History Recap / EndeavourS5E06Icarus

** The turf war between Eddie Nero and Cromwell Ames ends with a shoot-out that leaves both men and most of their respective followers dead; George Fancy, who had been detailed to trail Ames, is also dead although he was killed by a different gun from any of the others who were killed.

* MutualKill: How the gang war between Eddie Nero and Cromwell Ames ends.

* ContinuityNod: When looking through Ivory's wallet, Morse finds a business card for Magdalen Cabs, the taxi firm from [[Recap/EndeavourS5E01Muse "Muse"]] which is owned by Eddie Nero.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Fancy has shades of this when he warns Morse to "remember what's what" when the latter is going under cover, with Trewlove posing as his wife.

* CallBack: When looking through Ivory's wallet, Morse finds a business card for Magdalen Cabs, the taxi firm from [[Recap/EndeavourS5E01Muse "Muse"]] which is owned by Eddie Nero.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: There was never a far-right group called "Make Britain Greater", an organisation which seemingly exists just to serve as a TakeThat to more modern phenomena like Brexit and the Trump Presidency (this episode having been broadcast in 2018).

-->: '''Trewlove''': We're young. We have to put career first. Haven't we?
-->: '''Morse''': Career won't hold you at three o'clock in the morning, when the wolves come circling.
-->: '''Trewlove''': Do they come circling, Morse?

** The turf war between Eddie Nero and Cromwell Ames ends with a shoot-out that leaves both men and most of their respective followers; George Fancy, who had been detailed to trail Ames, is also dead although he was killed by a different gun from any of the others who were killed.

-->'''Eddie Nero''': It ... wasn't ... me! [Dies, indicating, as he does, [[spoiler: George Fancy]]'s hitherto-unseen body]

** The turf war between Eddie Nero and Cromwell Ames ends with a shoot-out that leaves both men and most of their respective followers; [[spoiler: George Fancy, who had been detailed to trail Ames, is also dead although he was killed by a different gun from any of the others who were killed]].
* DueToTheDead: Happens when [[spoiler: George Fancy's body]] is found among the bodies of the gangsters in the aftermath of the shoot-out; even Max the pathologist [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness is visibly shaken]].
-->'''Max de Bryn''': I'll start with [[spoiler: George]] if I may. We don't want him lying in such company a moment longer than he has to.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that the opening music is a requiem (Haydn's "Requiem in C Minor" to be precise) may alert viewers to the prospect of a significant death in this episode. The sight of [[spoiler: George Fancy]] buying what appears to be an engagement ring may indicate that it will be [[spoiler: him or Shirley Trewlove]].
* ItsPersonal: Following the murder of [[spoiler: George Fancy]], the core team vow to find his killer, even though they are about to go their separate ways thanks to the closure of their station ... thus setting up a StoryArc for Series 6:

*** ''Unman, Wittering and Zigo'' (1971, based on a 1958 radio play) is about a teacher called Mr Ebony who joins the staff of a boarding school as a replacement for a man who died in mysterious circumstances, [[spoiler: and comes to suspect that the pupils may have had a hand in his predecessor's death]]. Tellingly, the dead teacher in this episode is called Ivory.
*** ''Film/{{If}}'', especially in terms of the scene near the end [[spoiler: when one of the boys takes a rifle from the CCF armoury, makes his way to the bell tower and starts shooting at staff and pupils]].

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: There was never a far-right group called "Make Britain Greater", an organisation which seemingly exists as a TakeThat to more modern phenomena like Brexit and the Trump Presidency (this episode having been broadcast in 2018).

* TitleDrop: Morse tells his class to read from Ovid's ''[[Literature/TheMetamorphoses Ovid's Metamorphoses]]'' -- specifically, the story of Daedalus and Icarus.

* TitleDrop: Morse tells his class to read from [[Literature/TheMetamorphoses Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'']] -- specifically, the story of Daedalus and Icarus.

* ItsPersonal: Following the murder of [[spoiler: George Fancy]], the core team vow to find his killer:

* ShoutOut:

** One schoolmaster refers to a colleague at a previous school by the name of '[[Literature/{{Jennings}} Old Wilkie]]'.

** When Morse arrives at Coldwater, one of the teachers jokingly welcomes him to '[[Radio/BleakExpectations St Bastard's]]'.

* TitleDrop: Morse tells his class to read from [[Literature/TheMetamorphoses Ovid's Metamorphoses]] -- specifically, the story of Daedalus and Icarus.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that the opening music is a requiem (Haydn's "Requiem in C Minor" to be precise) may alert viewers to the prospect of a significant death in this episode.

After learning that Cowley police station is to close, Morse goes under cover as a teacher at Coldwater School, with Trewlove posing as his wife. They are there to investigate the disappearance of John Ivory, a teacher at the school. Morse is intrigued to find that gangster Eddie Nero's son, Brett, is one of the pupils.

* AlmostDeadGuy: After the shoot-out, Eddie Nero hangs on for long enough to point out the body of [[spoiler: George Fancy]] to Thursday.
-->'''Thursday''': [confronting the dying Eddie Nero in a room full of corpses] Drop the gun, Eddie.

-->'''Eddie Nero''': [making a great effort with his last breath] It ... wasn't ... me! [He dies, indicating, as he does, the hitherto-unseen dead body of [[spoiler: George Fancy]]]
* BaitAndSwitch: At the start, Bright announces that Cowley police station will close. We then see Morse arriving at a school to start work as a teacher. Has he resigned from the police? Turns out, no -- he's under cover.
* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Coldwater is one of these, with the teachers are seemingly as much or more at risk than the pupils...

-->'''Eddie Nero''': [making a great effort with his last breath] It... wasn't... me! [He dies, indicating, as he does, the hitherto-unseen dead body of [[spoiler: George Fancy]]]

* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Coldwater is one of these, although the teachers are seemingly more at risk than the pupils...

--->'''Bright''': I failed my men. The station gone. My brightest and best cast to the four winds and all is ... [sighs] ... brought to ruin.

-->'''Bright''': So few.
-->'''Morse''': Enough to give him justice!
-->'''Thursday''': We'll find the bastard, sir.
-->'''Bright''': Your word on it?
-->'''Thursday''': My oath!
-->'''Strange''': And mine.
-->'''Morse''': For [[spoiler: George]].

*** ''Unman, Wittering and Zigo'' (1971, based on a 1958 radio play) is about a teacher called Mr Ebony who joins the staff of a boarding school as a replacement for a man who died in mysterious circumstances, [[spoiler: and comes to suspect that the pupils may have had a hand in his predecessor's death]] (in this episode, the dead teacher is named as Mr Ivory).

** The turf war between Eddie Nero and Cromwell Ames ends [[spoiler: with a shoot-out that leaves Nero, Ames and most of their men dead; George Fancy, who had been detailed to trail Ames, is also dead although he was killed by a different gun from any of the others who were killed]].

** Morse's cover story when he is posing as a teacher is that he used to teach at Bamfylde, the school in R.F. Delderfield's novel ''ToServeThemAllMyDays''.

* DeathOfAChild: It's revealed that Bright and his wife had a daughter, Dulcie, who died young while they were still living in India.

** Cowley police station closes, splitting the core team.

* DownerEnding: Oh yes indeed. The three StoryArcs of this series come to grim conclusions...