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capri0mniThere was the original "Inspector Morse" series, from Colin Dexter's novels. Then, there came the "Inspector Lewis" spin-off. And, now, there's the prequel entitled "Endeavor" -- set in the 1960's about how the young Endeavor Morse grew into the white-haired Morse.
Anyway, I saw the first episode of "Endeavor," yesterday... And, while I enjoyed it quite a lot, I was reminded of an observation my mother made about the original series (which was family viewing): If Morse gets romantically attracted to a woman in the episode, she will probably end up being the murderer. It's a trend that seems to be continuing. :-/
And then I saw that Colin Dexter is contributing to the new series. So I wonder if that's a personal fiction kink of his...
Is this a special subset of the "manpain" trope?
Anyway, I saw the first episode of "Endeavor," yesterday... And, while I enjoyed it quite a lot, I was reminded of an observation my mother made about the original series (which was family viewing): If Morse gets romantically attracted to a woman in the episode, she will probably end up being the murderer. It's a trend that seems to be continuing. :-/
And then I saw that Colin Dexter is contributing to the new series. So I wonder if that's a personal fiction kink of his...
Is this a special subset of the "manpain" trope?
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Date: 2013-06-27 02:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-06-27 02:44 am (UTC)I was thinking that could be one reason the ending of this season's Elementary bothered me as much as it did, too...