While the events of the past few weeks have added tons of relevance to tonight's
Foyle's War, they've also made it difficult for me to view the episode with
anything close to detachment. This modern material
feels rather out of place in Foyle's noir world, but it's still compelling, and complicated enough that I wasn't able to second-guess the
narrative as much as usual.
The
episode starts with a young Jewish student, Daniel Woolf, ranting about Britain’s broken promises
to his people. His teacher, Elizabeth Addis (see last week’s episode), points
out that he’s being a bit cynical about his host-country, but as it turns out,
his criticisms may not have been strong enough. That’s foreshadowed when he
is assaulted right outside of the building by two thugs. Oddly, his
parents want to keep the whole incident quiet.
