Its also possible that she was looking for adventure, or simply wanted to see more of the world. Hes clearly besotted with Joan, who seems to genuinely enjoy herself with him, too. There is no definitive answer, as the character Joan Thursdays marriage is never mentioned in the television series Endeavour. Throughout the ITV series Endeavour, Morse (played by Shaun Evans) and Joan Thursday (Sara Vickers) have had an ongoing will-they, wont-they relationship. What happened to Fred Thursdays daughter in Endeavour? The crime scale will also be different, as Thames Valley's district is one of the largest territorial police forces in England, and the crimes of the City of Oxford will become the crimes of the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire,and Oxfordshire. "She wanted to know everything about her. Sean just does it so well that you totally buy into it, she added. Nothing makes my fangirl heart happier . Driving the roads of Oxford, swapping theories and saving the day. Series nine of Endeavour will see lead detectives, Morse and Fred Thursday (Roger Allam) playing out their last scenes together. Boring, perhaps, but reliable and solid in a way that the increasingly cynical and petulant Morse will never be. Filming begins on Endeavour S5 as 1968 looms heavy over Oxford, Endeavours continued tip of the hat to Morse is a fitting tribute to its predecessor, The cast of Endeavour discuss Shaun Evans, the actor, as Shaun Evans, the Director. Thursday and his wife Win (Caroline O'Neill) don't push her to come home, not understanding that all she wants is for them to ask. She was an active participant in the womans rights movement, and gave speeches in support of woman suffrage and equal rights for women. Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! The family lived in Portland and Boston, and Joan became involved in the social and charitable activities of both cities. There are many possible explanations for Joans disappearance. Endeavour series eight is airing on Sundays at 8pm on ITV. Morse popped the question after Joan turned to the detective after she was kicked out of her boyfriends house after her father discovered the man was married. Morse: How are you? Although I was on edge throughout in case anything happened to #Thursday. @Louisa_Mellor, Louisa Mellor is the Den of Geek UK TV Editor. "Its that thing in life, which I hope weve captured across the series if you think things are going to go on forever. ET. Sans moustache, Shaun Evans offers up a few surprises for Sundays S7 premiere of Endeavour on PBS! It is a prequel to the long-running Inspector Morse series. But is that a blessing or a curse? on PBS
Pictured: SHAUN EVANS as Dectective Sergeant Endeavour Morse ad ROGER ALLAM as Detective Chief Inspector Fred Thursday
Shaun Evans returns as the recently promoted Detective Sergeant Endeavour Morse. Roger Allam recently opened up to Ranvir Singh about the ITV series coming to an end, hinting a death for Fred could be on the cards. Good news shell be back! When Shaun Evans and I talk about it he always says to me, This is clearly all Joans fault and Im like, No, no, no, this is all your fault!'. Twitter user thebora_art wrote: I had a nightmare today. The year 1968 was a big one in UK police force history. According to Evans, the reason he left Oxford was because he was traumatized and upset by the failure of a romance that he had tried to pursue. The emotional tension between Morse and Joan Thursday was depicted in the fourth series of Endeavour. As Felix Lormier, Morse's old tutor at Oxford, so aptly put it this week: Morse has always had a weakness for the fairer sex. Rarely are prequels as beloved as Endeavour. One thing sure to drive an unmovable wedge between Morse and Fred Thursday would be if Morse were to mistreat Joan. There she became friends with William Lloyd Garrison and other abolitionists. Both Seasons 3 and 4 covered the year 1967. Endeavour Series 8 Episode 2 Review: Morse Haunted by Ghosts of His Past, Endeavour Series 8 Episode 1 Review: the Inspector Morse Transition Begins, Endeavours Russell Lewis on the shows longevity: Were getting very near the end, Endeavour's Morse callbacks and Colin Dexter Easter Eggs, Shazam! While most seasons of Endeavour leave the majority of personal revelations for the final episode, season five does a good job of incorporating plot points . Endeavour is the third of the Inspector Morse series following from the original Inspector Morse (1987-2000) and . Thursday is leaving. At five and a half minutes Endeavour drives to Thursday's house. WARNING! But while Morse will be facing changes in position, everything else will be in upheaval too. A Woman's Place Is In Your Face. "Thats also reflected in this job, its easy to think things go on and on and on, but they dont. Roger Allams DCI was invented solely for theInspector Morseprequel and is therefore absent from Morses later years. Will it be a case, Joan, or death that drives the final wedge between Morse and Thursday in Endeavour? Caroline Johns (@CiesseJay) March 11, 2018, #Endeavour Thursday survives!! IfEndeavours creator allows Joan to live, then theres another choice of potential victim: Fred. Endeavour grew up in Lincolnshire. And though Jim cant truly make head nor tail of Endeavour, hes even been a steady sort of friend, and flatmate, to him over the years. Series eight sees Joan, now a social worker caring for neglected children, accept a dinner dance invitation from Morses former flatmate and future superintendent Jim Strange. TheOxford City Police, who he works for, will be folded into theThames Valley Constabulary, which renames itselfThames Valley Police,the exact station he worked for in the original 1990sInspector Morse series. As a result, Joan would become disconnected from her audience, because she has been one of the shows most likable and relatable characters. Joan Thursday and Endeavour Morse cant end up together. However many times Fred tells Endeavour that theres more to life than coppering, its a lesson he never learns. So its all of those things. It was Detective Inspector Frederick Thursday (Roger Allam) who discovered Joan hiding with a married man. Violetta Talenti (real name unknown) is the secondary antagonist in the Series 7 of Endeavour. Even though Morse never marries, as far as we know, fans can still hope they find a way to be together, at least for a time. Peter Jakes/Endeavour Morse; Characters: Endeavour Morse; Peter Jakes; Fred Thursday; Reginald Bright; Jim Strange; Shirley Trewlove; Max Debyrn; Win Thursday; Joan Thursday; Sam Thursday; Dorothea Frazil . With DCI Thursday, only Russell Lewis knows what happens to him - which I think raises the stakes in our Endeavour story. If joining one of Oxfords many alternative (but murder-filled) communes and living out her days as a free spirits not an option, thats why Joan has to choose Strange over Morse the alternative could be too sad to bear. Shaun Evans (Endeavour Morse) has revealed to RadioTimes.com that Joan Thursday, the daughter of Endeavour's boss, Fred Thursday and played by Sara Vickers, would not be a part of . Praise be that Thursday made it and that #Endeavour will be back, but poor old George. Watch with Prime. . Things seemed awkward between the pair as they . (Actor Roger Allam, for one, is hoping that Thursday goes out in a spectacular death scene.) She died on June 14, 1873, in Boston. Of Thursdays many sayings, this one proves the least true in Endeavours case. The victim was engaged to be married and had a sister who spends time at a safe house for abused women run by Joan Thursday. After all, some coppers never do get to hang their Winchester over the fire place. Morse cannot coexist with its brother. The Inspector Morse prequel takes viewers back in time to 1960s and 1970s Oxford where the young Endeavour is learning the valuable lessons in crime-solving that we later saw him pass on in later life in the long-running Inspector Morse series (and Colin Dexter's . The series also sees the arrival of new recruit Detective Constable George Fancy, played by Lewis Peek, whom Morse has to reluctantly mentor. Win married Fred Thursday in November, 1941 before he was shipped out to Africa; as she explained to Joan, they were married and permitted to go on honeymoon for one weekend before he had to return to the war. As fans of the original series will know, Morse never did get married, something he regrets and looks back on often. 2-min read. It may not be what fans want, but if Joan cant have Endeavour (and we know that she cant), then she deserves to find comfort with DS Jim Strange. He had a comfortable life as a detective inspector with the Oxford City Police, a loving wife, and a promising future. Both Joan Thursday and Endeavour are excellent performers. Season four of Endeavour saw a moment where Morse proposed to Joan Thursday (Sara Vickers) in an emotionally-charged scene. When Fred asked Morses neighbour Monica to check in on him and call night or day if he needed him, he may have said he was just a colleague, but thats not so. Season four of Endeavour saw a moment where Morse proposed to Joan Thursday (Sara Vickers) in an emotionally-charged scene. But those hints turned out to be a red herring when, due to Oxford City Police cutbacks, the Cowley police station was closed down and Thursdays anticipated permanent clocking off from work had to be delayed. Let's look at where things stand from the fall of 1967, at the end of Season 4. Plenty, if she knows whats good for her, which Joan seems to of late. Judging by the cynical, heavy-drinker Endeavour becomes, in that case Miss Thursday would surely have made the right choice, though thats a chicken-and-egg situation if ever there were one. Theres this odd game that Joan and Endeavour have been playing for a long time with him being kind of closed off and not quite putting his cards on the table, she said. He remains unmarried after Joan turns down his advances. Joan ended up in hospital when the pregnancy was lost, after a doubtless euphemistic fall. As a now Detective Sargent, he will no longer be the junior partner of Thursday but promoted into a DS position where he is given a green DC of his own. Season 9 of Endeavour will, as per usual see Endeavour Morse (played by Evans) and Fred Thursday (Allam) investigate a brand-new case that . Endeavour has had lots of dalliances along the way and Joans had one difficult relationship with a married man so you knew that was never going to end well, READ MORE:Jonathan Ross' daughter diagnosed with 'debilitating' health condition. One of the things that the show has always been preoccupied with is the world changing around our heroes, said Timmer. Endeavour launches four riveting new mysteries in all-new season on Sunday, June 16! Granted, it came after Morse, but there was a lot of nice continuity between the two series, even though there were characters created who didn't appear (and are never mentioned) in the original . Hes family. You have to look a bad thing in the eye. Photo: PBS Masterpiece/ITV. Morse has had his share of failures in his life, but Joan has succeeded in doing so. Colin Dexters Inspector is destined to remain unmarried and to live out his days alone, in the very house thatEndeavourfans saw him buy in the series six finale. But for some reason, she felt that she had to leave Oxford and start over somewhere else. PBS has yet to reveal exactly when the new season will air stateside. "Things end, relationships end, jobs end, life ends. The shame and pain would surely be enough for Morse to want to close a door on the Thursday family in his mind, while their grief could send Fred and Win away from Oxford and the memories it holds. Thats the unavoidable truth casting a pall over their every encounter. Last 10 minutes spent barely breathing and hoping he survives, Fred Thursday lives to fight another day. Endeavour Morse is back on the case. Photo: PBS Masterpiece/ITV Unfortunately, when the 7th series of Endeavour premieres at 8p this coming Sunday on ITV, it will be without an integral member of the cast. What was wrong with John Thaws right leg? Morse popped the question after Joan turned to the detective after she was kicked out of her boyfriend's house after her father discovered the man was married. Twitter user Chocolate-Hearted Cub wrote: Honestly though, it's lovely to see Joan happy. Goodbye Trewlove pic.twitter.com/qPCwsGTMLB, Dakota Blue Richards (@DakotaBlueR) March 11, 2018. It's also possible that she was looking for adventure, or simply wanted to see more of the world. She assisted her husband in his fraudulent company and murder as well as his scheme in manipulating Morse. Her character appears to be getting more mature as she gets married because she has finally found a place in the world that she has been looking for. Talk about a cliffhanger. When Thursday joins in the chorus, Morse almost takes their advice. A man only gets one father, Fred Thursday told Morse inEndeavourseries one, when the young officer was demurring about returning home to attend his dads deathbed. Morse, an alcoholic depressive, was cruel to Hancock and their daughter Joanna, as well as Abigail (by his first marriage to wealthy Sally Alexander) and Melanie, because they were married to Alec Ross. Morse's wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident, and the tragedy pushed him over the edge. Even with such devotion, the Endeavour looks to be winding down. Read the full interview in this week's Radio Times - out now. For editorial use only. But, meanwhile, the changes will be hard. "When I started dating my wife, Joan was eager to meet her," said Cassara. Of Thursday's many sayings, this one proves the least true in Endeavour's case. Her life has turned out well in the end because she has used her experiences to make meaningful changes. Whether in this series or the next, something is going to happen to make Morse never again mention the name Fred Thursday. The former Detective Constable Endeavour Morse (ShaunEvans) will have a new title when he returns to our screens, having passed his Sargent's exam at the end of last season.