The BEST episodes of Lewis season 1

Every episode of Lewis season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Lewis season 1!

A spin-off of the popular series Inspector Morse, a special two-hour drama picked up five years after the series ended. It is now continuing in its own series, with Lewis and Hathaway investigating in Morse's old stomping ground of Oxford.

Last Updated: 11/8/2024Network: ITV1Status: Ended
Expiation
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9.00
240 votes

#1 - Expiation

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/4/2007

All is not what it seems between two married couples who are old friends, as Lewis and Hathaway start to discover when one wife is found hanged.

Directors: Dan Reed
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Old School Ties
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8.45
248 votes

#2 - Old School Ties

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/25/2007

An ambitious Oxford student is found dead in her hotel room after inviting a reformed computer hacker to speak at the union. Lewis and Hathaway investigate.

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Reputation
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8.10
477 votes

#3 - Reputation

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/29/2006

Five years after his friend and mentor's death, Lewis - now promoted to position of inspector - returns to the city of Oxford after working on the British Virgin Islands. Even before he has the chance to get home and settle in, he and his new, vastly younger partner DS Hathaway are called to a crime scene to help investigate the murder of an American college student. It is soon discovered that one of the suspects has had past dealings with the late Inspector Morse.

Directors: Bill Anderson
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Whom the Gods Would Destroy
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7.82
420 votes

#4 - Whom the Gods Would Destroy

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/18/2007

The murder of an Oxford graduate sees Lewis and Hathaway investigating the crime. The investigation leads to them to some ex students who are hiding a deadly secret.

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