We normally had a new series every January - because of Covid we had to wait until September for Striker. Also evident is the slightly depopulated sets. And - there's something strangely routine about this one, which begins with a bomb exploding in a College Professor's office, killing a secretary, then involves a death threat against footballer Julian Moore-Cook.
Begins with hungover Morse oversleeping and thus not picking up Thursday - he then is daytime drinking in front of Joan, who disapproves, to his ire.
He has at least done up his flat nicely.
Things pick up with Scherzo, a light or playful composition, in Italian literally a 'joke'. Involving a naturist reserve (in England? Perhaps that's the joke) and mini-cab drivers. Then crescendos into Terminus, about which much has been jotted.
Many of the titles are musical, aren't they - Canticle, Nocturne, Raga, Scherzo, Prelude...
"The sun always comes up. You have to wait for it a bit longer sometimes, is all", is Fred's poignant last line to Morse.
Sets are used extensively, of course, but this is Wrotham Park, Barnet:
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