Lewis

[altariel]

I really do like Lewis, which is as enjoyable and attractively made as Inspector Morse, but doesn’t have that miserable misogynist snob spoiling my fun. I like it even though they cruelly bumped off Lewis’ missus at the start of the first episode, just so that he could pretend he was mourning her and not Morse, which I probably shouldn’t like for all sorts of reasons.

I also like how the Lewis-Hathaway relationship replicates the Morse-Lewis one, only this time the over-educated misanthrope is the junior partner. It makes you believe that this dynamic stretches back and back, even unto the Middle Ages, where the medieval equivalent of a grumpy grammar school boy and a put-upon working class boy are forever together in the green wood, fighting crime.

Last week’s episode, “The Point of Vanishing” made much use of The Hunt in the Forest by Paolo Uccello. It made me think of Pauline Baynes’ illustrations for the Narnia books, particularly the end of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, when the young kings and queens of Narnia go on a hunt in a forest and vanish from the world. Lewis did an episode about the Inklings at the start of the season: I’m surprised that’s not turned up in the Morse-verse before.

Comments

[qatsi.livejournal.com]

Yes, I enjoy it too (though it clashes with RamotsweThe No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and so I am behind on watching it).

I've noticed the re-emergence of Morse's Law (Our Hero is about to become romantically embroiled with either the next victim or the killer). On the contrasts front, Chief Superintendent Strange has been replaced by a more politically correct boss; whilst I can imagine her taking the afternoon off, it wouldn't be to go Golfing with the Lord Lieutenant (unless that's a euphamism with which I am unfamiliar).

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Golfing with the Lord Lieutenant

Heh!

Yes, I was a bit worried about the reappearance of Morse's Law, although IIRC it was a variation on it, in that Lewis ran for the hills at the first mention of a possible relationship with the woman concerned. But it still meant that she had a massive black X on her forehead for the rest of the episode.

How are you liking Ramotswe? I'm in two minds, I can't decide whether or not it's irredeemably daft. But I love Mma Makutsi.

[qatsi.livejournal.com]

I'm enjoying it, though it is daft and perhaps even more lightweight than the books.