Ambientada en la década de los años 60, el programa sigue a Endeavour Morse en sus primeros años como policía. Trabajando junto a su socio mayor, el DI Fred Thursday, Morse realiza una serie de investigaciones en Oxford.

An unscrupulous District Attorney is savagely murdered and tossed out of a building onto his brand new car. Mysteriously, the District Attorney and his car come back to life as a single being with a thirst for vengeance.