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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!

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.

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  1. 8.2/10(4 votes)

    #1 - The Gift of Promise

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    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.

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  2. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Mind Has Mountains

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    S5:E3

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

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  3. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Wild Justice

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    S5:E2

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

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  4. 5.4/10(5 votes)

    #4 - Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things

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    S5:E1

    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.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Gift of Promise" is the best rated episode of "Lewis" season 5. It scored 8.2/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/24/2011. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Mind Has Mountains".