westsideschl Positive: A few of the crimes and subsequent misleads and then problem solving were a bit unique and thoughtful. Negatives: 1. Many of the crimes and misdirects are redundant, seen before, misleads w/final denouement quick and often anti-climatic. 2. Dialogue is often artificially abrasive w/a lot of "put-on airs" self indulgence. 3. Basic non-crime portion of the scripts are typical love life, social & personal dramas. Seen before! 4. Now for the worst: The detectives' first handling of crime scene items in bare hands and placing important evidence into a handkerchief or pocket has been a no-no since the late '20s in detective forensics at which point a murder kit of rubber gloves, plastic sterile evidence bags, etc. was first introduced.

grolss I've just finished watching series 5. This is as good as it gets. I'm a great fan of the original Inspector Morse series and a true lover of the Lewis series. Morse, Lewis and Hathaway, they all made their way in to my heart. But this series (all seasons)... The casting is so extraordinary! Shaun Evans is cut out for being the young Morse and he's not by far the best casting of them all. Sean Rigby as Strange, now that's a world class casting! Roger Allam as DI Thursday, I just love him and Anton Lesser as the stiff, but good-hearted, CSI Bright, what a treat. James Bradshaw as Dr DeBryn and Dakota Blue Richards as WPC Trewlove. Even minor characters as DC Fancy, Joan Thursday and the reporter Frazil are spot on. They even manage to combine intelligent crime puzzles with actual life. The plot is not driven by police acting like morons or breaking all the rules. No, it's carried by intelligence. And on the same time there are subtle, but important, underlying story lines of families and love interests. But they are subtle! Never taking over, just tickling your interest and making you want to see more. For me, born in the 60's and growing up in the 70's this is so good. A walk down memory lane to the times when a phone was what you had at hand. If people didn't answer, they were out. I just wish younger people could watch this and realise that the world works perfectly fine, without them being online. As someone once said to me: "The graveyard is full of indispensable people" and these days we seem to be even more convinced the world will fall apart if we don't... update... For series 6 I actually can't decide what I'm most excited about. Them finding the killer or the potential love story?

e_dian One of the best detective that I ever saw and the best that is on television nowadays. You can just feel the old atmosphere through the screen. Amazing actors & music. Feels really authentic. A must watch! ITV please make this series available on bigger streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon. This masterpiece really deserves a bigger audience!!

lancer165 I have now got up to date with this series. I have enjoyed over time the other offshoot Lewis but must say that my interest has been mostly in Hathaway and hope that it might continue along that path.This prequel has held me almost in that painful nostalgic way of the times long gone when I was just entering the big peoples world. Often anything from the sixties does that to me as I did cross the shuck from Belfast to be a soldier and spend my first months of finding England through North Yorkshire.This has played out for me so well incorporating no doubt many of the tit-bits that may have been mentioned in the Thaw Morse stories. Morse as the younger cop has shown the qualities that we would like most of our police to have yet we see that his friend who will become his 'bumbling boss' is no stranger to that greasy pole the police are accused of climbing.I have no idea if the next series will be seen by me but I have enjoyed Endeavor more than Lewis or Morse. Of course I do enjoy most of the other crime drama offerings and each main character adds their own personality to the tales. Vera, Foyle, Gently, and yes Barnaby although just accusing EVERYONE and eventually getting it right is hardly criminal science.I am sure some might see imperfections but nothing has spoiled my viewing. Well made and well done to all. Of course Allam has shone brightly. I do not think it is a Maigret thing as such. I just think he is so like Michael Gambon vocally.