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Inspector Morse Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 1995 - 2000
Episode 1
The Way Through the Woods
101 mins
Steven Parnell, who was accused of murdering a number young girls the previous summer, is killed while in prison awaiting trial. Morse had not been involved in the case as he was on leave during most of that investigation. What piques Morse's interest is that one of the victims, Karen Anderson, was never found and it is assumed that her body was dumped in a nearby lake but Parnell confessed to his priest on his deathbed that he wasn't responsible for that particular murder. When one of the witnesses in the case, George Daly, is murdered, Morse and Lewis try to find some connection to Anderson's disappearance. They also wonder why Anderson's camera - she was an avid photographer - wasn't found. What they come across is a group of middle-aged men whose hobby is taking so-called glamour photos. The case takes an interesting twist when the body they do find in the woods isn't Anderson's, but a middle-aged male. Morse realizes that he got the whole thing wrong and the cause of the murder lies elsewhere.
Episode 2
The Daughters of Cain
101 mins
Felix McClure, an Oxford University professor, is stabbed to death in his college study. Not only was he an expert in his field but he was one of the University's key fund-raisers. The investigation focuses on Brooks, a one-time cleaner for McClure who quit his college job abruptly after a student, Mathew Rodway, jumped out of a college window high on drugs. When Morse learns that Brooks' daughter was the object of affection for both Rodway and another student, he has another possible suspect. Brooks' wife also worked for one of McClure's friends and Morse uncovers a conspiracy that he may not be able to prove.
Episode 3
Death Is Now My Neighbour
102 mins
Rachel James is shot through her kitchen window early one morning, while having breakfast. She was having an affair with Dr. Julian Storrs, an Oxford professor who is a candidate for Master of Lonsdale College. When her next-door neighbour also is killed, Morse determines that the shooting of James may have been in error. He also suspects that the neighbour, Owens, may have been a blackmailer. Both Storrs and his rival for the position of Master, Denis Cornford, had secrets that would make them suspects. Morse determines that several others also had things to hide, and that any one of them could have committed the murders.
Episode 4
The Wench Is Dead
101 mins
Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception, and is hospitalized. While there, he takes an interest in a 140-year-old case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of a young woman traveling by canal boat from Coventry to London. The case resulted in two men being hanged, and Morse believes there was a miscarriage of justice. With Lewis away at the Inspector's course, Supt. Strange, who has counseled Morse to take early retirement, assigns fast-track university graduate PC Adrian Kershaw to do some legwork for him. Morse determines that a fraud took place and that the victim may have been someone else altogether.
Episode 5
The Remorseful Day
99 mins
A year after her murder, the police re-open the case of Yvonne Harrison when they receive an anonymous letter implicating a burglar, Harry Repp, who is about to be released from prison. Supt. Strange assigns the case to DS Lewis, who is chafing at the bit awaiting his promotion to Inspector. Morse has been ill and has only just returned to work. He steps on Lewis' toes by involving himself in the case, but as the body count rises, Morse finds himself in charge of investigating a woman who had many affairs with many different men. When he learns that the dead men were in possession of large amount of cash, he suspects they were blackmailing her murderer.
