If you’re a fan of mysteries, you might well watch PBS’s Mystery (does anyone who’s not a fan of mysteries watch that
show? If so, why?). If you watch Mystery, there’s a good chance you’ve seen at least some of Inspector Lewis, which chronicles the
crime-solving adventures of DI Robert Lewis.
Lewis might be my favorite British TV
mystery franchise, and the title character is certainly my favorite British TV
police inspector. This blog series won’t
review Lewis, exactly. Rather, it will analyze a particular aspect
of the show: its relationship to academia.
Of course, Lewis is
set in Oxford, England, home of the one of the world’s most famous and
prestigious universities, so the crimes Lewis and his “dishy sergeant” Hathaway
solve often involve students, faculty, and staff. In fact, according to Lewis, Oxford is a very dangerous place to study or teach.
But how dangerous, exactly, and for whom? Should you give up all hope of that most
prestigious of degrees or jobs if you wish to remain alive? Are students or faculty more likely to be
killed? And what about staff and
administrators? And who among your
university acquaintances is most likely to kill you? Clearly, there are a lot of questions to be
answered, here, and in the coming weeks, The Mysterious Scholar will break
down the numbers and let you know who, in Lewis’s world, is most likely to be
murdered and, even more importantly, whom to watch out for.
Note: This series of
posts will contain spoilers for Inspector
Lewis. I’ll tell you who died and
reveal the identity of the killer. If
you haven’t seen the show or a particular season/episode and plan to, I
recommend watching it before you
read. The whole show is available
with Amazon Prime streaming. If you’re
not a Prime member, you can get it electronically or on DVD at Amazon or from
your preferred video source. Also, I’ll
be using the American series breaks and numbering, which are for some reason
different from the original British ones.
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