'Endeavour' Season 8, Episode 2 Recap: "Scherzo"
The second episode of Endeavour Season 8 starts jauntily. The wisteria is blooming; women are wearing short skirts in loud, groovy patterns. Model Lynn Parry (Lottie Tolhurst) hits on Bright during his art class, and cute girl Patty Grady (Kirsty Oswald) gets winked at by cabbies. The Applebys, Allison, and Baz (Lucy Aarden and Nicholas Shaw), who just got lei'd upon arrival at the Hawaiian-themed resort owned by Major Jones (Andrew Woodall), are also dressed at the height of fashion. Groundskeeper Del Grady (Joe Gallina) can't take his eyes off them. But it's all fun and games until gunshots ring out.
DeByrn: The body doesn't lie, Morse, myself not withstanding.
Morse is not having a good day, as his stepmother just arrived. Viewers haven't seen Gwen Morse (Lynda Rooke) since Season 1 (though she did appear in the original Inspector Morse series). Morse's stepsister, Joyce, is engaged, and Gwen is moving to be closer but doesn't get the house until next week. She's invited herself to live with Morse in the interim. But Morse doesn't have time to entertain her. Dudley Lunn, a cab driver, was shot in his taxi. His watch stopped at ten till seven, but DeBryn insists the body's been dead 12 hours at most.
