Service of All the Dead
- Episode aired Jan 20, 1987
- TV-14
- 1h 43m
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7.0/10
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The members of a church who attended a particular service start to die one by one.The members of a church who attended a particular service start to die one by one.The members of a church who attended a particular service start to die one by one.
Michael Goldie
- Jimmy
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- TriviaWhen Morse examines the diary, he refers Lewis to the curious incident of the dog that did nothing in the nighttime. He is referring to the Sherlock Holmes story Silver Blaze by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
- GoofsThe word "defence" is spelt the American way with an 's' (defense) during the closing credits.
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Chief Inspector Morse: The vicar didn't seem to want to discuss it. It's a very funny thing, but as soon as someone doesn't want to discuss something, I do.
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Good, but not a favourite.
I personally prefer the middle years of Morse, in the second series they really did seem to get into their stride, after a great first episode I found the two that followed somewhat unremarkable.
Service of all the dead has some very memorable moments, a good start, a cracking ending, but there are two things I'm not a fan of. Firstly, Morse moons after Ruth like a lovesick puppy, almost to the point of being obsessive, and secondly the story is very confusing, the motives for the murders seem wafer thin.
It's Morse, so it's still a very fine watch, Thaw and Whateley are as wonderful as ever, plus it works as a mystery, you are left guessing. It has a very dark, gothic feel to it, the music is perfect.
I really didn't care for the character of Ruth Rawlinson, although John Normington is very good here, if very creepy.
Pretty good, but much better episodes would follow, 6/10.
Service of all the dead has some very memorable moments, a good start, a cracking ending, but there are two things I'm not a fan of. Firstly, Morse moons after Ruth like a lovesick puppy, almost to the point of being obsessive, and secondly the story is very confusing, the motives for the murders seem wafer thin.
It's Morse, so it's still a very fine watch, Thaw and Whateley are as wonderful as ever, plus it works as a mystery, you are left guessing. It has a very dark, gothic feel to it, the music is perfect.
I really didn't care for the character of Ruth Rawlinson, although John Normington is very good here, if very creepy.
Pretty good, but much better episodes would follow, 6/10.
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- St Michael's Church, Bray, Berkshire, England, UK(St Frideswide's Church)
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