Inspector Morse: The Last Enemy Set

Fans of this award-winning British detective series will be giddy. And those new to the cerebral inspector, memorably played by John Thaw, are in for a rare treat. Morse’s rumpled, seemingly distracted demeanor makes this Oxford-educated gumshoe an original.

Includes the episodes:
The Settling of the Sun
Last Bus to Woodstock
Ghost in the Machine
The Last Enemy
Deceived By Flight
The Secret of Bay 5B

Season 2, Episode 3: The Settling of the Sun
Original Air Date: 15 March 1988
Morse is pressed into service when, while attending a college dinner for an eclectic group of foreign summer students, a Japanese member of the group suddenly excuses himself and a short time later is found brutally murdered in his room. There are any number of suspects, several of whom had bad experiences with the Japanese during World War II and at least one student that is clearly not what he claims to be. When traces of drugs are found on the Japanese student's clothing the drug squad is now involved. But when a second member of the group is murdered, Morse is convinced that this is far more than a simple case of drug smuggling gone awry.

Season 2, Episode 4: Last Bus to Woodstock
Original Air Date: 22 March 1988
Morse and Lewis investigate the murder of a young woman, Sylvia Kane, found dead in a pub car park. She was last seen at a bus stop asking for the times of the bus to Woodstock and was to meet as friend at the same pub where she was found. She had accepted a lift from someone in a red car and the police find an envelope on the dead girl addressed to Jennifer Coleby, a co-worker. This leads Morse to uncover a complex set of social inter-relationships and eventually, the girl's killer.

Season 3, Episode 1: Ghost in the Machine
Original Air Date: 4 January 1989
The disappearance of Sir Julius Hanbury - and the theft of several of his erotic paintings - provide a new puzzle for Morse to solve. Assisted by DS Lewis, Morse interviews everyone at Hanbury House and it is in the course of searching the grounds that he finds Sir Julius' body, appropriately enough, in the family mausoleum. The pathologist notes that he was the victim of a frenzied attack but the lack of blood at scene leaves the police to conclude that he murdered elsewhere. Sir Julius was a candidate to become the Master of an Oxford college and was known to have a have had a bitter rivalry with another candidate for the position. When Roger Meadows, a friend of the Hanbury's au pair, is killed in a car accident, Morse concludes that that he too was murdered. Jealousy, revenge and greed all play part in the deaths.

Season 3, Episode 2: The Last Enemy
Original Air Date: 11 January 1989
When a decapitated body is found in the canal, the police must first identify the victim. The Master of an Oxford college, Sir Alexander Reese, contacts his old friend Morse to obtain assistance in locating the Deputy Master, David Kerridge, who is now four days overdue from his planned return to college. Kerridge is found battered to death in his London flat but oddly, it's also determined that the body in the canal was wearing one of Kerridge's suits. Morse and Lewis conclude that the headless body is that of Nicholas Balarat, a member of Reese's college and a senior civil servant who may have denied Reese an important appointment. However, another murder at the college sends the detectives in an altogether different direction.

Season 3, Episode 3: Deceived by Flight
Original Air Date: 18 January 1989
Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Anthony Don who is attending an old boys cricket match at his Oxford college in advance of the team going on a European tour. Morse knew him and had actually met him again not long before his death. The death looks like a suicide, but Morse has his doubts. So does his wife Kate, who is surprised to learn that her husband carried a loaded gun. Lewis goes undercover and joins the cricket team. He learns there is at least one couple, the Fosters, staying at the college who may not be who they claim to be. When a second murder occurs at the cricket grounds, Morse learns the true nature of the Fosters stay at the college and begins to unravel the mystery.

Season 3, Episode 4: The Secret of Bay 5B
Original Air Date: 25 January 1989
Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Michael Gifford a successful architect who was strangled while sitting in his vehicle in a multi-level car park. As they look into his background, they find he was an egotist who had affairs with several women and had employees who are either indifferent to or devastated at his death. There are several suspects including Brian Pierce, who was re-directing company funds for his own use, Rosemary Henderson, with whom he was having an affair and her husband George who is dying of liver failure. In the end, Morse uncovers a clever deception that finally puts them on the path to identifying the killer.