So here we are. The very last episode ever of Endeavour. The end of the ninth series that started way back in 2012. Like many others, I wasn't at first entirely convinced by Shaun Evans as a young Morse. But he has grown into the role and here he was excellent. As was Roger Allam as Inspector Fred Thursday. As the title of the episode suggests, all the actors leave the stage in one way or another.
At the end Superintendent Bright played by Anton Lesser gave us "Our revels now are ended" from The Tempest. My favourite words from Shakespeare. I had to watch it again and it was even better the second time. I preferred this solemn speech rather than Alex Kingston's rage. In fact the last part of Exeunt is superb. So good it reminded me of that magnificent ending to the Keeley Hawes finale of Ashes to Ashes. And was it the shows creator Russell Lewis who had the very final words as Endeavor leaves Blenheim Palace.
As for the soundtrack it starts, unbelievably, with Paranoid by Black Sabbath, and tracks from Deep Purple, the Rolling Stones, Elvis' The Wonder of You and Rocket Man by Elton John. All perfect for 1972.
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