'Endeavour' Season 5, Episode 4 Recap: Colours

This week's Endeavour puts Morse and Strange together on an investigation when Thursday is deemed "too close" to a model's murder.

Marcus X: The motion before this esteemed house calls for all settled immigrants to return to their ancestral lands. So, that being the case, I have to say, 'After you.'

Before we dive into this week's doozy of a mystery, we should take a moment to recognize how much has come to a head at this, the midway point of the season. Over the first three episodes of Season 5, the show has alluded to the immigration and racism issues of the latter 1960s, the "old world-new world" of the last generation, the up and comers of this one (and how Morse is firmly planted in the old one), and the politics of it all. But nowhere does this all come together more perfectly than in the opening to this week's episode, with the Thursdays returning to the ballroom dancing competitions of their youth, Morse and his now-girlfriend, photographer Claudine (Claire Ganaye) attending an Oxford debate on racism between Fascist sympathizer Charity Mudford, Lady Bayswater (Caroline Goodall) and activist Marcus X (Marcus Griffiths), all while an Army barracks prepares for their daily routine.