Season guide

Inspector Morse: Season 2

4 episodes Premiered Dec 25, 1987

Previously on Inspector Morse

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Inspector Morse Season 1.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (1): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S2·E1 Mytharc

The Wolvercote Tongue

Dec 25, 1987

Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewe

S2·E2 Core

Last Seen Wearing

Mar 8, 1988

The schoolgirl daughter of rich parents has been missing for six months. Morse believes she has been killed, and his investigations show curious goings on at the missing girl's sch

S2·E3 Mytharc

The Settling of the Sun

Mar 15, 1988

Oxford is shocked when a a Japanese student dies in what seems to be a brutal ritual killing. Then Morse finds he has unwittingly given all his suspects a watertight alibi.

S2·E4 Mytharc

Last Bus to Woodstock

Mar 22, 1988

A young secretary is found dead in a pub car park. Morse suspects murder and uncovers a complex web of relationships - passion and corruption, lies and unhappiness.