“I am really enjoying the Inspector Lewis series. They are so well done.”
I only stumbled onto the Inspector Lewis series when I accidentally
caught the last 30 minutes of the episode that aired (here in Mid-Missouri)
this Sunday night. (It was the episode that, if I understand correctly,
involved a foster-mother that had an intimate relationship with a
foster-child.)
I was somewhat (happily) suprised that Lewis’ partner (and Lewis) got
involved in a lot of comment on C.S. Lewis’ writings as part of
their investigation.
Maybe I’m confused by only seeing 30 minutes of one episode, but
has Lewis’ partner in a way replaced “Morse” as the “deep thought”
partner that Morse was in the original “Morse” series?
Thanks in advance if you post any comment on my (probably confused) observation.
Lewis’ partner, Det. Sgt. Hathaway, is a former divinity student at Cambridge. He plays jazz fusion guitar, while Lewis is now into classical music! In the first episode, Lewis caught Hathaway doing a crossword puzzle and said, “Aw, not you, too!” That whole episode you saw the end of was based on the Oxford crowd that wrote fantasy fiction, C.S. Lewis, Tolkein, and others. Hathaway (and the guy who got killed) also quoted Sophocles in that one. I love it.
FYI: If you go to PBS.org, I believe you will be able to watch the full episode that you caught the end of, and the episode from the previous week. But as far as I know, they only post two episodes at a time, so I think you’re outta luck on the earlier ones until they air them again.