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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 Worst Episode
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    Lewis Season 6 Episode 3 - Fearful Symmetry
    7.4/10(713 votes)

    #1 - Fearful Symmetry

    S6:E3

    When a babysitter is found dead, Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into diverse new worlds including squats, swinging suburbia, primate labs and fetish photography.

    Director:Nicholas Renton
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Lewis Season 2 Episode 4 - The Great and the Good
    7.5/10(754 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:Stuart Orme
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Lewis Season 1 Episode 2 - Old School Ties
    7.6/10(910 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Lewis Season 3 Episode 4 - Counter Culture Blues
    7.6/10(878 votes)

    #4 - 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:Bill Anderson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Lewis Season 9 Episode 3 - Magnum Opus (1)
    7.6/10(511 votes)

    #5 - Magnum Opus (1)

    S9:E3

    When College Dean Phil Beskin is found bludgeoned to death with a rock in local woodland, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chris Murray

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  6. Lewis Season 9 Episode 4 - Magnum Opus (2)
    7.6/10(473 votes)

    #6 - 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:Chris Murray

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  7. Lewis Season 4 Episode 2 - Dark Matter
    7.7/10(749 votes)

    #7 - 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:Bille Eltringham
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Lewis Season 5 Episode 2 - Wild Justice
    7.7/10(713 votes)

    #8 - Wild Justice

    S5:E2

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

    Director:Hettie Macdonald
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Lewis Season 6 Episode 4 - The Indelible Stain
    7.7/10(666 votes)

    #9 - The Indelible Stain

    S6:E4

    Lewis and Hathaway investigate when a controversial American academic is murdered after speaking at Oxford's Department of Criminology.

    Director:Tim Fywell
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Lewis Season 7 Episode 1 - Down Among the Fearful (1)
    7.7/10(657 votes)

    #10 - 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:Brian Kelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Lewis Season 7 Episode 2 - Down Among the Fearful (2)
    7.7/10(563 votes)

    #11 - Down Among the Fearful (2)

    S7:E2

    No description available

    Director:Brian Kelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Lewis Season 8 Episode 1 - Entry Wounds (1)
    7.7/10(604 votes)

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

    Director:Nicholas Renton
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Lewis Season 8 Episode 2 - Entry Wounds (2)
    7.7/10(505 votes)

    #13 - Entry Wounds (2)

    S8:E2

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Lewis Season 1 Episode 1 - Whom the Gods Would Destroy
    7.8/10(1038 votes)

    #14 - Whom the Gods Would Destroy

    S1:E1

    Lewis and Hathaway are thrown into a delicate case involving one of the Oxford University's most prominent figures.

    Director:Marc Jobst
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Lewis Season 2 Episode 2 - Music to Die For
    7.8/10(845 votes)

    #15 - 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:Bill Anderson
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Lewis Season 2 Episode 3 - Life Born of Fire
    7.8/10(1006 votes)

    #16 - Life Born of Fire

    S2:E3

    When an old friend of Hathaway's commits suicide, Lewis investigates a link between his death and a religious group whose members are being targeted by a killer.

    Director:Richard Spence
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Lewis Season 3 Episode 3 - The Point of Vanishing
    7.8/10(781 votes)

    #17 - The Point of Vanishing

    S3:E3

    When religious fanatic Steven Mullan is murdered, Lewis investigates celebrity atheist Tom Rattenbury and his family, who had been attacked by Mullan.

    Director:Maurice Phillips
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Lewis Season 4 Episode 3 - Your Sudden Death Question
    7.8/10(782 votes)

    #18 - Your Sudden Death Question

    S4:E3

    On a bank holiday weekend Lewis and Hathaway are called in when a top quiz competitor is found floating dead in the fountain of an Oxford college.

    Director:Dan Reed
    Writer:Alan Plater

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  19. Lewis Season 7 Episode 3 - The Ramblin' Boy (1)
    7.8/10(649 votes)

    #19 - 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:Daniel Reed
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Lewis Season 8 Episode 4 - The Lions of Nemea (2)
    7.8/10(505 votes)

    #20 - The Lions of Nemea (2)

    S8:E4

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Lewis Season 9 Episode 1 - One for Sorrow (1)
    7.8/10(571 votes)

    #21 - 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:Nicholas Laughland
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Lewis Season 9 Episode 2 - One for Sorrow (2)
    7.8/10(505 votes)

    #22 - 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:Nicholas Laughland
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Lewis Season 1 Episode 3 - Expiation
    7.9/10(935 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. Lewis Season 3 Episode 1 - Allegory of Love
    7.9/10(875 votes)

    #24 - 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:Bill Anderson
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Lewis Season 4 Episode 4 - Falling Darkness
    7.9/10(808 votes)

    #25 - Falling Darkness

    S4:E4

    Lewis and Hathaway investigate the murder of a university friend of pathologist Laura Hobson. As more deaths occur, they realise that Laura's past may hold the key.

    Director:Nicholas Renton
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Fearful Symmetry" is the worst rated episode of "Lewis". It scored 7.4/10 based on 713 votes. Directed by Nicholas Renton and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/30/2012. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Great and the Good".