History Recap / EndeavourS3E04Coda

* NotMyDriver: A group of hostages are loaded on to a coach by one of the bank robber. When the coach runs into a roadblock, the robber orders the driver to open the doors. The driver turns around and points a pistol in his face. it's Trewlove.

* CallBack: The funeral is that of Harry Rose, Bixby's criminal backer in "Ride".

*** The funeral scenes at the beginning of each episode are almost identical. Even Thursday's summary of what happened for Morse's benefit in "Coda" is ''exactly'' what Strange says to Lewis in "Promised Land":

*** The funeral at the beginning of "Promised Land" is that of Peter Matthews, one of the bank robbers in "Coda".
*** Kenny Stone, the criminal-turned-supergrass who Morse and Lewis go to Australia to find in "Promised Land", appears in the "Coda" funeral scene, but only on police film footage.

** The raid in "Promised Land" is said to have taken place ten years earlier to the events of that episode, which is to say c.1981, given that "Promised Land" is set c.1991 (the year in which it was first broadcast); "Coda" takes place in 1967.
* CountingBullets: In the denouement, Morse tells the gangster holding Joan Thursday hostage that he has been counting the shots and that he has emptied his revolver. This causes the gangster to move his gun from Joan to Morse. As he is doing so, Thursday shoots him. Morse was bluffing. There was still one live round in the gun. He just wanted to get the gun moved away from Joan.

** When Dorothea Frazil attempts to enter the church during the funeral, she is contemptuously rebuffed by Peter Matthews with the words "have some respect". This is the same phrase used by Sonny Corleone as he prevents FBI agents from attending Connie and Carlo's wedding in ''Film/TheGodfather''.

** In the post-robbery climax, Morse distracts Cole Matthews, one of the bank robbers, by claiming that he's fired [[Film/DirtyHarry all of his six shots]]. As he's dragged away, Matthews begs to know if he had or not.

** Joan's departure at the end of the episode, and her parents' distraught reaction to this when they wake up, plays out like the lyric of the [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] song "She's Leaving Home" from ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', which was released in 1967 -- the year in which this episode is set.

** Joan's departure at the end of the episode plays out like the [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] song "She's Leaving Home" from ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', which was released in 1967 -- the year in which this episode is set.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Thursday's advice to Trewlove -- "''No parasan''" -- means "they will not pass". Adopted from the Spanish Civil War, this was the slogan of British anti-fascists in the October 4 1936 Battle of Cable Street, when a march by Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts was abandoned in the face of opposition from East-end Londoners. It suggests that Thursday witnessed this, possibly as a young police officer on duty that day.

** When Dorothea Frazil attempts to enter the church during the funeral, she is contemptuously rebuffed by Peter Matthews with the words "have some respect". This is the same phrase used by Sonny Corleone as he prevents FBI agents from attending a wedding in ''Film/TheGodfather''.

ShoutOut:

** It is clear that Fred Thursday has not told Win about his suspension when she arrives at the scene of the siege. This secretiveness foreshadows his failure to tell her about his loan to his brother Charlie in Series 5, leading to an estrangement between them which lasts into Series 6.

* BloodFromTheMouth: Thursday starts coughing up blood just before he goes to make what might be his last stand against the bank robbers. [[spoiler: He then ''coughs up the bullet'' that had been lodged in his lung.]]
* BreakTheCutie: The events of this episode break [[spoiler: Joan Thursday]] to the extent that [[spoiler: she leaves town]].

* CountingBullets: In the denouement, Morse tells the gangster holding [[spoiler: Joan Thursday]] hostage that he has been counting the shots and that he has emptied his revolver. This causes the gangster to move his gun from [[spoiler: Joan]] to Morse. As he is doing so, [[spoiler: Thursday shoots him. Morse was bluffing. There was still one live round in the gun. He just wanted to get the gun moved away from Joan]].

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Joan Thursday]] experiences one of these as a result of the events of this episode, causing [[spoiler: her to leave home in the finale]].

* NotMyDriver: A group of hostages are loaded on to a coach by one of the bank robber. When the coach runs into a roadblock, the robber orders the driver to open the doors. [[spoiler: The driver turns around and points a pistol in his face. it's Trewlove.]]

** [[spoiler: Joan's departure]] at the end of the episode plays out like [[spoiler: the [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] song "She's Leaving Home" from ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'']], which was released in 1967 -- the year in which this episode is set.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The first words heard in this story, uttered by Fred Thursday, come when he arrives at a vantage-point near the church to observe the funeral -- "Eyes down for a full house". Although his remark is, at the time, merely sarcastic (he and Strange are observing a funeral service attended by a very large number of criminals), it assumes a greater significance as the story develops, as these words are traditionally employed by bingo callers at the start of a session, as bingo caller Paul Marlock is a key character.
** It is clear that Fred Thursday has not told Win about his suspension when she arrives at the scene of the siege. This secretiveness foreshadows his failure to tell her about his loan to his brother Charlie in Series 5, which causes an estrangement between them which endures into Series 6.

--->'''Morse:''' Only in Oxford.

* PapaWolf: Two words: Fred Thursday.

** When Dorothea Frazil attempts to enter the church during the funeral, she is contemptuously rebuffed by Peter Matthews with the words "Have some respect". This is the same phrase used by Sonny Corleone as he prevents FBI agents from attending a wedding in ''Film/TheGodfather''.

** Joan leaving home at the end of the episode plays out like the [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] song "She's Leaving Home" from ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', which was released in 1967 -- the year in which this episode is set.

->'' Getting involved in other people's affairs seldom ends happily for anyone.''

* ContinuitySnarl: Although there are clear references in this story to "Promised Land" (see CallBack, above), dialogue from that ''Inspector Morse'' episode indicates that the bank robbery in this episode may have been a different one in the raid. They're clearly talking of the same person, a detective called Ron. However, the only police officer killed in this episode is an unnamed uniformed constable. Also, the raid mentioned in "Promised Land" is said to have taken place ten years earlier, which is to say at the beginning of the 1980s given that "Promised Land" is set in the early 1990s; "Coda" takes place in 1967.

At the same time, Morse's former tutor Felix Lorimer asks him to investigate Lothario bingo caller Paul Marlock, known to consort with the Matthews brothers, who is seeing Felix's estranged wife Nina - and, as Morse discovers, Thursday's daughter Joan. Nina tells Morse she believes that Felix killed Cedric and indeed Morse finds evidence to link the lecturer to the Oxford underworld.

** Morse bumps into an old professor of his, the [[CampGay campy]] classical scholar Jerome Hogg. Hogg comments about a male student "I think he prefers oysters even with all my [Hogg's] blandishments". This is a reference to ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' which has a scene where snails and oysters are used as a metaphor for respectively homosexual and heterosexual relationships. Hogg also appears in the [[Series/InspectorMorse original series]] episode "Greeks Bearing Gifts".

** Thursday reveals that his mentor was [[{{Literature/Discworld}} Sergeant Vimes of Cable Street]].

** Joan leaving home at the end of the episode plays out like the [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] song "She's Leaving Home" from ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', which was released in 1967 - the year in which this episode is set.