite fond of the Endeavour and Lewis series as well
he was a pretty good actor. his facial expressions were just great.
i like the series but i never thought he revealed his name there.
i love the "poor sod". 😊😊
@@morho9422 I DO NOT FORGET TO WATCH HIM. CHEERS
Haha I love the name Endeavour. I too read captain Cook’s log books. I was so fascinated. And years later I became enamoured with Morse.
Rest in Peace, Colin Dexter.
Rest in peace John Thaw
Rest in peace John thaw and rest in peace Colin dexter me and my mum Beryl like to watch inspector Morse and Lewis endeavour
Rest in Peace Barrington Pheloung
And James Grout.
This series possessed fantastic actors!
He is so cute the way he is so sheepish
Thanks for that. I have seen many of the Morse episodes, all of the Endeavor episodes, but never knew where the name came from, just that he never used it.
It's quite good as a middle name I think. Example James Endeavour Morse; it sounds really smooth.
The lovely actress here is Judy Loe and she's Kate Beckinsale's mom! I can see where she gets her genes.
She looks better than her daughter.
szuHsiung None yes, by far
@@quarstrongforce Kate is gorgeous.
@@quarstrongforceThat's how it goes in Hollywood.
This is as a brilliant scene:
The lady would have been Morse's perfect partner but like Wednesday's child he's born to be alone.
Even if we didn't know it at the time, and we should have, we were watching a genius, a moment in time, never to be equaled or repeated. John Thaw. A legend.
My mum Beryl and me watch inspector Morris and endeavour and Lewis
Thanks for posting this video….puts my curiosity at ease….and so befitting …
as fan of tv series morse , had wait for so long to tell
first name ,
Both too great actors together beautiful seem beautiful indeed. 21:44pm-45. 04/03/‘23, Seamus from Ireland,
I remember the bookies running bets in this before the episode, as it was in the press saying his name will be known 🤣🤣 brilliant
Morse had so many potential babes, she is his equal.... I’ll just call you Morse....nice..
Morse was brilliant !
One of my favorites too.
One of my tv favourites inspector Morse and Lewis and endeavour
3:24. It's almost like he was thinking, "Thank God she's not calling me Endeavour!"
Just finished watching this episode. I loved Lewis's reaction when Morse said his first name. "You poor sod!" Classic Lewis.
Fantastic actor.. very much missed
Thaw was a very good actor, Morse was a drinker, woman chaser, rude and sometimes crude, but Thaw played him beautifully.
Agree. There is still quite a gap between the last episode of Endeavour and Inspector Morse in regards to how he came to be Morse. And the relationship between Inspector Morse and his superior Strange is never dealt with other than Strange marries Joan.
I think Morse had better lives with the Italian woman and the photographer. He and Joan actually had sex and Joan realized it wasn’t something she wanted at the time.
Lol what a show.
And with the prequel endeavor now running.
Lots of morse storylines to be told
WhT a great scene. Love it. I am watching the young Morse series Endeavour. It’s awesome
Can't wait for Season 8 :)
Judy loe well worth the effort
People do have odd names. The name Narendra means King of Heaven. I knew someone whose first name was the surname of a Norwegian explorer.
Love this. :)
i WANT a name like Endeavour
Then change yours from Maximum to Endeavour. Problem solved.
It's a man's name..
I love this show
Only morse could have that first name
I'm getting married next year June 20 Anthony my husband likes murder mystery like me
I can see why he wouldn't want it to become well-known-- "Forever Endeavour Morse," everytime he'd introduce himself, with everyone thinking they were the first to come up with it. Anyhow, I used to call the show "Inspector Morose" because the character is always so moody.
That's Judy Loe, Kate Beckinsale's mother.
So the Endeavour Morse who's busting crime with Thursday that we're seeing nowadays is actually Morse when he was young, wow ! Crazy !
Morse could have gone with Dev, as his first name. 🤷♀️
I think I’d call him something silly like “Uncle Dev”
He probably wouldn’t appreciate it and I’d probably get a pint poured in my face. But like.. if I were him, I’d go by Dev.
And does he have a middle name at all?
'Surely..'
I would've just shortened it to Dev.
Endavour morse
He loves whiskey.
When medics ask if I have any allergies, I reply, "Oxford". It is not my favourite place. In the Sweeney, we had junior officers calling their superiors "gov", which John Stalker said would never happen in real life. In Morse, we have a view of Oxford which is also somewhat distant from reality. I've had to balance my appreciation of Morse with my dislike of Oxford, which is very strong.
It is, sorry :)
I've put a link to where you can find the whole episode in the video description above.
Other than these two scenes, it's not my favourite episode.
Bring the series back please !
Or Pagan
In one of the Inspector Morse episodes, the computer screen in the Police Station office, referred to... E Morse... and Lewis saw it...
Never noticed that. [Sigh] I'll have to start another rewatch 🙂
@@mikebs14 I think it was one of the later episodes... They wanted to find out Morse's N.I. No. or some type of personal info ?... Cannot recall which episode, but the entry on the computer screen only appeared for a few seconds ( in green text, I think )... But Lewis did NOT say " Oh, so his first name starts with the letter E "... But Lewis, and a female computer operator, definitely saw the single line of text across the centre of the screen... I think I am correct with this, my memory is usually spot on !
@@mikebs14 I have found it... On the episode... Masonic Mysteries Season 4 Episode 4,... about 3 quarters of the way through, Morse, Lewis and a lady are checking some Bank Account details, and an entry of 99,999 pounds is shown into the account of E Morse.... Hope this solves the mystery...
Brilliant research.
@@Marklovesdrama So it confirmed that Lewis DID know that Morse's first name started with an E....
I never saw much of Inspector Morse - but I just knew that his first name was associated with Lt James Cook RN
Please download the whole show :). This is a teaser.
Here's the thing... We all know his name was Endeavor, but I don't think that was determined until later in the series' run. I say this because I distinctly remember a close-up shot of his ID card in one of the earlier seasons in which you could read his first name (and it was something else). I don't know what it was, or if his first name is revealed in the books.. But I'm like 90% sure I saw that. Does anyone else have a clue?
hpvegan I'll look out for that next time I re-watch the series. I never read all the novels myself so can't say whether it was revealed or not.
Perhaps he did it for practical reasons? He invented something else to the nametag because Endeavour would grab and take people's attention away when he was interrogating them?
In one of the episodes, it is revealed that his college nickname was "Pagan" because he didn't have (or wouldn't give out) his Christian name
@@davidk7958 Yes, he's called "Pagan" in Endeavour S3E1 "Ride".
In one of the Inspector Morse episodes, the computer screen, in the Police Station, showed a reference to E Morse, and Lewis saw it...
Dommage c’est pas en français 😢
The new serie.
A new series of Endeavour (Season 5 1968) starts early in 2018
Don't know, don't care.
A great shame that the most popular name for new-borns in the UK is not also Quaker, but Mohammedan.
ETA - and who the hell decided that using the word 'Mohammedan' in a post requires that I be warned about it being 'offensive'. - try it for yourself and see!
Morse was an insufferable snob! John Thaw was also a cruel, at times vicious husband and father! Endeavour continues in the same way. Robbie Lewis and Dr Hobson are the only characters I like.