# Foyle's War **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790 "2012-10-05T09:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RonTheElderlawLawyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90ced4/32.png) [@RonTheElderlawLawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RonTheElderlawLawyer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/1 "2012-10-05T09:49:13Z")
I am new to TSD on-line, tho a TSD fan since at least the 1970s, probably because I am an old fart and don’t care much for this new-fangled techno stuff, so bear with me. I recently discovered _ **Foyle’s War** _ and wonder if others here share my fascination with this model of civilized manliness, and what it is that makes him so attractive as a model - his unrighteous rectitude, his competence, his quiet passion … I try to imagine him crossing paths with another fictional hero, Rick Blaine. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/2 "2012-10-05T10:26:18Z")
Ron, this probably belongs more in the Cafe Society area so I’ve reported it for the Mods to change the forum. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/3 "2012-10-05T10:40:02Z")
Also, if you’re going to use a non-standard initialism, please define it first. Checking Google I still don’t know what TSD is supposed to be. Edit: Never mind, worked it out: “The Straight Dope”:smack: Point still stands though. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/4 "2012-10-05T11:02:48Z")
I clicked on this thread thinking who in the world could be pitting this series, it’s excellent! > [@](#): > > this model of civilized manliness, and what it is that makes him so attractive as a model - his unrighteous rectitude, his competence, his quiet passion nice way to put this - I was just thinking he’s one sexy dude. also, the setting fascinates. generally, when I am reading/watching something set during the war it’s focus is not “regular” life, if you know what I mean. I look forward to most posts in cafe… ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/5 "2012-10-05T13:00:48Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > I clicked on this thread thinking who in the world could be pitting this series, it’s excellent! Me too! I thought maybe the OP had almost gotten away with murder up at the manor way back in the 1940s but that meddling Foyle had ruined it all. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/6 "2012-10-05T13:28:20Z")
I was also curious why anyone would be angry about _Foyle’s War_. I mean, the actors playing Americans often do a comically bad job with the accent, but otherwise, this show is pretty awesome. My wife and I have spent many happy evenings watching it. “Civilized manliness” is a great description of Foyle. I love his calm demeanor and his way of asking innocuous-sounding questions like “Have I?” when someone thinks they’re outsmarting him. He’s just so dignified and unflappable. Oh, I do have one minor gripe. Milner moves around awfully well for someone who is supposed to have a 1940s-era prostetic foot (or leg?). He just has this little limp and you can tell both feet move pretty normally when he walks. It seems like they could have given the actor some kind of boot or something that would have kept his ankle from articulating around like an uninjured person’s. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/7 "2012-10-05T14:11:23Z")
But you’ll notice that as the series goes on, Milner limps less and less. 🙂 I love Foyle’s War. Especially Honeysuckle Weeks, who is the cutest and spunkiest actress ever. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/8 "2012-10-05T15:02:21Z")
Even the music is awesome in Foyle’s War. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/9 "2012-10-05T15:04:50Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Ron, this probably belongs more in the Cafe Society area so I’ve reported it for the Mods to change the forum. Moved to Cafe Society from The BBQ Pit. And welcome to the board, **RonTheElderlawLawyer**. I hope you’re not one of _those_ kind of Rons… ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/10 "2012-10-05T15:20:47Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > But you’ll notice that as the series goes on, Milner limps less and less. 🙂 > > I love Foyle’s War. Especially Honeysuckle Weeks, who is the cutest and spunkiest actress ever. Isn’t Honesuckle Weeks a great name? ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/11 "2012-10-05T16:36:11Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > But you’ll notice that as the series goes on, Milner limps less and less. 🙂 > > I love Foyle’s War. Especially Honeysuckle Weeks, who is the cutest and spunkiest actress ever. Cute, spunky redheads in 1940s fashions. I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/12 "2012-10-05T16:45:49Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > Isn’t Honesuckle Weeks a great name? Honestly. She could be ugly as a warthog and still be attractive based on name alone. And she is most certainly NOT ugly as a warthog. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/13 "2012-10-05T17:37:59Z")
I’m glad you posted. It reminded me to check again if Foyle’s War had shown up yet in Netflix streaming. Indeed it has! And so has [Wish Me Luck](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135738/), so I can finally find out what happens after the season 1 cliffhanger! ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/14 "2012-10-05T18:49:51Z")
It’s such a classy series and perfectly cast. ---
**Author:** ![Dublin11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dublin11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dublin11)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/15 "2012-10-05T19:19:57Z")
I love it. Michael Kitchen is so very calm and measured and utterly right for the role. He can do more with a wry twitch of his lip than a lot of other actors can do with a whole page of dialogue. The thing that always amuses me is that the telly programmes of Foyle’s War actually went on for longer than the real war did. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/16 "2012-10-05T21:55:10Z")
So happy to see this thread, since I am currently obsessed with Foyle’s War. BTW, in case anyone was not aware, they are currently filming [three new episodes](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/02/foyles-war-returns-three-new-films-for-2013.html) that should air on PBS in the summer of 2013. Also, if you have Amazon Prime, all episodes are available free, and with none of the PBS cuts. I love this quote from the L.A. Times reviewer > [@](#): > > “Though he is small and quiet for a TV cop, he possesses a fearsome decency, not to be swayed by rank or authority, that borders on the superheroic. He’s clear-sighted and dogged, courteous where it’s merited and cutting where it’s not, and it is pure joy to watch him go.” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/17 "2012-10-06T03:05:59Z")
I watched the first episode tonight! I never thought before about a detective series where a plane might sail over at any moment, drop some bombs and blow the shit out of everything around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/18 "2012-10-06T03:38:28Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > So happy to see this thread, since I am currently obsessed with Foyle’s War. BTW, in case anyone was not aware, they are currently filming [three new episodes](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/02/foyles-war-returns-three-new-films-for-2013.html) that should air on PBS in the summer of 2013. > > Also, if you have Amazon Prime, all episodes are available free, and with none of the PBS cuts. > > I love this quote from the L.A. Times reviewer You have made me unreasonably happy, both for the news of new stories and the bit about Amazon Prime. I never take advantage of that, but I think I’m going to have to! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/19 "2012-10-06T04:34:31Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > …Oh, I do have one minor gripe. Milner moves around awfully well for someone who is supposed to have a 1940s-era prostetic foot (or leg?). He just has this little limp and you can tell both feet move pretty normally when he walks. It seems like they could have given the actor some kind of boot or something that would have kept his ankle from articulating around like an uninjured person’s. People in WWII England sure had alot of nice, well kept lawns. One would imagine they’d turn them into Victory gardens or something. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790/20 "2012-10-06T07:51:37Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Honestly. She could be ugly as a warthog and still be attractive based on name alone. And she is most certainly NOT ugly as a warthog. Indeed not, and I for one would do her until she fell apart. 🆒 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foyles-war/636790.md?page=2)