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The Best Episodes of Lewis Season 5

Every episode of Lewis Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Lewis Season 5!

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

Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ITV1

Season 5 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Lewis" season 5 is "Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things", rated 7.8/10 from 680 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things" aired on 4/3/2011 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Wild Justice".

  • Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things
    7.8/10 680 votes

    #1 - Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2011

    Oxford's last all-female college is holding a reunion party to say goodbye to one of its most popular professors. After a guest is found murdered, Lewis believes the killing is connected to an attack that happened at the same building 10 years ago. He turns to his former DS, Alison McLennan, to help him with the case, but it ends up taking a new twist after two more bodies turn up.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wild Justice
    7.7/10 630 votes

    #2 - Wild Justice

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/2011

    Lewis investigates when a visiting female bishop is poisoned. Then two more deaths occur, both mirroring macabre murders from Jacobean revenge tragedy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mind Has Mountains
    7.9/10 658 votes

    #3 - The Mind Has Mountains

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 4/17/2011

    The ethics of a questionable drug on the Oxford campus of anti-depressants calls into account the questionable judgment of a psychiatry professor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gift of Promise
    8.0/10 638 votes

    #4 - The Gift of Promise

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A