{"id":30319,"date":"2023-02-21T14:11:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T13:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1789267"},"modified":"2023-02-21T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:51:13","slug":"endeavour-star-talks-huge-crisis-that-will-impact-thursday-family-2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/endeavour-star-talks-huge-crisis-that-will-impact-thursday-family-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Endeavour star talks \u201chuge crisis\u201d that will impact Thursday family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Roger Allam has given us further insight into what fans can expect in this final season of Endeavour. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Cormack\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 21 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>As <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/endeavour-season-9-ending-itv-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Endeavour\u2019s ninth and final season<\/a> airs on our screens this Sunday (26th February), it\u2019s safe to say that many fans are wondering just how the beloved <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/endeavour-final-season-first-look-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">long-running ITV drama<\/a> will wrap up.<\/p>\n<p>We already know that there will be surprises aplenty in store for viewers, but when it comes to Fred Thursday (<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/radio\/joanna-lumley-roger-allam-conversations-from-a-long-marriage\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Roger Allam<\/a>) and Endeavour Morse\u2019s (<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/delia-balmer-itv-drama-cast-announcement-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Shaun Evans<\/a>) relationship, many of us are waiting on tenterhooks to see how it will end.<\/p> <p>Chatting to <a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press about the new season, Allam spoke about how there will be \u201ca bit of a crisis\u201d in the Thursday family, especially in regards to his own son Sam (played by Jack Bannon).<\/p>\n<p>He admitted: \u201cI mean, there is a bit of a crisis with Sam. There\u2019s my actual son who\u2019s drinking far too much this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, there\u2019s a huge crisis in the family because of the drinking and the chaos that ensues from that. But things are alright with Joan,\u201d he continued, referring to his on-screen daughter played by <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/sara-vickers-endeavour-joan-thursday-exclusive\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sara Vickers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/endeavourseries9film105-6cc8868.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/endeavourseries9film105-6cc8868.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/endeavourseries9film105-6cc8868.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1784668\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/endeavourseries9film105-6cc8868.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Roger Allam as DI Fred Thursday and Shaun Evans as Endeavour Morse in Endeavour.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The return of Sam in this season is set to be vital to the underlying plot line of the series\u2019s finale, with Allam hinting that it leads to things becoming \u201crocky\u201d between Endeavour and Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He added:\u00a0\u201cUnless I tell you the story of the other two episodes, I mean, it is very, very, rocky. And there is something \u2013 something goes wrong in it that means that, in the end, results in a kind of parting of the ways for Morse and Thursday. So it\u2019s big, it\u2019s massive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/endeavour-star-subtle-tribute-inspector-morse-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Endeavour star teases \u201csubtle\u201d tribute to Morse in final ever scenes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/jodie-whittaker-one-night-paramount-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Jodie Whittaker to lead new drama in first role since Doctor Who<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>We know that the beloved father-son-like relationship between our leading investigators has to come to a close, not least because fans will know that John Thaw\u2019s Morse never mentions a man called Fred Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Previously speaking to ITV about the final season, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/endeavour-star-cant-please-everyone-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Evans himself admits<\/a> that Sam\u2019s return does lead to a sense of \u201cisolation\u201d for his character going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Sam returns after serving with the British Army in Northern Ireland, but speaking about how his return impacts Fred and Endeavour, Evans said: \u201cWe\u2019ve spoken before about the surrogate father and son relationship between Endeavour and Thursday. But in this season Sam, Thursday\u2019s real son, comes back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is not in a great place and needs all of Thursday\u2019s attention. That further isolates and pushes Endeavour outside of that particular family circle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThursday is not his father and Morse is not Thursday\u2019s son. He is on his own. That all offers something interesting and new. Jack Bannon, who plays Sam, is fantastic. It was so lovely to welcome Jack back. He is a brilliant actor.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6320537285112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p><strong>Endeavour returns to ITV1 on Sunday 26th February at 8pm. Seasons 1-8 are\u00a0available to stream on <a href=\"\/\/www.itv.com\/watch\/endeavour\/2a1229?gclid=CjwKCAiA9NGfBhBvEiwAq5vSyxPCif6BZXZdqZW3OeenZKQZaJb3DKVDL6lzwQi8iOnuIoz58k7I4RoCxJoQAvD_BwE&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">ITVX<\/a> now. 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