Canticle
- Episode aired Aug 27, 2017
- TV-14
- 1h 29m
Endeavour is charged with protecting Joy Pettybon, self-appointed guardian of the nation's morals, who is visiting Oxford to promote her 'Keep Britain Decent' campaign.Endeavour is charged with protecting Joy Pettybon, self-appointed guardian of the nation's morals, who is visiting Oxford to promote her 'Keep Britain Decent' campaign.Endeavour is charged with protecting Joy Pettybon, self-appointed guardian of the nation's morals, who is visiting Oxford to promote her 'Keep Britain Decent' campaign.
- Dr. Bakshi
- (as Sagar I M Arya)
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Did you know
- TriviaAt 35:00 Nick asks Morse if he reads Huxley, then says 'I want to see what's beyond the door," in a reference to Aldous Huxley's book 'The Doors of Perception', in which the author chronicled his experimentation with mescaline. That book's title is taken from William Blake's poem 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell': "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." The band The Doors, took their name from Huxley's work.
- GoofsWhen Morse and Bettina Pettybon are in his apartment, Pettybon sits down and sets her glass on the table, but is immediately holding it again when the camera comes back to her.
- Quotes
Dr. Max DeBryn: The primary cause of Reverend Golightly's death was haemorrhage leading to heart failure.
DS Jim Strange: Natural causes.
Dr. Max DeBryn: I don't think I said that, did I?
DI Fred Thursday: So what caused it?
Dr. Max DeBryn: Laxative. The Reverend Golightly's kidneys were all but shot. Magnesium in the laxative caused hypomagnesaemia, respiratory distress, low blood pressure, arrhythmia.
DS Jim Strange: That would explain the blood, would it?
Dr. Max DeBryn: It would explain the vomiting. However, he was also suffering from an undiagnosed aortic aneurysm. The rest of it put such a strain on his system that it ruptured. Hence the blood.
DS Jim Strange: Puked his guts up, then. Literally.
Dr. Max DeBryn: What a lyrical child you must have been, sergeant.
- Crazy creditsIn the closing credits (after the actors' names cycle through), certain letters of certain crew members' names are colored in red. When read in order, they spell "GOLDHAWK ROAD," a reference to the argument the bandmates had over the direction their music was taking. Nick wants to debut a song he's written inspired by a Beaudelaire poem and his bandmates accuse him of forgetting his rock and roll roots. Stix says, "You know, you might have forgotten where you come from, mate, but the rest of us haven't." Nick replies, "Take the boy out of the Goldhawk Road?"
- ConnectionsReferences Sebastian (1968)
- SoundtracksMain Theme
Main Theme by Barrington Pheloung
The story dealt with a Society going through a period of transition, relics from the past like Mrs Pettybon desperately to reclaim the society from the 1950's, and the group pushing the boundaries of Social change and free love. The mystery itself almost played second fiddle to the wealth of goodies that were going on around it. Fantastic characters, Morse himself seemingly on a journey of self discovery, and that moment when Morse received that phone call.
Fair play to Sylvestra le Touzel, brilliant portrayal of the Mary Whitehouse inspired character Mrs Pettybon, such a brilliant actress, she added something special to this story.
Very enjoyble, character driven episode, 8/10
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Jan 16, 2017
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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