Episode Listing:
Cherubim and Seraphim: Morse's step-niece commits suicide, and he takes compassionate leave. He starts to research her past to find the reason for it, and this confronts him with the generation gap. His investigation into the young girl's death leads him into an alien world of teenage hedonism: house parties, raves and designer drugs.
Deadly Slumber: The owner of a private hospital is found murdered in his car, after a series of anonymous threatening letters.
The Day Of the Devil: Morse and Lewis hunt a violent rapist who has escaped from prison. They find themselves drawn into an under-world of satanists, and some of them seem more respectable than others.
Twilight Of the Gods: A nasty but very rich business man and a world-famous opera singer are in Oxford to receive honorary degrees from the Chancellor of the University. However, the ceremony has to be abandoned when a sniper opens fire on the procession of dignitaries.
The Way Through the Woods: A man suspected of being a multiple murderer is killed in prison while on remand awaiting trial, leaving the disappearance of a fifth woman unsolved. The Daughters Of Cain: Murder strikes at the heart of the University when Dr Felix McClure, a retired college don, is found stabbed to death.
Death Is Now My Neighbour: A young woman is shot dead through her kitchen window one morning, and an anonymous valentine seems to be a clue to the killer's identity.
The Wench Is Dead: Morse collapses during a conference on Victorian crime and is admitted to hospital. To pass his time in bed, he reads a book about the famous Oxford Canal Murder of 1859. Morse becomes convinced there was a miscarriage of justice and he enlists the help of a young police recruit, as Lewis is away on a training course.
The Remorseful Day: After a year of baffled failure, the Police's investigation into the murder of Yvonne Harrison in a quiet Cotswold village is sparked into life by an anonymous letter which gives new information. Morse, who has been off sick, is under doctor's orders to cut back on his drinking or face the consequences, but few people realize just how bad the state of his health is when he comes back to active service.