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Inspector Morse: Last Seen Wearing |
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Inspector Morse: Last Seen Wearing
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by Bfs Entertainment
Sales Rank: 64676
Price: $17.99
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This 1988 British telefilm from the second series of the long-running mystery <I>Inspector Morse</I> sends Morse (John Thaw), that cultured curmudgeon of a police detective, on the six-month-old case of a missing schoolgirl. "She's dead," he proclaims, dismissing the case as a dead end and a waste of time, but true to form he investigates with his trademark relentlessness and uncovers something he didn't expect--a conspiracy at the girl's private school resulted in murder.<p> Still early in the series (it lasted until <I>The Remorseful Day</I> in 2000), we find Morse still getting comfortable with his young partner. Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) is a family man who would rather head home at the end of the day than drink a pint with his partner. Morse is up to his old tricks, sneaking scotch in coffee mugs at crime scenes and taking beer breaks, and Thaw plays the loner detective without a hint of self-consciousness. And in the best tradition of British TV mysteries, this crime is solved not with shootouts or car chases, but by relentless investigation and sheer brainpower (helped along by a couple of pints of ale). Elizabeth Hurley (<I>Austin Powers</I>) and Julia Sawalha (Saffron from <I>Absolutely Fabulous</I>) have small parts as schoolgirls questioned by Morse and Lewis. <I>--Sean Axmaker</I>
Viewer Reviews
A teenager has gone missing - Morse believes she is dead - Lewis believes she is alive. The plot builds from there with a woman, other then the teenager being murdered. The involvement of a girl's school leads us to various behavioral patterns, heterosexuality, bi-sexuality, homosexuality all adding to most interesting plot lines, and confusing Morse no end. Additional complications are introduced with Catholicism and abortion. Not much opera here - our only compensations are some chamber music which Morse is relaxing to while reading Thomas Hardy at the very beginning of the story and an orchestral excerpt from Die Walküre just prior to the ME Max's excellent analogy he poses to Morse. While both are sipping a pint at a local pub Max asks Morse if he understands what it would be like to lose a child, when Morse answers no, Max suggests he grasp the situation by envisioning he (Morse) cannot find his copy of "The Ring". Morse's reply will be found in the video. There is very little icing aside from brief exchanges relative to flowers and first editions. A fine plot carries this episode despite the lack of topping which we have come to expect.
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