Excellent, as always. I was sort of waiting for Colin dexter to give a nod to Morse's past. Being at Oxford would mean that his life touches different parts of society. And, to be honest, he seems less awkward here than he is with the police folks. There's a nod to the romance that he had during his Oxford days. To idealistic? I'm not sure the episode provides enough motivation as to why he decided to go back to that police life, except that he finds a father figure and like-minded integrity in Thursday and loves solving puzzles. But we knew that before. He clearly doesn't want to do the police work. I think the end decision of which path to take finally makes him decide to sit for the police exam. I thought it was an excellent episode, reflecting a bit on his earlier life and his life today. It seems like quite a chasm; no wonder he's a bit schizophrenic about it all.