DI Robert Lewis is a fictional character portrayed by Kevin Whately in the TV series Lewis.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Reputation (season 1), they were 55 years old.
They appear in all 41 aired episodes and have accumulated 702 positive votes.
The character of DI Robert Lewis is mainly associated with DS James Hathaway, Nicky Turnbull and DC Alex Gray.
Episodes42
Reputation
episode S1.E0 july 2006DI Robert Lewis teams up with DS James Hathaway to look into the murder of an Oxford mathematics student.
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
episode S1.E1 june 2008A middle-aged Oxford graduate is found murdered. The investigation implicates a senior university figure and leads to a long-hidden secret.
Old School Ties
episode S1.E2 june 2008A former criminal computer hacker turned best-selling celebrity and one of his student sponsors are murdered after being invited to lecture at Oxford.
Expiation
episode S1.E3 july 2008When an Oxford housewife is found hanged in her home, Lewis and Hathaway unearth a far darker murder case than the initial suicide verdict suggests.
And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea
episode S2.E1 february 2008The murder of a maintenance worker at the Bodleian Library and the death of a popular Art student seem to be linked.
Music to Die For
episode S2.E2 march 2008Lewis investigates the garroting of an aging Oxford don planning an Wagnerian festival and discovers a tenuous connection to his former boss, Inspector Morse.
Life Born of Fire
episode S2.E3 march 2008The suicide of Hathaway's old friend tests his relationship with Lewis as he must come to terms with ambivalence about his own sexual past.
The Great and the Good
episode S2.E4 march 2008Lewis and Hathaway become involved in the drugging and rape of a schoolgirl and discover that it is connected to several bizarre murders.
Allegory of Love
episode S3.E1 march 2009The fabulously successful Oxford-based fantasy novelist seems to Lewis to be the key to solving the bizarre murder of a beautiful woman with a mirror.
The Quality of Mercy
episode S3.E2 march 2009Lewis investigates the murder of student Richard Scott. He was killed just before premiering The Merchant of Venice. During the investigation Lewis gets personally involved.
The Point of Vanishing
episode S3.E3 april 2009A former religious fanatic who deliberately tried to kill an outspoken atheist in a car crash but only succeeded in crippling his daughter is murdered.
Counter Culture Blues
episode S3.E4 august 2010A teenager is found dead and, while his body was found elsewhere, the location of death is determined to be at the gates to an estate owned by a 60s rocker, a hero of Lewis's youth.
The Dead of Winter
episode S4.E1 september 2010Murders occur in Crevecoeur Hall, a lavish Oxford estate where Hathaway's father was in service and he spent his boyhood.
Dark Matter
episode S4.E2 september 2010An Oxford professor, also an amateur astronomer and recently renewed churchgoer, is found dead in the school observatory under suspicious circumstances.
Your Sudden Death Question
episode S4.E3 september 2010A group of people gather at an Oxford college to compete in a quiz contest for a large prize. One of them, an annoying, know-it-all womaniser is murdered. Due to his personality quite a few people would loathe him, but murder him?
Falling Darkness
episode S4.E4 september 2010During a Halloween, one of Dr Hobson's college roommates is found dead with a stake through her heart and a garlic bulb in her mouth.
Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things
episode S5.E1 september 2011At the reunion of former students of an all-female college, one of the attendees is murdered. Lewis suspects the murder may be linked to an attack at the college he investigated nine years earlier.
Wild Justice
episode S5.E2 september 2011During an ecumenical conference in formerly Catholic St. Gerard's college, the poisoning of a female black American bishop triggers a series of bizarre murders.
The Mind Has Mountains
episode S5.E3 september 2011The ethics of a questionable drug on the Oxford campus of anti-depressants calls into account the questionable judgment of a psychiatry professor.
The Gift of Promise
episode S5.E4 october 2011When a retired MI5 official writes her best-selling memoirs, a chapter in her book about an unsolved IRA cold case causes consternation and ultimately several murders.
The Soul of Genius
episode S6.E1 june 2012A scholar obsessed with Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark" is found buried in the botanical gardens frequented by the author during his life.
Generation of Vipers
episode S6.E2 july 2012When it becomes widely known that a best-selling feminist author and lecturer has joined an Internet dating site, she apparently commits suicide.
Fearful Symmetry
episode S6.E3 july 2012After a pretty graduate student moonlighting as a baby sitter is found bound on a bed and smothered, it is found that she posed for provocative bondage photos.
The Indelible Stain
episode S6.E4 july 2012A visiting lecturer at the college of criminology who holds controversial theories on genetic predisposition toward criminal behavior is found hanged.
Down Among the Fearful: Part 1
episode S7.E1 june 2013A psychic, Randolph James, is found dead in his consulting rooms, murdered. Upon investigation it is discovered that he was living a double life: he is actually Rueben Beatty, a psychological researcher.
Down Among the Fearful: Part 2
episode S7.E2 january 2013Reuben's killer also murders his co-researcher and suspicion falls on fellow psychic Frank Mclean and tarot reader Justine Skinner.
The Ramblin' Boy: Part 1
episode S7.E3 june 2013When a body discovered in a wooded area is found already embalmed, the logical conclusion is that a murder victim must have been cremated in his place.
The Ramblin' Boy: Part 2
episode S7.E4 january 2013The suspected identity of the cremated corpse keeps changing as attempts are made on the lives of two of the students involved in the case are made.
Intelligent Design: Part 1
episode S7.E5 june 2013The day after an alcoholic college professor who killed a young girl in a drunken accident is released from prison and returns home, he is run over by his own car.
Intelligent Design: Part 2
episode S7.E6 february 2013While Benison College is being renovated, the desiccated body of a student who disappeared 15 years earlier is found in an attic and linked to Seager's murder.
Entry Wounds: Part 1
episode S8.E1 october 2014Hathaway has been promoted to inspector after an extended break, and Lewis is enjoying retired life until he's asked to team up with his old colleague again.
Entry Wounds: Part 2
episode S8.E2 october 2014A brain surgeon is murdered. Hathaway, now a Detective Inspector, is the investigating officer. Lewis is retired and living with Dr Hobson but is coaxed out of retirement by Chief Superintendent Innocent to help Hathaway on the case.
The Lions of Nemea: Part 1
episode S8.E3 october 2014After Lewis returns to his old job, he, Hathaway and DS Maddox are swept up in another murder investigation when an American classics student is killed.
The Lions of Nemea: Part 2
episode S8.E4 october 2014The investigation of American classics student Rose Anderson's brutal murder yields only secrets and murky motives.
Beyond Good and Evil: Part 1
episode S8.E5 october 2014Lewis' reputation is jeopardized when the very first case that he solved as a DI is reopened for appeal and new murders are committed with the original weapon.
Beyond Good and Evil: Part 2
episode S8.E6 october 2014Several suspects are caught in lies and an unexpected death leads the detectives to the solution.
One for Sorrow: Part 1
episode S9.E1 october 2015Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the apparent death by drug overdose of over achieving student and amateur taxidermist Talika Desai.
One for Sorrow: Part 2
episode S9.E2 october 2015Lewis' team must delve into the worlds of social media, drugs, taxidermy, alternative art and the homeless East European community.
Magnum Opus: Part 1
episode S9.E3 october 2015When College Dean Phil Beskin is found bludgeoned to death with a rock in local woodland, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate.
Magnum Opus: Part 2
episode S9.E4 october 2015The team must uncover the guilty secret their victims share in order to learn the identity of not just the killer but the potential victim too.
What Lies Tangled: Part 1
episode S9.E5 november 2015When an idyllic Oxford summer's day is torn asunder by a gruesome parcel bomb, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate.
What Lies Tangled: Part 2
episode S9.E6 november 2015With his six-month trip to New Zealand with Hobson on the horizon, Lewis is in a race against time to save both his career and relationship.
- Reputation
- Whom the Gods Would Destroy
- Old School Ties
- Expiation
- And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea
- Music to Die For
- Life Born of Fire
- The Great and the Good
- Allegory of Love
- The Quality of Mercy
- The Point of Vanishing
- Counter Culture Blues
- The Dead of Winter
- Dark Matter
- Your Sudden Death Question
- Falling Darkness
- Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things
- Wild Justice
- The Mind Has Mountains
- The Gift of Promise
- The Soul of Genius
- Generation of Vipers
- Fearful Symmetry
- The Indelible Stain
- Down Among the Fearful: Part 1
- Down Among the Fearful: Part 2
- The Ramblin' Boy: Part 1
- The Ramblin' Boy: Part 2
- Intelligent Design: Part 1
- Intelligent Design: Part 2
- Entry Wounds: Part 1
- Entry Wounds: Part 2
- The Lions of Nemea: Part 1
- The Lions of Nemea: Part 2
- Beyond Good and Evil: Part 1
- Beyond Good and Evil: Part 2
- One for Sorrow: Part 1
- One for Sorrow: Part 2
- Magnum Opus: Part 1
- Magnum Opus: Part 2
- What Lies Tangled: Part 1
- What Lies Tangled: Part 2
Best moments10
- When a body discovered in a wooded area is found already embalmed, the logical conclusion is that a murder victim must have been cremated in his place.
- The suspected identity of the cremated corpse keeps changing as attempts are made on the lives of two of the students involved in the case are made.
- Lewis' reputation is jeopardized when the very first case that he solved as a DI is reopened for appeal and new murders are committed with the original weapon.
- A former criminal computer hacker turned best-selling celebrity and one of his student sponsors are murdered after being invited to lecture at Oxford.
- A teenager is found dead and, while his body was found elsewhere, the location of death is determined to be at the gates to an estate owned by a 60s rocker, a hero of Lewis's youth.
- Lewis investigates the garroting of an aging Oxford don planning an Wagnerian festival and discovers a tenuous connection to his former boss, Inspector Morse.
- Lewis' team must delve into the worlds of social media, drugs, taxidermy, alternative art and the homeless East European community.
- Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the apparent death by drug overdose of over achieving student and amateur taxidermist Talika Desai.
- Lewis and Hathaway become involved in the drugging and rape of a schoolgirl and discover that it is connected to several bizarre murders.
- The fabulously successful Oxford-based fantasy novelist seems to Lewis to be the key to solving the bizarre murder of a beautiful woman with a mirror.
- The Ramblin' Boy: Part 1
- The Ramblin' Boy: Part 2
- Beyond Good and Evil: Part 1
- Old School Ties
- Counter Culture Blues
- Music to Die For
- One for Sorrow: Part 2
- One for Sorrow: Part 1
- The Great and the Good
- Allegory of Love