Special Series: Inspector Lewis: The Academic Body Count,
Season 3 Part 1
The Oxford University
of ITV/PBS's Inspector Lewis is
a dangerous world for academics, and in this series I bring you the lowdown on
who in the academic community is most likely to kill be or be killed.
This post gives the details for episodes 1-3 of US Season Two. All previous posts in the series (in reverse order).
I’m back,
after an unanticipated hiatus induced by a combination of novel-writing, family
insanity, and other things, and I have for you another Lewis post. Season 3 is shorter than Season 2—five
episodes—so I’ll break it down into two posts.
This post covers episodes 1-3, and I’ll cover episodes 4-5 in the next
installment.
Having
gotten the formalities out of the way, let’s move on to the season! We have a total of eight victims in these
episodes, of whom four are in some way directly affiliated with the
university. None are students, but two
are faculty, one is an administrator, and the fourth is, nominally at least,
staff. Of a total of three murderers, one
is staff and two are unaffiliated. So,
once again, Oxford is more dangerous to academics than in danger from them.
I’d
forgotten until this rewatch how many of my favorite episodes are in Season
3. We have rockstars, war reenactors,
and a community orchestra, and we learn about both Hathaway and the M.E., Dr.
Laura Hobson. Also, I’ve learned since
my last Lewis post that there are new episodes airing in Britain, as we
speak. We should have them here at some
point (I’m looking at you, PBS), so there’s even more deadly fun ahead. But, without further ado, onward to the
Season 3 details!
If you haven’t
seen the season, here’s the Amazon link.
It’s included with Prime if you have it.
Details for
Episodes 3.1-3.3 below the cut. Contains spoilers.
