Museendeavour : Season 5 Episode 1 May 2026

The episode draws heavily on the work of 17th-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, particularly her depictions of Judith Beheading Holofernes and Jael and Sisera .

The murders are committed by Ruth Astor, a telephone operator who was gang-raped by members of an elite Oxford dining club known as "The Berserkers". Ruth uses her position at the switchboard to track these men through their calls to a high-class call girl, Eve Thorne, staging their deaths as poetic, artistic retribution for her trauma. Themes of Institutional Change MuseEndeavour : Season 5 Episode 1

The central conflict of "Muse" revolves around a string of murders that recreate scenes from famous paintings, specifically those depicting biblical heroines taking revenge on powerful men. The episode draws heavily on the work of