Foyle must find out if there was a traitor within the SOE after Hilda Pierce is shot in an attempted assassination.Foyle must find out if there was a traitor within the SOE after Hilda Pierce is shot in an attempted assassination.Foyle must find out if there was a traitor within the SOE after Hilda Pierce is shot in an attempted assassination.
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- TriviaThe piano music being heard under the titles, played on the piano, and on the radio is "Für Elise." Elise was Sophie's code name when she went to France as a British intelligence agent. There's another irony as "Für Elise" was written by Beethoven in 1810 but not published until 1867, forty years after his death. Elise was a pseudonym for the composer's "Immortal Beloved," whose real identity is often speculated on.
- GoofsA letter starts "Dear Ms Pierce".
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[final lines of episode and of whole series - Samantha has a quiet word with Foyle after the funeral]
Samantha Wainwright: [diffidently] Sir...
Christopher Foyle: Yes?
Samantha Wainwright: Um...
Christopher Foyle: Problem?
Samantha Wainwright: No, I just wanted to tell you something.
Christopher Foyle: What's that?
Samantha Wainwright: I hate letting you down, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to hand in my notice. The fact is... well, you could say I'm... PWP.
Christopher Foyle: Pregnant without permission?
Samantha Wainwright: 'Fraid so.
Christopher Foyle: Well, you choose your moments!
Samantha Wainwright: I wanted to get it over with.
Christopher Foyle: Good thinking.
Samantha Wainwright: So it means I'm going to be rather... busy for a while.
Christopher Foyle: Well, I do understand.
Samantha Wainwright: I don't like to leave you on your own.
Christopher Foyle: Well I *might* be OK. I don't about the rest of the country, but...
Samantha Wainwright: I'd really like it if you- if you'd be the godfather.
[Foyle stops walking and turns to face Samantha]
Christopher Foyle: Honoured.
Samantha Wainwright: Thank you.
Christopher Foyle: Pleasure.
[Samantha hugs Foyle and kisses him on the cheek, then walks off to her husband; Foyle smiles contentedly to himself]
- SoundtracksFur Elise
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (in 1810 but unpublished until 1867, 40 years after his death)
Heard on piano under main titles
The story opens with Hilda Pierce (Ellie Haddington) being shot. The man who pulled the trigger shouted 'Elise.'
Elise was the name of a young SOE operative who was captured by the Germans when she immediately arrived in France. Foyle discovers that the SOE was compromised and it was covered up. People sent on missions were sent to their deaths. This is something Hilda Pierce has had difficulties living with even though she survives the the shooting attempt.
The second strand of the story was more ham-fisted. It has a terrible performance from Leo Gregory as the on the up black marketeer and wide boy Damian White. It was the kind of performance where the security service should had just taken him around the back and had him shot.
White owns a golf club, he has nobbled the local police chief and is seen mixing with a Soviet agent. When Sam's politician husband complains about people profiting from the black market to his local police chief, he soon finds himself arrested for having dodgy goods in his house.
It is up to Sam with a clever device to come to her husband's rescue and save his political career. At the same time Foyle is investigating the White's association with a Soviet agent. It was all rather clunky and clumsily crowbarred into the story. A slightly disappointing end to the series.
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- Dec 20, 2019
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