Inspector Morse 5-1 - Second Time Around (2003)
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Director:Adrian Shergold
Studio:Bfs Entertainment
Rating:5.0 (8 votes)
Rated:NR
Date Added:2008-12-05
Last Seen:2019-04-14
ASIN:B00007AJDV
UPC:9780773315594
Price:$19.98
Genre:Suspense
Release:2003-02-04
Location:0664
Duration:104
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Languages:English
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Adrian Shergold  ...  (Director)
  ...  (Writer)
 
James Grout  ...  
John Thaw  ...  
Kevin Whately  ...  
Summary: Not counting those adaptations based on actual Dexter novels, "Second Time Around" may well be the best single episode in an almost continuously excellent series. The strengths of the series are here in abundance: compelling plots, tight direction, interesting characters, and, unlike a few of the later episodes, a denouement that not only make senses and is unrushed but that has real emotional and psychological impact as well. Thaw and Whately are in top form, the best one-two punch in crime fiction since Holmes and Watson. This episode is also an excellent example of one of the thematic preoccupations of this series: middle-age melancholy and the toll it sometimes takes.
"Second Time Around" is yet another example of the superb work of John Thaw as Morse--even in those episodes which lack the usual tension and bite, Thaw's Morse is an astounding presence, irritable, acidic, vulnerable, funny, pompous, and compelling, by turns, and thoroughly, entertainingly, convincing. For those unfamiliar with the series, here is a good place to start.