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Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Lewis Season 8 Episode 6 - Beyond Good and Evil (2)
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Beyond Good and Evil (2)

    S8:E6

    Hathaway and Maddox continue to investigate the murder of Travis as the trail leads back to Lewis’s original case. The two detectives attempt to prevent another murder and Lewis sees himself isolated and alone with his reputation in jeopardy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Lewis Season 2 Episode 4 - The Great and the Good
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #2 - The Great and the Good

    S2:E4

    A rape case appears to be solved when the chief suspect is murdered. But nothing is what it seems - and soon the upper echelons of Oxford society close ranks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Lewis Season 8 Episode 5 - Beyond Good and Evil (1)
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #3 - Beyond Good and Evil (1)

    S8:E5

    Lewis' reputation is jeopardized when the very first case that he solved as a DI is reopened for appeal and new murders are committed with the original weapon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Lewis Season 4 Episode 2 - Dark Matter
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Dark Matter

    S4:E2

    When the master of a college is found dead at the foot of the observatory stairs, suspicion falls on all of the staff - from senior tutors right down to the scouts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Lewis Season 9 Episode 6 - What Lies Tangled (2)
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #5 - What Lies Tangled (2)

    S9:E6

    With his six-month trip to New Zealand with Hobson on the horizon, Lewis is in a race against time to save his career and relationship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Lewis Season 3 Episode 4 - Counter Culture Blues
    8.6/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Counter Culture Blues

    S3:E4

    When Lewis and Hathaway investigate a murder in town, forensic evidence leads them to suspect there is a connection with the reforming of an old rock band.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Lewis Season 9 Episode 4 - Magnum Opus (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Magnum Opus (2)

    S9:E4

    Before the fourth murder takes place, the team must uncover the guilty secret that their victims share in order to learn the identity of both the killer and the potential victim.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Lewis Season 7 Episode 6 - Intelligent Design (2)
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #8 - Intelligent Design (2)

    S7:E6

    The corpse of a missing student is discovered in the attic of a college chapel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Lewis Season 1 Episode 2 - Old School Ties
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Old School Ties

    S1:E2

    Lewis comes face to face with his past in a case driven by celebrity, scheming, and dangerous sexual politics.

    Director:Sarah Harding
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Lewis Season 5 Episode 4 - The Gift of Promise
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #10 - The Gift of Promise

    S5:E4

    When a local businesswoman is bludgeoned to death, it appears to be a blackmail plot gone wrong. As the body count rises, Lewis and Hathaway realize there is a decades-old secret at the heart of the case, which they must uncover to bring the present-day murders to a halt.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Lewis Season 7 Episode 4 - The Ramblin' Boy (2)
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #11 - The Ramblin' Boy (2)

    S7:E4

    Liam Jay is in intensive care and Lewis and Alex believe that he has information about the death of Matt Whiby and the mysterious cremation. It is revealed by Emma Barnes that Johnny Jay, Liam’s father, was at the fateful supper party and he is missing as well.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Lewis Season 8 Episode 2 - Entry Wounds (2)
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Entry Wounds (2)

    S8:E2

    Hathaway's murder theory has fallen apart. It might take Lewis's insight to close the case - but will his former protege listen?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Lewis Season 9 Episode 2 - One for Sorrow (2)
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #13 - One for Sorrow (2)

    S9:E2

    Lewis' team must delve into the worlds of social media, drugs, taxidermy, alternative art and the homeless East European community.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Lewis Season 9 Episode 5 - What Lies Tangled (1)
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #14 - What Lies Tangled (1)

    S9:E5

    When an idyllic Oxford summer's day is torn asunder by a gruesome parcel bomb, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Lewis Season 1 Episode 3 - Expiation
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Expiation

    S1:E3

    When an Oxford housewife is found hanged in her home, Lewis and Hathaway unearth a far darker murder case than the initial suicide verdict suggests.

    Director:Dan Reed
    Writer:Colin Dexter

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  16. Lewis Season 7 Episode 3 - The Ramblin' Boy (1)
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #16 - The Ramblin' Boy (1)

    S7:E3

    An embalmed body is discovered dumped by an isolated farm track. Funeral director Brian Miller identifies the body and GP Matt Whitby confirms the gentleman died of cancer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Lewis Season 2 Episode 2 - Music to Die For
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Music to Die For

    S2:E2

    Lewis and Hathaway investigate a link between the murder of a professor of German history and the recent winner of a local underground boxing bout.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Lewis Season 3 Episode 1 - Allegory of Love
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Allegory of Love

    S3:E1

    Lewis investigates the murder of a beautiful young Eastern European woman whose death comes straight from the pages of a popular fantasy novel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Lewis Season 3 Episode 2 - The Quality of Mercy
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #19 - The Quality of Mercy

    S3:E2

    When Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the murder of a rising Oxford theatre star, they focus their suspicions on his acting colleagues.

    Director:Bille Eltringham
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Lewis Season 7 Episode 1 - Down Among the Fearful (1)
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Down Among the Fearful (1)

    S7:E1

    Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the death of Reuben Beatty who works at the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychology. He has been discovered dead injected by etorphine, a paralysing agent in the offices of psychic ‘Randolph James’.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Lewis Season 8 Episode 4 - The Lions of Nemea (2)
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #21 - The Lions of Nemea (2)

    S8:E4

    After a difficult start, Lewis and Hathaway's partnership seems to have gained some semblance of normality. DS Maddox has become a part of the team. Her abilities will be put to the test when an investigation begins on the brutal murder of an American classics student Rose Anderson Her body is hauled from the canal with a stand wound to the neck and abdomen. Suspicious soon fall on astrophysics professor, Felix Garwood who had recently broken off an affair with Rose. However, Felix was married to Rose's supervisor, Philippa Garwood. Could the jealous wife have committed such a murder?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Lewis Season 7 Episode 2 - Down Among the Fearful (2)
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Down Among the Fearful (2)

    S7:E2

    Lewis and Hobson are examining the body of murdered Vicki Walmsley when a theft of etorphine is reported by the Garsington Equine Centre. The drug was last used a year earlier on a horse that injured its teenage rider, Joshua Grace – the brother-in-law of Reuben Beatty, the first murder victim.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Lewis Season 8 Episode 1 - Entry Wounds (1)
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #23 - Entry Wounds (1)

    S8:E1

    Hathaway has been promoted to Inspector after an extended break from the force, and Lewis is enjoying retired life until he's asked to team up with his old colleague again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Lewis Season 9 Episode 1 - One for Sorrow (1)
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #24 - One for Sorrow (1)

    S9:E1

    Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the apparent death by drug overdose of over achieving student and amateur taxidermist Talika Desai.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Lewis Season 2 Episode 1 - And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #25 - And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea

    S2:E1

    When a man is found dead at the Bodleian Library, Lewis investigates a link between the death and an intruder on a local professor's property.

    Director:Dan Reed
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Beyond Good and Evil (2)" is the best rated episode of "Lewis". It scored 9/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/14/2014. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Great and the Good".