History Recap / EndeavourS9E03Exeunt

** Neither Dr [=McMurdo=] nor Dr Bevin died by way of an accident, although it looks like that at first (to the point where the police only realise that [=McMurdo=] was murdered ''after his funeral'').

* BaitAndSwitch: The episode begins with a funeral, although we are not told whose funeral it is. It's later revealed that it's the funeral of Dr [=McMurdo=], the first murder victim.

** Towards the end of the episode, Morse is seen in black tie performing with a choir. He was also seen thus in the first-ever ''Inspector Morse'' episode, "The Dead of Jericho".

** Thursday mentions his old colleague and former friend Commander Len Drury, who appeared in "[[Recap/EndeavourS8E02Scherzo Scherzo]]", as one of the corrupt officers Lott is probably working with.

* DirtyCop: Lott, who's now a DI in the Drugs Squad in London. Turns out, he transferred to the Metropolitan Police after Fred Thursday got rid of him at the end of the pilot episode. He turns out to be the man behind the Blenheim Vale cover-up, using his connections with other, more senior corrupt cops to keep the child abuse scandal quiet, be it by way of threats or (failing that) violence. He was even behind the loss of Fred Thursday's life's savings in Series 5, which not only left his former boss looking over his shoulder (lest the cheque to his brother be used to link him with organised crime) but also led to him flirting with the more dishonest side of policing in Series 6. Which makes Lott one of the most corrupt coppers in the whole show, and that's ''really'' saying something.

** Later on, the newly-married Joan confronts Morse about the fact that he has never addressed her by her first name. After imagining what ''might'' happen if he were to do this, he addresses her as "Mrs Strange".

* GainaxEnding: A downplayed sort, but there are nevertheless a few mildly surreal touches in the final scenes, such as the gunshot in the graveyard and the fact that the very last scenes would appear to be Morse driving past his future self.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: John Bingley's modus operandi for his killings, so much so that no-one even realised that [=McMurdo=], the man whose funeral is shown at the start of the episode, was murdered until Morse finds the link between him and the second murder (that of Dr Bevin).

** Bingley himself gets in on the act with the death notice which names the still-living Dr Fortescue, leading the police to rush over to protect him ... exposing his ''actual'' target, Morse.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Charlie Thursday is last seen during the shoot-out between Fred Thursday and Arthur Lott. When Fred goes back to look for his brother, he's gone, and he's not seen again. In a more downplayed example, Jakes says nothing about the woman he left Oxford to go to the USA with (the only time she was seen was in "[[Recap/EndeavourS3E02Arcadia Arcadia]]" in which she was expecting his child following a whirlwind romance).

* {{Bookends}}: During his last encounter with Morse, Fred Thursday addresses him by his first name. The only other time he's ever done this was at the end of [[Recap/EndeavourS1E01Endeavour the pilot episode]]. As the episode ends, we see an image of Creator/JohnThaw in a rear-view mirror, just like in the pilot.

* CallBack: To "[[Recap/EndeavourS2E04Neverland Neverland]]", big time. Granted, this has been the case for the whole of the ninth series, but here, we finally find out what happened to Peter Williams. He was not killed secretly adopted and given a new name, Raymond Kennett. He grew up to become a drug-dealing biker, and is murdered by Fred Thursday for threatening Sam.

* CallBack: To "[[Recap/EndeavourS2E04Neverland Neverland]]", big time. Granted, this has been the case for the whole of tte ninth series, but here, we finally find out what happened to Peter Williams. He was not killed secretly adopted and given a new name, Raymond Kennett. He grew up to become a drug-dealing biker, and is murdered by Fred Thursday for threatening Sam.

* CallBack: To "[[Recap/EndeavourS2E04Neverland Neverland]]", big time. We finally find out what happened to Peter Williams. He grew up to become a drug-dealing biker, and is murdered by Fred Thursday for threatening Sam.

** Surely Morse should have insisted on Vi giving him her surname as he was questioning her in the course of a murder investigation? Although if he had got her surname, the investigation would have been a lot shorter as he'd've spotted a link when he subsequently spoke to John Bingley (her estranged husband).

*** Carol and Joan may not be particularly close. In the one episode in which Carol appeared, the two were not seen to interact. Perhaps this is just as well, as Strange might have recognised her as one of Morse's former lovers, which could have been awkward.

** Lott's way of obtaining a false identity is exactly how it was done in ''Film/TheDayOfTheJackal''. Right down to the child's gravestone in a churchyard.

** Charlie Thursday's absence from his niece's wedding is understandable given the circumstances, but what about his daughter

* TheGhost: [=McNutt=], the officer mentioned in the original series as Morse's old mentor and referred to several times in this series, ends ''Endeavour'' as an unseen character.

*** Presumably said mate would not be down with being an accessory to multiple murders so would have ratted Bingley out to the police as soon as they started asking questions about how the obituaries got into the Mail without the sub-editor confirming them which would surely have lead them to whoever prepared the physical type. Bingley probably passsed it off as a one off joke to prevent the man from getting suspicious.