Product: Inspector Morse [VHS] (1988)
Rating: 3.0
Final Morse episode: less than expected
Perhaps I've been spoiled by watching 'Inspector Lewis' in the years since John Thaw died. Seeing Lewis's management style with Hathaway has made me more sharply aware of just how abusive Morse was toward Lewis. Or perhaps I've just gotten older, and less tolerant of bullies, and more willing to say so.Nonetheless, I'd looked forward with great anticipation to the final episode of "Inspector Morse," figuring that we might actually be treated to the sight of a moving transition from old curmudgeon to young apprentice. This did not happen. Granted, the actor was ill and dying, but I frankly expected more from the writers. We were left with a disconnect that was not addressed in the opening episode of "Inspector Lewis," or "Lewis" as it's sometimes called.