The Best Episodes of Inspector Morse Season 5

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   #1 - Second Time Around

   S5:E12/20/1991

   The mysterious death of a former deputy police commissioner brings Morse into reluctant contact with an old rival, Ch Insp Dawson. Morse and Lewis, in uneasy tandem with Dawson, spot a link with the unsolved murder of a young girl 18 years earlier. To find the latest killer they have to unravel the first case again.

   Director:Adrian Shergold

   Writer:Daniel Boyle

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   Director:Adrian Shergold

   Writer:Daniel Boyle
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   #2 - Promised Land

   S5:E53/27/1991

   The search for a retired 'supergrass' takes Morse and Lewis from Oxford to the Australian outback. Strangely, Lewis is less at home down under than Morse himself is.

   Director:John Madden

   Writer:Julian Mitchell

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   Director:John Madden

   Writer:Julian Mitchell
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   #3 - Who Killed Harry Field?

   S5:E33/13/1991

   An artist, fun-loving drinker and raconteur, Harry Field seems like a man after Morse's own heart. But when Morse and Lewis investigate his mysterious death, they discover that he was not such a lovable rogue.

   Director:Colin Gregg

   Writer:Geoffrey Case

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   Director:Colin Gregg

   Writer:Geoffrey Case
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   #4 - Greeks Bearing Gifts

   S5:E43/20/1991

   When the chef at Lewis's favorite Greek restaurant is found murdered, and a baby goes missing, Oxford's close-knit Greek community closes ranks. Matters aren't helped when Morse has a bad-tempered exchange with the shipping millionaire who owns the restaurant.

   Director:Adrian Shergold

   Writer:Peter Nichols

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   Director:Adrian Shergold

   Writer:Peter Nichols
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   #5 - Fat Chance

   S5:E22/27/1991

   Morse finds himself attracted to a female cleric when he is called upon to investigate the suspicious death of a woman deacon. St Saviour's College is about to appoint Oxford's first ever female chaplain, and emotions are running high among the more conservative clerics, but Morse & Lewis find it hard to believe such feelings could lead to murder.

   Director:Roy Battersby

   Writer:Alma Cullen

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   Director:Roy Battersby

   Writer:Alma Cullen