#roger allam

[librawritesstuff]

Throwback Thursday Thursday

#shaun evans #endeavour morse #endeavourtv #thursday thursday #featuring Pissy Adolescent Morse #⬅️ yeah that’s always a delight #roger allam

[too-antigonish]

They come at you through what you love...Pt. 2

Last Thursday Thursday I wrote about how “They come at you through what you love,” and the three times that phrase is used in Endeavour—starting back in S1...

*long post*

I talked a little bit about Morse and @astridcontramundam, @thewatcher98, and @fanficrocks had some great insights about about how Morse never seems to see himself as included within anyone's circle of love.

I don’t think though, that I was very clear about the last point I tried to make. I said:

“every once and a while it strikes me again that so much of this show is about a very simple premise: It explores the idea that love and connection are what make you most vulnerable to the evils of this world. At the same time, they are also the things that make life worth living and that give us strength.  So how do you live that terrible paradox—with both of these things being true at the same time?  And how do you respond when your love is used against you?”

The person I was actually thinking about most there was not Morse, but Thursday.

This is a man who at his core is a guardian. His primary mission in life is to take care of the people he’s supposed to take care of. He wants to love and protect. Especially these people...

But from the very beginning, his love is weaponized against him. His relationship with Mickey Carter and his desire to protect his family are used initially to drive him out of London.

Oxford is hardly more safe. Everyone seems to realize that threatening Thursday himself is pointless. You have to get at him through what he loves. And so they threaten his family and they threaten Morse.

And then they secure further leverage via his loan to Charlie which places both his job and his marriage--the very foundations of his identity--at risk.

What makes it all the more difficult for him is that he is constantly navigating between worlds--often opposing worlds.

He grew up as an East End barrow boy with an alcoholic father. He was raised to watch out for his own.  Now he’s a fairly well-off suburban father in academic Oxford with a job that in some sense makes him responsible for the entire community.

He was raised with violence, and by all accounts was involved in brutal campaigns and resistance work in WWII.  Fists were an accepted part of the game when he started policing. It’s not his first resort, but it’s a tool he uses.

Now Morse is trying to pull him away from that. Morse says he’s better than that--but he’s genuinely torn. What happens if the bad guy gets away with it because they didn’t have the nerve to “do what had to be done?”

One of the most poignant examples to me is when Charlie asks for the loan. While Win and Fred’s marriage looks dated to contemporary eyes, it’s notable for the time to see them making decisions mutually as a couple and to see them being fairly open in talking to one another.

But when Charlie asks for the money, there’s a sense that Fred’s immediately back in the world where he grew up—a world where consulting your wife about anything is akin to asking her “permission.”  It's also a world where saying no and refusing generosity to your brother would make you seem less of a man.

So which rules does he follow? The ones he and Win currently live with or the ones he and Charlie grew up with? Well, unfortunately, we know the answer.

S9 is I think the hardest example. So much of it is centered around the question of who Thursday is supposed to be taking care of—the victims of crime and the people of Oxford that he’s sworn to protect as a policeman? His immediate family—Win, Sam, Joan—and now Jim? His extended family—Charlie and the rest? His...whatever Morse is?

The bad guys are using everything he cares about to manipulate him and the cruelest twist of all is that he must seemingly choose one of his worlds to save and sacrifice the others. Which will he put first?

And then suddenly, he's not given anymore time to decide...

#itv endeavour #endeavour morse #fred thursday #roger allam #thursday thursday #meta #more somewhat gloomy thoughts #poor fred #someone needs to take care of him for a change #he'd hate it #but i'd do it anyway

[cliozaur]

Does anyone know the story behind when and why musical Javert acquired his long hair? Judging from the original London cast production photos, Roger Allam had short hair in 1985. However, Mann and Quast appear to have long hair in 1987. Why did the production team decide to make this change? It's undeniable that loose, long hair looks impressive in "Javert's Suicide," but I'm sure they had a more substantial reason for it. Maybe some of you know.

#javert #les mis #les miserables #roger allam #terrence mann #philip quast #javert's long hair

[sircolinmorgan]

"The captain I would have followed into Hell."

#endeavour #itv endeavour #endeavour itv #endeavouredit #endeavour morse #fred thursday #shaun evans #roger allam #perioddramaedit #will i ever not be completely insane about them? the answer is no #my gifs #endeavour1

[morsesnotes]

Endeavour | Prey

#endeavour #itv endeavour #endeavour: prey #endeavour morse #shaun evans #my gifs #sean rigby #roger allam #anton lesson #dakota blue richards #strange #thursday #bright #trewlove #prey

[perioddramasource]

ENDEAVOUR (2012 - 2023)

#endeavour #itv endeavour #endeavour morse #shaun evans #fred thursday #roger allam #ours #*gifs #kraina #userrobin #usertreena #tuserhan #userhayf #tusereliza #endeavouredit #perioddramaedit #periodedit #weloveperioddrama #onlyperioddramas #periodedits

[kitmarlowe]

ENDEAVOUR First and Last

#endeavour #itv endeavour #endeavour morse #shaun evans #roger allam #james bradshaw #anton lesser #sean rigby #jack laskey #abigail thaw #sara vickers #caroline o'neill #jack bannon #gif #endeavour spoilers #technically not jakes's last appearance but last focused shot #wild dancing jakes is valid but background

[brotherdusk]

Endeavour Morse and the case of the disappearing Dean Martin song

Sway has always had one of my favourite openings of any Endeavour episode, mostly for the use of Sway by Dean Martin while the opening titles run. something about this romantic pop song being overlaid on top of the unfolding darkness and drama - and repeated multiple times throughout the episode to punctuate further tragedy - is so striking and really, really does it for me. by the time Huggins puts on that record for his final dance with Gloria, and Sway (the song) starts up, the opening chords are less of a fun bolero flourish and more a banshee shriek of horror to come.

so I was amazed to learn recently that the version of Sway (the episode) I've loved for ten years now... basically doesn't exist outside of the UK and Ireland? the Morse, Lewis, and Endeavour blog theorises that due to copyright restrictions, all overseas releases of the episode - including DVDs and the PBS Masterpiece version, which was later released on Amazon - replace Sway (the song) with a jazz instrumental piece composed by Barrington Pheloung. nothing but respect for Mr Pheloung's decades of work in defining Morse's sound as we know it today, but this replacement doesn't hold a candle to the original episode's vision.

(also, Sway (the song) is kind of hilariously load-bearing in that the episode title doesn't make a lot of sense without the song's appearance at key thematic moments, imo.)

anyway - after I made my initial post about this last week, a couple of people expressed interest in hearing the original episode's music, and after some digging I was able to find a copy ripped directly from ITV! enjoy the opening 3 minutes of Sway (the episode) as Russell Lewis intended:

#I've been thinking about making a supercut of all the times it appears in the episode and uploading it to youtube #but I don't know if the music would get it sniped immediately #itv endeavour #endeavour morse #dean martin #sway #shaun evans #roger allam #txt

[endeavourfiles]

#fred thursday #roger allam #thursday thursday #endeavour #endeavour morse #itv endeavour #Fred means business #so does Shaun’s back 😍 #shaun evans

[upthelagan]

Endeavour. Confection.

#endeavour #itv endeavour #endeavour S06E03 #confection #such a stunning scene that #so sad though #simon harrison #ronnie box #shaun evans #endeavour morse #roger allam #fred thursday #tv #actors #utl seen in 2023

[librawritesstuff]

Late Thursday Thursday entry because I need to cleanse my brain (and soul) from John Sweeney

We now resume our regular programming of adorable Shaun and Roger

#endeavour morse #shaun evans #roger allam #ahhhh there are my good bois #what a relief #brain cleanse post-UIKY #endeavourtv #endeavourneverland

[too-antigonish]

This is the Fred Thursday Endeavour prequel I dream about...

Sure 1960s Oxford had a lot to work with, but it’s got nothing on post-war London.

Picture it: The whole country is in the midst of social upheaval. Men are returning home after years away. They’re dealing with massive trauma and having difficulty readjusting to civilian life. Their families have spent years learning to live without them. The reunions don’t always go well. 

Constant shortages have led to thriving black markets and a rise in organized crime. A huge influx of working-age men leaves many unemployed and vulnerable to the worst temptations.

Neighborhoods, especially in the East End, are still littered with the rubble of the Blitz. Evidence of destruction is a daily fact of life and death is still a presence. Children playing in the ruins encounter unexploded ordnance on a tragically regular basis. 

Into all of this walks a young Fred Thursday....

As a soldier he saw brutal action in North Africa and worked with the partisans in Italy.  He had a passionate affair with a woman he now believes to be dead. The rest of his wartime service remains a mystery to us.

Now he’s back near where he grew up—one of three brothers in Mile End. Billy didn’t make it back from the war. Charlie is now running the family’s warehouse business—and dating some girl named Paulette.

He’s been reunited with his wife Win (he doesn’t tell her about the affair) and is just learning what it’s like to be a father to Joan. The three of them are living with Win’s parents over the ironmongers and it’s not easy rubbing along together, not with so many people in tight quarters.

Fred is trying readjust to civilian life, making the shift from soldier to the policeman he once was. The lines blur easily in the brutal world of the East End but Sergeant Vimes, his governor at Cable Street,  does his best to keep him on the straight and narrow.

Those are just the basics of Fred's story from canon! I look at it and ideas for episodes just start spinning out in my head. It would be such an amazing series!

And then...

Eventually Fred moves up, takes young Mickey Carter under his wing—and makes the mistake of going after Vic Kasper. When Carter gets himself killed and is then falsely accused of having been on the take, Fred has to get his family out. He takes Win, Joan, and now Sam, and leaves everything and everyone they’ve ever known. 

Oxford is a whole new world. The kids have never seen so much green. The house is bigger than they ever could have imagined. His new boss, DCS Crisp, seems nice enough...

Ahh! If I weren't horrible at imagining casting I'd already have a list!

And then I think, maybe the whole thing’s got a framing device. Maybe the older Thursday from Endeavour, from wherever he sits in exile, is writing this all down. He’s recording these stories of what it was like when he was a young copper.

I’d like to think that in the end he puts it all together to send to Endeavour (not Morse, but specifically Endeavour) as a sort of memorandum of understanding. He's telling him, "I saw what made you into you. Now I'm telling you: here's what made me into me."

Happy Thursday Thursday!

#itv endeavour #fred thursday #roger allam #endeavour morse #thursday thursday #just making things up

[season-77]

I watched 'Prelude' again yesterday, just for no reason...

okay, you got me, I wanted to ogle at Morse in his blue coat...

But that scene always makes me feel sorry for Strange... The harder he tries to take Morse's place, the worse it turns out for him ...

And the look on Thursday's face when Strange asked what he had on his sandwich today...

#endeavor #thursday thursday #roger allam #sean rigby #I'm sorry I'm late #please accept my apologies #and the picture of the blue coat #and its stunning owner #I hope this will make up for my sins

[sircolinmorgan]

Sir, don't. Show them who you are. This is who I am. No, it never has been. We hold the line, if you cross it now then there's no way back.

#this show is just 9 series of fred telling morse exactly who he is and morse refusing to accept it until it's too late #he has this unwavering misguided faith in fred and tries *so* hard to keep him on the right side of the line #but when he doesn't have morse around him fred crosses that line and we end up with 'i know thee not old man' #this show man #these characters #endeavour #itv endeavour #endeavour itv #endeavour morse #fred thursday #shaun evans #roger allam #my gifs #endeavour1

[jessieren]

Not exactly the right set for Thursday Thursday but I love how happy they are working together

The friendship trust and sense of fun just radiates off them 🥰

#shaun evans #itv endeavour #endeavour morse #fred thursday #morse and thursday #thursday thursday #love their friendship #and their scenes together #they look so happy #damn you Evans #roger allam

[alias71]

Endeavour's Awesome 70s Flares

Shown to fabulous effect in Pylon:

But here's the question - is this Endeavour’s off-duty attire? In which case – awesome! Or, in an even more interesting scenario, is that his cop issue clothes without the tie and jacket??!!

Here he is walking with Strange in his uniform:

Same troos or not? And also, would Endeavour wear a blue shirt and black trousers casually? Doesn’t this just look like his police shirt:

What I’m getting at is, did his awesome uniform come with awesome 70s flares, or was Endeavour just being that adorably stylish on his day off?!

If it was the uniform, then it leads to another mystery... now I may just be missing something, but I can't actually identify this scene from season 6:

This is from the Masterpiece PBS featurette 'Endeavour, Season 6: The Cast on Shaun Evans as Director' (x).

Yes, it could be another season 6 episode other than ‘Pylon’ and I’ve missed it, but here’s my thinking – I don’t think he wore this in any other season 6 episodes as it was all dark shirts, slim trousers and ties later on, and I think it really indicates it is his uniform, making it ‘Pylon’. Now, if it is ‘Pylon’ then I haven’t come across this scene in the episode, meaning that it’s missing!

And to bring it all together, here are some bts shots where Roger and Shaun seem to be having a laugh about the flares!

Images © endeavourneverland (2018) Source: @te_angeli

So yeah, what is the story with Endeavour’s excellent clothing choices?! Anyway, I'm forever grateful for 'Pylon'. Morsetache forever!

#shaun evans #endeavour morse #itv endeavour #fred thursday #roger allam #jim strange #sean rigby #season 6: Pylon #morsetache forever! #morsetache!! ❤️ #morseflares