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The Best Episodes of Endeavour

Every episode of Endeavour ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Endeavour!

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The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Endeavour Season 6 Episode 4 - Deguello
    9.2/10(1833 votes)

    #1 - Deguello

    S6:E4

    When a librarian is gruesomely murdered at the Bodleian, Endeavour and Thursday have little to go on besides a set of muddy boot prints. With the two main suspects having their own motives for killing the librarian, Endeavour digs deeper into their backgrounds, tracking a trail that appears to connect to seemingly innocent college bequest.

    Director:Jamie Donoughue
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Endeavour Season 9 Episode 3 - Exeunt
    9.2/10(1604 votes)

    #2 - Exeunt

    S9:E3

    A series of death notices in the Oxford Mail, each with a cryptic message, provides clues to Endeavour’s final investigation, while Thursday’s past catches up with him.

    Director:Kate Saxon
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  3. Endeavour Season 2 Episode 4 - Neverland
    8.9/10(1699 votes)

    #3 - Neverland

    S2:E4

    As 1966 draws to a close, the body of a disreputable journalist found in mysterious circumstances threatens to expose past horrors. As the investigation deepens, Endeavour and Thursday face corruption in Oxford's corridors of power.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Endeavour Season 3 Episode 4 - Coda
    8.8/10(1494 votes)

    #4 - Coda

    S3:E4

    Morse is recruited by an old college mentor to look into the safety of his estranged wife.

    Director:Olly Blackburn
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Endeavour Season 5 Episode 6 - Icarus
    8.8/10(1350 votes)

    #5 - Icarus

    S5:E6

    After the mysterious disappearance of a teacher, Endeavour finds himself investigating the dark and secret world of a public school.

    Director:Gordon Anderson
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  6. Endeavour Season 1 Episode 2 - Fugue
    8.6/10(1849 votes)

    #6 - Fugue

    S1:E2

    There is a new kind of killer haunting the Oxford twilight. Endeavour and Thursday find the city's dreaming spires giving way to waking nightmare.

    Director:Tom Vaughan
    Writers:Colin Dexter, Russell Lewis

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  7. Endeavour Season 9 Episode 2 - Uniform
    8.6/10(954 votes)

    #7 - Uniform

    S9:E2

    Endeavour suspects a connection between a woman's disappearance and her past employer but another missing persons case demands his attention. This time, it's a notable artist, whose work adorns the covers of a series of paperback mysteries.

    Director:Nirpal Bhogal
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  8. Endeavour Season 2 Episode 2 - Nocturne
    8.5/10(1685 votes)

    #8 - Nocturne

    S2:E2

    A murder investigation sends Endeavour and DI Thursday to a girls' school which is haunted by memories of an atrocity committed a hundred years earlier.

    Director:Giuseppe Capotondi
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Endeavour Season 2 Episode 3 - Sway
    8.5/10(1499 votes)

    #9 - Sway

    S2:E3

    As a multiple murderer haunts the city strangling married women with a silk stocking, Endeavour and DI Thursday's emotional lives are turned upside down.

    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Endeavour Season 6 Episode 1 - Pylon
    8.5/10(1440 votes)

    #10 - Pylon

    S6:E1

    With the Cowley team scattered across Oxfordshire, Endeavour finds himself policing a lonely country patch, and back in uniform. His day job is a monotonous investigation of missing livestock and stolen tractors. But when he discovers the dead body of a missing schoolgirl, it opens this quiet backwater to the roar of Castle Gate CID – now staffed by Thursday and an old adversary, the newly promoted DCI Ronnie Box, alongside sidekick DS Alan Jago.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Endeavour Season 1 Episode 4 - Home
    8.4/10(1566 votes)

    #11 - Home

    S1:E4

    A hit and run accident claims the life of an eminent Classics Professor forcing Endeavour and Thursday to each face their past. Not every story has a happy ending.

    Director:Colm McCarthy
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Endeavour Season 4 Episode 4 - Harvest
    8.4/10(1247 votes)

    #12 - Harvest

    S4:E4

    When a body is found in Bramford Mere, a marshland outside of Oxford, everyone assumes they are the remains of Dr Matthew Laxman, an Oxford botanist who mysteriously disappeared near the site five years earlier.

    Director:Jim Loach
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Endeavour Season 5 Episode 3 - Passenger
    8.4/10(1227 votes)

    #13 - Passenger

    S5:E3

    The railway takes centre stage as Endeavour investigates the disappearance of a local woman - with initial fears linking it to the unsolved murder of a teenager, killed several years earlier.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Endeavour Season 5 Episode 5 - Quartet
    8.4/10(1247 votes)

    #14 - Quartet

    S5:E5

    An assassination attempt at an international sporting event opens a new case for Endeavour and Thursday, but their investigation is quickly brought to an unexpected end.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Endeavour Season 2 Episode 1 - Trove
    8.3/10(1512 votes)

    #15 - Trove

    S2:E1

    A baffling suicide, an anguished father searching for his missing daughter and the robbery of medieval treasures strain the talents of DC Endeavour Morse.

    Director:Kristoffer Nyholm
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Endeavour Season 7 Episode 3 - Zenana
    8.3/10(1368 votes)

    #16 - Zenana

    S7:E3

    Endeavour uncovers a potential link between a series of peculiar accidents leading him to an all-women Oxford college determined to eschew co-education.

    Director:Kate Saxon
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  17. Endeavour Season 1 Episode 1 - Girl
    8.2/10(1895 votes)

    #17 - Girl

    S1:E1

    The sudden death of a secretarial student and the shooting of a doctor appear unconnected despite Morse's theories. Chief Superintendent Bright, the new commanding officer of the Oxford City Police, unimpressed with Morse's zeal, protests to Thursday that the bagman's position is a Detective Sergeant's job and the young constable is too inexperienced. Following the shooting of a vicar, Morse is reduced to general duties for dismissing a beautiful, but mentally unstable girl as a suspect and must continue his investigations alone despite warnings of possible dismissal from his superiors.

    Director:Edward Bazalgette
    Writers:Colin Dexter, Russell Lewis

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  18. Endeavour Season 4 Episode 1 - Game
    8.2/10(1327 votes)

    #18 - Game

    S4:E1

    As Endeavour and Thursday deal with the heartbreak of Joan's departure, a death at East Cowley Slipper Baths hurls Oxford's Finest into their darkest adventure.

    Director:Ashley Pearce
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Endeavour Season 5 Episode 1 - Muse
    8.2/10(1399 votes)

    #19 - Muse

    S5:E1

    The newly promoted Detective Sergeant Morse investigates when a famous international thief tries to steal a Faberge egg from an auction. The case leads to the gruesome murders of an academic and a gangster, and Morse is convinced the deaths are the work of the same man. As he struggles with his new responsibilities, he finds himself forced to mentor a younger partner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Endeavour Season 1 Episode 3 - Rocket
    8.1/10(1603 votes)

    #20 - Rocket

    S1:E3

    When a worker at a missile factory is murdered, Bright wants the case resolved quickly, but Endeavour remains unconvinced that the crime is such an open-and-shut case.

    Director:Craig Viveiros
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Endeavour Season 3 Episode 2 - Arcadia
    8.1/10(1343 votes)

    #21 - Arcadia

    S3:E2

    The shock death of an artist in a house fire leaves Oxford city police baffled.

    Director:Bryn Higgins
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Endeavour Season 5 Episode 4 - Colours
    8.1/10(1216 votes)

    #22 - Colours

    S5:E4

    A photo-shoot on an army base turns sinister when one of the models is found dead. But the investigation is complicated when Sam Thursday is revealed to be involved.

    Director:Robert Quinn
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Endeavour Season 6 Episode 3 - Confection
    8.1/10(1246 votes)

    #23 - Confection

    S6:E3

    The murder of a chocolate factory owner during a local hunt leads Endeavour to the sleepy village of Chigton Green. When he learns of a vicious campaign of gossip and rumour, it seems likely that two murders are connected. One of the targets, a beautiful, single mother, captures Endeavour's attention, giving him food for thought about the future.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Endeavour Season 9 Episode 1 - Prelude
    8.1/10(1065 votes)

    #24 - Prelude

    S9:E1

    Endeavour's return to duty at Castle Gate with a newfound sobriety coincides with a gruesome discovery in a college garden linked to an Oxford orchestra.

    Director:Shaun Evans
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  25. Endeavour Season 3 Episode 1 - Ride
    8.0/10(1577 votes)

    #25 - Ride

    S3:E1

    A vanishing bus conductress and a raucous funfair draw DC Endeavour Morse back to duty.

    Director:Sandra Goldbacher
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Deguello" is the best rated episode of "Endeavour". It scored 9.2/10 based on 1833 votes. Directed by Jamie Donoughue and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/3/2019. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Exeunt".