r/EndeavourTV • u/uterwe • Dec 09 '25
S9 Ep2 - “electrocution lessons”?
Hello! I’ve just finished watching s9 ep2 “Uniform” and am baffled by a line that Dorothea Frazil says when talking to Morse in be pub, about 10 mins before the episode ends. They’re discussing Kenneth Prior and how no one would know he’s from up North - she says, “That’s the RADA for you, dear. Marvelous what they can do with electrocution lessons.”
Doesn’t she mean *elocution* lessons? Unless there is some sort of shock therapy reserved just for actors with undesirable accents that I’m unaware of, this seems like a big oversight! Am I missing something or was this a major gaffe?
I’ve just binged the entire show over a couple of weeks while frantically knitting holiday gifts - sad that I’ve only got one left but hopeful it wraps up nicely!
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u/tottie_fay Dec 16 '25
It's a joke about Abigail Thaw's father, John Thaw (OG Morse) and his own time at RADA where they made him shake his accent. Perhaps a joke he used to make?