Endeavour

Endeavour, Seasons 1-4 Review – Music, Intellect and Characterization in ITV’s Mystery Series

The series introduces us to a young DC Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans). A brilliant man who sees things and patterns his fellow constabulary cannot. But Morse’s intelligence is also his greatest weakness. Despite encouragement from his mentor and boss, DI Thursday (Roger Allam), Morse rejects taking an exam that would grant him a promotion. Instead, he sits back, expresses his opinions (which often gets him in trouble), and does his job.

Mercy Street – A Proper Southern Period Drama

In recent years, Masterpiece Theatre productions have typically taken place in the 1900s with a particular fascination with WWII and its many-faceted complications and great depth of sorrows. This is why on the eve of ITV’s phenomenal Downton Abbey playing its swan song, PBS introduces us to our new addiction with a new time period. Inspired by the stoic lives of the volunteer nurses and doctors of the Civil War, this is Mercy Street.