Lewis and Hathaway found themselves questioning Dr Hobson's past in Falling Darkness, during which she ended up being buried alive by the real killers. Follow her on Twitter all of Leslie Gilbert Elman’s posts for Criminal Element.Lewis with Hathaway Hathaway discovered who it was that had killed Lewis' wife in a hit-and-run. Leslie Gilbert Elman is the author of Weird But True: 200 Astounding, Outrageous, and Totally Off the Wall Facts. See also: Inspector Lewis: “Beyond Good and Evil” (Yes, they’ve said that before, but I think they mean it this time!) If this really is the end, it’s off to a promising start.
There’s so much ground to cover, and this series is going to be the last of Lewis. (Remember Philip? You just saw him in Endeavour.) That’s bound to bring up some feelings James would prefer to ignore. His father, Philip, is in a care facility suffering from dementia. More James Hathaway and his complicated personal life. These are all the things we love about Lewis, including Lewis himself slogging through hours of performance art videos (gah!) to reach a breakthrough-because Robbie Lewis is the definition of dogged, and in Lewis, dogged always wins. Writer Helen Jenkins, who also wrote the Lewis episodes “ Entry Wounds” and “ Intelligent Design,” has given us a puzzler with the best sort of classic clues: a missing necklace, heraldic crests, old photos, poetry, journals, and pompous academics. If he’s right (and you know he is), who’s in the frame for the crime? Her creepy boss, the taxidermist? The taxidermist’s smarmy nephew, who also happens to be her agent? Her sister, the video blogger? The law student with cuts on his face and a sketchy explanation for how they got there?Īnd, what could this possibly have to do with our unidentified man down the well? (Because you know they’re connected somehow!) Hathaway thinks it looks more like a staged murder than a death by misadventure. Not entirely implausible, but suspicious just the same. This time, the deceased is a 20-something psychology student/artist who appears to have overdosed on heroin. Reliably then, within 12 minutes of the start, Lewis, Hathaway, and Maddox are called to investigate body number 2. The case isn’t exactly cold, but it’s lukewarm and possibly not enough to keep everyone busy. It takes Maddox no time at all to find out that the body down the well was put there in 2012 at the earliest. What do you make of him?” Moody asks Hathaway, proverbial fat-trimming knife at the ready. “This guy they dragged back from retirement. “Call Me Joe” has been on the job five minutes-replacing our old pal Jean Innocent (Rebecca Front), who’s gone to Suffolk-and he’s looking to trim the fat. Joe Moody looking to trim the fat.Of course, if Lewis were to retire, it would make the new boss DCI Joseph Moody (Steve Toussaint) very happy. Still, there always seems to be another dead body…or two…to lure Lewis and Hobson back into action. Lewis’s partner in crime-solving, James Hathaway (Laurence Fox), is now a detective inspector and DS Lizzie Maddox (Angela Griffin) has proven herself to be a capable addition to the team. They’d be leaving the Oxford police in good hands. Hobson have been kicking around the idea of retirement for ages. We got another series of Lewis on Masterpiece Mystery.Ĭomfortably ensconced, Lewis and Dr. She might not have gotten what she wished for, but Lewis fans did. “Do we make a wish?” asks Lewis, peering down into the old stone well where the body was stashed. It’s enough to send police cars screaming to the scene, followed at a slightly less frantic pace by Inspector Lewis (Kevin Whately) and his no-longer-unrequited love, pathologist Laura Hobson (Clare Holman). Archaeological excavations are underway at Oxford, and the student diggers have unearthed something they probably didn’t expect to find: a dead body wrapped in recycling bags.