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.

　　在2003年入侵伊拉克的前夜，波特带领一组特种部队参与解救人质的行动，因不忍而放过持枪的当地童兵，结果同队的伙伴被杀害，连他和卡林森都受伤且损失惨重。七年后，波特得以重回战场，作出补偿。

　　在《好莱坞教父》最后一季中，桑迪·柯明斯基（奥斯卡影帝迈克尔·道格拉斯饰）不得不面对晚年没有老朋友诺曼·纽兰德（奥斯卡影帝艾伦·阿金饰）陪在身边的事实。桑迪的前妻罗兹·沃兰德尔（获奥斯卡金像奖提名的凯瑟琳·特纳饰）来洛杉矶探望女儿明迪（莎拉·贝克饰），顺便看女儿的男友马丁（保罗·雷瑟饰）。她来了之后，这对离异夫妇的关系进一步恶化，生活变得更加复杂。这一季的《好莱坞教父》主题包括金钱、死亡、爱情、谋杀和梦想成真。换句话说，一如从前。丽莎·艾德尔斯汀、艾米丽·奥斯蒙特、格雷厄姆·罗杰斯和海利·乔·奥斯蒙再次客串他们的角色。荣获金球奖的单镜头剧集《好莱坞教父》搞笑又感人，每集时长半小时，由 9 次荣获艾美奖提名的查克·罗瑞倾情打造。本片由罗瑞、阿尔·希金斯和道格拉斯担任监制，Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. 与 Warner Bros. Television 共同制作。第三季（即最后一季）共六集。

　　ABC正式宣布续订《童话镇》第五季。

　　Syfy宣布《双螺旋》获得第二季13集续订的消息。

　　《血族》是改编自吉尔莫·德尔·托罗和ChuckHogan联合出版的同名小说，由吉尔莫·德尔·托罗执导，寇瑞·斯托尔、大卫·布莱德利、米亚·梅塞德罗、西恩·奥斯汀、凯文·杜兰。卡尔顿·库思等主演的吸血鬼题材电视剧。
　　该剧讲述了一架与地面失去通讯联络且没有任何生命迹象的波音777客机降落在肯尼迪国际机场，美国疾病控制与预防中心生化威胁调查专家奉命赶到现场调查，他发现了一种新型寄生虫，当局解除隔离，一场吸血鬼大灾难即将到来。该剧第一季于2014年7月13日在美国FX电视台播出。
　　《血族》第三季的战场将会设置在纽约，被联邦政府放弃的纽约市民将如何自救生存?吸血鬼和人类究竟谁将赢得这场战役?与此同时，“始祖”所制造的不可阻挡的转化也在逐渐走向成功。

　　Based on the bestselling Inspector Stanhope books by award-winning writer Ann Cleeves, Vera and her team are drawn into four more compelling mysteries, including the death of a wildlife ranger, left alone overnight on a remote and inaccessible island. Set around Newcastle and the stunning Northumberland countryside, Vera features complex and intriguing cases, atmospherically-shot landscapes and captivating performances, led by BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actress Brenda Blethyn as the unorthodox but brilliant DCI Vera Stanhope.

　　ABC正式宣布续订《初来乍到》第二季。

　　FOX宣布续订《驻院医生 The Resident》第五季。

　　这是一群生活在匹兹堡男人和男人，女人和女人的故事。在他们的王国里有各色人物。王国的国王Brian（葛尔•哈罗德 Gale Harold 饰），只追求性不问爱； Michael（哈尔•斯帕克斯 Hal Sparks 饰），暗恋青梅竹马的Brian多年；Ted（斯科特•洛威尔 Scott Lowell 饰）自认为毫无魅力，比起实践更喜欢理论；Emmett（彼得•派格 Peter Paige 饰），爱打扮且自信满满。
　　某个夜晚，Brian正准备带着刚捕获的猎物回家享用，却在路上与一双夹杂着迷茫、不安、好奇的眼睛相遇，那是一双属于少年的眼睛，让Brian有了征服的欲望。于是Brian决定把这个叫做Justin（兰迪•哈里森 Randy Harrison 饰）的少年带回家。对于Brian，这只是稀疏平常的一夜，但对于Justin则是一个全新的世界。而这场相遇开启了一段段或香艳，或感人、或无奈的故事，不夸张不极端，真实亦如凡人。

　　Dutch detective Van der Valk is called in to investigate the grisly and theatrical murder of a solicitor. As a cryptic note discovered within her jacket alludes to further murders, the race is on to undercover the truth.

　　在美国东海岸迈阿密，一个打着三份工抚养孩子女人，遇见了一个拿着微薄薪水不断在现实里挣扎的女人。肤色于她们羁绊也是锁链，说唱于她们是梦想又是天堂。（@秃炮怪字幕组）