7.6
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Detective Sergeant Lewis is a fictional character portrayed by Kevin Whately in the TV series Inspector Morse.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The Dead of Jericho (season 1), they were 35 years old.
They appear in 32 episodes out of a total of 33 aired and have accumulated 191 positive votes.
The character of Detective Sergeant Lewis is mainly associated with Chief Inspector Morse, Lady Hanbury and Cheryl Baines.

Detective Sergeant Lewis

by Kevin Whately

character

Episodes32

  • 7.5
    /10

    The Dead of Jericho

    episode S1.E1 january 1987
    Anne Stavely, a friend of Morse's, ostensibly commits suicide at her home in Jericho, though Morse isn't convinced this is what happened.
  • 7.6
    /10

    The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

    episode S1.E2 january 1987
    The murder of a deaf university entrance examiner leads Morse and Lewis into a possible college cheating scandal.
  • 7
    /10

    Service of All the Dead

    episode S1.E3 january 1987
    The members of a church who attended a particular service start to die one by one.
  • 7.5
    /10

    The Wolvercote Tongue

    episode S2.E1 december 1987
    During an exclusive tour an elderly woman dies suddenly and the priceless piece of Medieval jewellery she was going to donate to a local museum vanishes.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Last Seen Wearing

    episode S2.E2 march 1988
    When Morse is assigned a cold case of a runaway teenager from school, he suspects that the girl's been murdered.
  • 6.6
    /10

    The Settling of the Sun

    episode S2.E3 march 1988
    Because Morse is a speaker at a University dinner when a Japanese becomes ill and is later found ritualistically murdered, he becomes everyone's alibi.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Last Bus to Woodstock

    episode S2.E4 march 1988
    A young blonde hitches a late lift from a bus stop and ends up dead in a pub car park.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Ghost in the Machine

    episode S3.E1 january 1989
    A vanished baronet and the theft of some of his collection of erotic art is investigated by Morse and Lewis.
  • 7.5
    /10

    The Last Enemy

    episode S3.E2 january 1989
    A headless, armless, footless body of a murdered academic is found in Oxford Canal and his investigation leads to petty hatred and jealousy among the local academia.
  • 7.8
    /10

    Deceived by Flight

    episode S3.E3 january 1989
    Lewis goes undercover as a worker at the University so he can go undercover on the cricket team and discover the murderer of Morse's old college roommate.
  • 7.4
    /10

    The Secret of Bay 5B

    episode S3.E4 january 1989
    A bullying, controlling womanizer who also blackmails his conquests is found garroted in his car in a garage deck.
  • 7.8
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    The Infernal Serpent

    episode S4.E1 january 1990
    An environmentalist professor is mugged and later dies of a heart attack after an attack on campus just prior to a controversial debate.
  • 7.7
    /10

    The Sins of the Fathers

    episode S4.E2 january 1990
    The managing director and heir apparent to a venerable family-owned brewery in dire financial straits is found drowned in a vat of his own ale.
  • 8.1
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    Driven to Distraction

    episode S4.E3 january 1990
    After two beautiful women are stabbed to death a month apart by the same killer, the only connection between the pair is their car dealership.
  • 8.3
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    Masonic Mysteries

    episode S4.E4 january 1990
    Morse finds himself framed for murder by an unknown mastermind and suspended as Lewis is seconded to DCI Bottomley, who is in charge of the case.
  • 8.4
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    Second Time Around

    episode S5.E1 february 1991
    Morse links the killing of a Deputy Assistant Commissioner on the night of his retirement to the 18 year old cold case murder of an 8 year old girl.
  • 7.2
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    Fat Chance

    episode S5.E2 february 1991
    After a young woman aspiring to the priesthood dies while taking her exams, possibly from poison, Morse connects the death to a weight loss company.
  • 7.6
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    Who Killed Harry Field?

    episode S5.E3 march 1991
    Struggling artist Harry Field is found murdered and thrown off an overpass but recent rains and a dry body lead Morse to conclude he was killed over a week earlier.
  • 7.5
    /10

    Greeks Bearing Gifts

    episode S5.E4 march 1991
    Among the suspects in the murder of a Greek chef and his sister are a Ancient Greek scholar, a dodgy British entrepreneur, and a Greek shipping magnate.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Promised Land

    episode S5.E5 march 1991
    Morse and Lewis go to Australia to find a witness who has been in witness protection for ten years, but this is one witness who doesn't want to be found.
  • 8.3
    /10

    Dead on Time

    episode S6.E1 february 1992
    A respected, dying Oxford don, husband of Morse's former fiancée, apparently shoots himself, but his doctor asserts that he was not capable of firing a gun.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Happy Families

    episode S6.E2 march 1992
    The head of a wealthy but dysfunctional family is found bludgeoned to death in the family estate as Morse is forced to deal with the resultant media frenzy.
  • 7.9
    /10

    The Death of the Self

    episode S6.E3 march 1992
    Morse looks to mix a little pleasure with business when he and Lewis are sent to Italy to look into the suspicious death of an English woman near Vicenza.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Absolute Conviction

    episode S6.E4 april 1992
    A convicted fraudster, one of three former business partners at an open prison, dies following an assault. Morse has to investigate the death while dealing with a brash subordinate and trying to avoid offending the prison authorities.
  • 7.3
    /10

    Cherubim & Seraphim

    episode S6.E5 april 1992
    A new drug developed to combat senility is ironically being distributed to teens at all-night parties and driving some to suicide.
  • 8.5
    /10

    Deadly Slumber

    episode S7.E1 january 1993
    When the head of a medical clinic is found asphyxiated in his garage, the father of a one of his brain-dead patients becomes the prime suspect.
  • 7.7
    /10

    The Day of the Devil

    episode S7.E2 january 1993
    A sociopathic but clever murderer who believes in the occult escapes from prison and returns to Oxford, and it is up to Morse to stop him.
  • 7.6
    /10

    Twilight of the Gods

    episode S7.E3 january 1993
    When Gwladys Probert, a world renowned mezzo-soprano, is shot by a sniper at Oxford, Morse, one of her biggest fans, sees a link with an earlier murder of a freelance journalist.
  • 8.3
    /10

    The Way Through the Woods

    episode S8.E1 november 1995
    When a serial killer is murdered in prison, his deathbed confession disavows one of the murders he had previously confessed to. Morse wants to reopen the case.
  • 7.9
    /10

    The Daughters of Cain

    episode S8.E2 november 1996
    An Oxford professor and fund raiser is stabbed to death at home with a weapon that is yet to be stolen from a university museum.
  • 8.2
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    Death Is Now My Neighbour

    episode S8.E3 november 1997
    When the next-door neighbor of a murdered woman is also killed, Morse suspects the first shooting may have been an error.
  • 8.7
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    The Remorseful Day

    episode S8.E5 november 2000
    An ailing Morse involves himself in a year-old cold-case of a murdered nymphomaniac, when persons of interest connected to it turn up dead.

Best moments10

  • 8.1
    /10
    69% of the votes

    Driven to Distraction

    episode S4.E3 january 1990
    After two beautiful women are stabbed to death a month apart by the same killer, the only connection between the pair is their car dealership.
  • 7.5
    /10
    42% of the votes

    Greeks Bearing Gifts

    episode S5.E4 march 1991
    Among the suspects in the murder of a Greek chef and his sister are a Ancient Greek scholar, a dodgy British entrepreneur, and a Greek shipping magnate.
  • 7.8
    /10
    40% of the votes

    Deceived by Flight

    episode S3.E3 january 1989
    Lewis goes undercover as a worker at the University so he can go undercover on the cricket team and discover the murderer of Morse's old college roommate.
  • 8.3
    /10
    35% of the votes

    Dead on Time

    episode S6.E1 february 1992
    A respected, dying Oxford don, husband of Morse's former fiancée, apparently shoots himself, but his doctor asserts that he was not capable of firing a gun.
  • 7.6
    /10
    35% of the votes

    Who Killed Harry Field?

    episode S5.E3 march 1991
    Struggling artist Harry Field is found murdered and thrown off an overpass but recent rains and a dry body lead Morse to conclude he was killed over a week earlier.
  • 7.9
    /10
    32% of the votes

    The Death of the Self

    episode S6.E3 march 1992
    Morse looks to mix a little pleasure with business when he and Lewis are sent to Italy to look into the suspicious death of an English woman near Vicenza.
  • 7.9
    /10
    28% of the votes

    Ghost in the Machine

    episode S3.E1 january 1989
    A vanished baronet and the theft of some of his collection of erotic art is investigated by Morse and Lewis.
  • 7.9
    /10
    27% of the votes

    Promised Land

    episode S5.E5 march 1991
    Morse and Lewis go to Australia to find a witness who has been in witness protection for ten years, but this is one witness who doesn't want to be found.
  • 7.8
    /10
    27% of the votes

    The Infernal Serpent

    episode S4.E1 january 1990
    An environmentalist professor is mugged and later dies of a heart attack after an attack on campus just prior to a controversial debate.
  • 8.4
    /10
    26% of the votes

    Second Time Around

    episode S5.E1 february 1991
    Morse links the killing of a Deputy Assistant Commissioner on the night of his retirement to the 18 year old cold case murder of an 8 year old girl.

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