Twilight of the Gods (Inspector Morse)
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"Twilight of the Gods" is an episode of the British
United Kingdom
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 television detective mystery show Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (TV series)
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes....

dramatized on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

. It was first broadcast in 1993.

Set-Up

Neville Grimshaw, an investigative journalist, is found shot dead. Opera diva Gwladys Probert (Sheila Gish
Sheila Gish
Sheila Gish was a British stage and television actress.She was born Sheila Anne Gash in Lincoln, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made her stage debut with a repertory company....

), is shot by a sniper during an academic procession which is witnessed by Morse and Sergeant Lewis
Inspector Lewis
Robert "Robbie" Lewis is a fictional character in the Inspector Morse crime novels by Colin Dexter. The "sidekick" to Morse, Lewis is a Detective Sergeant in the Thames Valley Police, and appears in all 13 Morse novels. In the television adaptation, Inspector Morse, he is played by Kevin Whately...

.

Investigation

Morse and Lewis discover that Grimshaw was investigating Andrew Baydon (Robert Hardy), a prospective major benefactor of the college. As the investigation unfolds the two shootings are found to be related.

Conclusion

Baydon (real name Anders Bagdonas), a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, is revealed as a collaborator and guard. He ordered the killing of Grimshaw. Victor Ignotas, a survivor of the same camp, unintentionally shot Probert in attempting to kill Baydon.
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