I like the show and have seen all the episodes of Morse and Lewis, and now Endeavour. This franchise is great, undoubtedly. However, some episodes do not reach the expected level, and this is one of those. The whole story is too unbelievable, starting with a tiger that leaves no footprints in the mud near the river and ending with Bright killing the tiger with a single shot. Somehow, the tiger that jumped at Morse was stopped by a single bullet to the side(!) and fell to the ground dead, not even reaching Morse by inertia, as if it hit a wall. The motivation for using the tiger to 'just scare' a guy in hopes that he will fall in love afterward doesn't make it any better.
The acting is great, and all other elements are up to par, but the plot makes this episode just mediocre.
The acting is great, and all other elements are up to par, but the plot makes this episode just mediocre.