Photo: Laurence Fox, left, and Kevin Whately on Inspector Lewis. Check your local listings as airings may differ. Alas, the Morse series is no longer on Acorn. Meanwhile, the Inspector Lewis and Endeavour series are available on Acorn. It’s now time for Hathaway to continue the circle for the legion of viewers who are fascinated by the British detectives. Inspector Lewis finds the calm Lewis showing the sometimes hotheaded Hathaway a different way of looking at criminals.Īs a bit of trivia, both Morse and Inspector Lewis ended after 33 episodes each. The intellectual snob Morse’s personality was balanced by Lewis’ working-class roots. The partnership of Lewis and Hathaway has been as intriguing as that of Morse and Lewis. He’s as keen, and even as insistent, as ever to solve murders.Īs Lewis looks at the end of his career, Hathaway deals with the fact that his estranged father is dying. But Lewis will not spend his remaining time on the job sitting at a desk and doing nothing. The Oxford detective is now looking at involuntary retirement-a plan by a chief superintendent trying to cut costs. But this final season finds Lewis himself on the way out. In Inspector Lewis, the former assistant became the boss with his own sidekick, Detective Sgt. Lewis’ compassion and frustration with murderers were a bonus that viewers relished. Inspector Lewis started with a solid fan base that has grown, and deepened, through the years.īased on the novels by British author Colin Dexter, Inspector Lewis employs the same rich setting-Oxford, England-and a perceptive look at its sometimes complex society. Meanwhile, we can enjoy the last of Inspector Lewis. The fourth season of Endeavour is planned for 2017. Now an inspector, he returns to Oxford and finds himself teamed. Set in 1965, the young detective was about to resign when he became involved in the case of a missing student. Lewis is back after the death of his long-time police partner Morse. The young Morse was portrayed by Shaun Evans. In 2012, viewers saw how Morse became the detective he was with the two-hour film Endeavour. When the Morse series ended, Kevin Whately reprised his role as Lewis, who, as these things go, was promoted from Detective Sergeant to Inspector. Inspector Robert “Robbie” Lewis started his career as a sidekick, of sorts, to his boss, Endeavour Morse, who was so winningly portrayed by John Thaw. Season 1: 3 18th February 2007 4th March 2007 Season 2: 4 24th February 2008 16th March 2008 Season 3: 4 22nd March 2009 12th April 2009 Season 4: 4 2nd May 2010 30th May 2010 Season 5: 4 3rd April 2011 24th April 2011 Season 6: 4 16th May 2012 6th June 2012 Season 7: 6 7th January 2013 11th February 2013 Season 8: 6 10th October 2014 14th. Inspector Lewis has become as beloved a series as was the original Morse, of which it is a spin-off.įor those who don’t know-or have forgotten-here’s a quick history. If you need a visual explanation on why the old-fashioned British mystery not only endures but thrives, just watch the ninth and final season of Inspector Lewis, now on PBS.
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