Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception and is hospitalized. In the hospital, Supt. Strange, visits Morse to push him to take early retirement, while Dr. Millicent 'Millie' Van Buren gives him her book on a 140 year-old court case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of a young woman, Mrs Joanna Franks, traveling by canal boat from Coventry to London. The case resulted in three boatmen being sentenced to death and two of them hanged. Morse starts to read Millie's book and dreams about it. He soon has a number of problems with the case.
　　Why weren't the three men also charged with theft? Why did Mrs Franks take a boat instead of a train that was much faster and comfortable and only slightly more expensive? Why didn't she abandon the boat after she complained about lewd behavior of the crew at the shipping office in Banbury? Why did she then drink and 'socialise' with the crew? What happened to her 'carpet bag' with which she arrived on the boat but which was not mentioned in the court case, nor was it stored in the archives with her, almost empty, trunk? The trunk was marked with initials of her first husband who had died. How did it happen that her shoes were found on the boat but nobody saw her return to the boat from the forest?
　　PC Adrian Kershaw does some brilliant leg work for Morse. He studied history and has invaluable background knowledge. For instance, he mentions that the boatmen had bad reputation because they worked on Sundays and did not attend church. Later a chapel was built for them in Oxford.
　　The dead woman's clothes and the shoes found on the boat are submitted to modern forensic investigation. The result is that the shoes did not belong to the dead woman found in the water because she was much taller.The shoes were never used in the forest.
　　Only Mrs Franks' husband, Charles Franks, was called to identify the body of the dead woman. He claimed that, while her face was darkened and disfigured, he found a birth mark behind her ear. The prosecutor welcomed that information "that only a husband or a lover would know". The accused were not shown the body. The defense attorney merely claimed that the guilt of the three men was not proved. All three accused claimed to the end that they were innocent. One of them was not executed because he embraced Christianity in prison.
　　Morse instructs Kershaw to investigate if Charles Franks benefited from his wife's death and, indeed, he pocketed 300 pounds insurance money. Case closed: Charles Franks murdered a tall women and dropped her in the canal after meeting Joanna in the forest. If Joanna Franks jumped off the boat at the same time as the dead body hit the water, she swam to the bank and joined her husband. The couple changed their names, in the case of 'Charles Franks' a second time after he 'died' as Joanna's first husband. The fourth boatman, a youngster who was not charged, was probably paid by Joanna to give false testimony.
　　Morse travels to Ireland and has a grave of Joanna's first husband exhumed. The coffin contains bags of sand and some stones.

　　挪威系列剧《血旅怪谭》是一部黑色幽默历险记，其情节曲折，充满神秘色彩、荒诞笑料和病态幽默。而这些元素，将令这部原创剧集惊喜连连。每一集时长约为半小时。
　　《血旅怪谭》是一场通往未知的旅程，参与者不知道他们旅程的终点会是何方。每一集都是一个独立的故事，有自己的人物角色和不可预知的宇宙。唯一的共同点是，在序幕中，一辆神秘的巴士驶过一片荒凉之地。下车的乘客就是进入各自剧集的各个主要角色。
　　《血旅怪谭》将会是一部令人胆寒但又欢闹的电影，背景设定在一个真实而又怪异的宇宙中。这部剧集专为喜欢怪诞故事和恐怖情节的家庭成员打造。

　　追随著名的黑豹党的领导人【休伊·P·牛顿】的一生。在《逍遥骑士》背后的好莱坞制片人伯特·施奈德（Bert Schneider）以及其他一些名人激进分子的帮助下，他逃到了古巴，以避免因谋杀罪被起诉。

　　由Don Handfield及Richard Rayner主创的10集历史剧集《骑士陨落 Knightfall》讲述的是十字军中，圣殿骑士团的传奇故事。剧情描绘了骑士团在战场上的信念，忠诚，还有兄弟情，也会谈及为什么13号的黑色星期五会成为世界上最忌讳的日子。另外Jeremy Renner亦是该剧执行制片，曾有传他会客串演出（但未有肯定）。
　　Tom Cullen饰演Landry，是十字军东征的老将，圣殿骑士团的领导，他一直在探索基督教的最珍贵的宝物：圣杯。身手厉害﹑勇猛的他对上帝及自己的信心因在圣地战败而深深动摇，不过在圣杯失去多年踪影但突然再次传出它存在的消息后，令到他再次燃起斗志，并决心带领圣殿骑士团进入神秘﹑信仰﹑流血的冒险。
　　Bobby Schofield将会扮演Parsifal，一位平民之子，他本想加入圣殿骑士团寻求复仇，却在途中发现了更高的追求﹑Sabrina Bartlett将会扮演Isabella公主， Joan王后与Philip国王的女儿，她即将到来的婚礼将会帮助国家与法国建立政治联盟﹑Julian Ovenden将会扮演De Nogaret，Philip国王的权术律师以及左右手。
　　Sarah-Sofie Boussnina扮演Adelina，她在小时候被圣殿骑士团解救，现在却成了法国街头的盗贼﹑Padraic Delaney将扮演Gawain，曾经是圣殿骑士团最伟大的剑士，现在却和他原来所属的组织有了矛盾﹑Simon Merrells将扮演Tancrede，一个忠诚的老兵，对圣殿骑士团十分狂热。Olivia Ross扮演Joan女王，一个忠实的母亲、战士以及令人畏惧的外交家。

　　皮尔斯·布鲁斯南代替山姆·尼尔、出演AMC十集新剧《德州长子》。这是布鲁斯南时隔30多年、继1982年的探案系列剧《斯蒂尔传奇》后再次以男主身份重回小荧屏。该剧改编自菲利普·迈耶的同名小说，迈耶将担任编剧之一。剧集围绕美国德州一个家族的传奇兴衰血泪史展开，本月德州奥斯汀开机，明年播出。

　　MTV台已经预订了《少狼》第五季。
　　在周四的圣地亚哥动漫大会上，该剧执行制作人杰夫·戴维斯（Jeff Davis）透露这部电视剧已被预定了20集，将分为两部分播出。
　　在第四季初期加入该剧的迪伦·斯普雷贝利（Dylan Sprayberry）在第五季中将变为常规角色。

　　本剧主人公是一个绰号为“Fleabag”的单身女子（菲比·沃勒-布里奇 Phoebe Waller-Bridge 饰），故事围绕着Fleabag的伦敦生活展开。
　　她原本和最好的朋友Boo合伙在伦敦经营着一家咖啡厅，然而她的生活因好朋友的意外去世而发生变化。Fleabag的伦敦生活非常不如人意：和姐姐Claire（茜安·克利福德 Sian Clifford 饰）的关系疏远；爸爸选择和继母生活而忽视女儿；男朋友又一次提出分手；最让她难受的是，现在的生活看似早已恢复正常，但是昔日好朋友的身影时常闪现。往日和如今的场景相互交叠，暗涌的情绪找不到适当的宣泄口，Fleabag伦敦生活的走向会是如何……

　　该剧背景设定在一个任何事情都能成为你想象中那样成功的世界，内森·菲尔德让人们有机会为自己的生活排练，探讨一个人如何竭尽全力减少日常生活中的不确定性。菲尔德拥有一支建筑团队、一大批演员和以及看似无限的资源，他允许普通人通过精心设计制作模拟“排练”来为自己生活中最重要的时刻做准备。当一个失误可能会破坏你的整个世界时，为什么不让生活充满机遇？

　　一组年轻人重回到工作过的夏令营营地，意图掩盖五年前的一场意外。随着他们的到来，营地每天都有人意外死亡，究竟五年前发生了什么，谁又是凶手。

　　Netflix的伪纪录片剧《美国囧案 American Vandal》第二季确定在美国时间9月14日上线，这部获艾美奖提名及赢得皮博迪奖的剧集新季讲述，纪录片工作者Peter Maldonado及Sam Ecklund（Tyler Alvarez及Griffin Gluck饰演）被招来到一间天主教精英学校，他们将调查一宗引致学校多人腹泻的大型恶作剧事件。而有一匿名帐户「Turd Burglar」承认这次事件的责任，主角们得查出谁是幕后黑手。

　　该剧讲述25年前被困在红房间里的库珀被超自然力量释放回人间，当年双峰镇的居民早已衰老，而诡异的谋杀案件又出现了的故事。