This was a bone of contention between the two brothers. Obviously, this is pretty important stuff, but while Adam wanted to share their findings with Humanity, David wished to sell to the highest bidder. David worked with his brother on knot theory: the idea that if you can figure out how DNA is packed, you can replicate it, which could open the door to curing genetic diseases. Except in Oxford.įor example, Adam's brother, David (Oliver Lansley, an Endeavourveteran), gambles with Andrew Dimmock (Peter De Jersey, a Broadchurchveteran) who has access to mercury. Lewis's bomb, it turns out, is made with "fulminated mercury packed into a small pipe," and mercury's hard to get these days.
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Given the fact that this is the last episode, what could be more appropriate? It's been ten years of Lewis the show and twenty-nine of Lewis the character, which makes Kevin Whately the longest-working cop on British TV (I believe? Next-closest is David Suchet, and he only detected for a quarter-century.) It's hard not to feel the pathos - this the end of a very long road.Īs a side note, this is the second detective series finale this year that features a bomb blast, and also the second that ended once and came back for several more seasons before getting to the we really mean it this time ending. The slow-mo does two things: it draws our attention to the passage of time, and grants the murder just a bit more weight than usual. It's a shocking and elegant moment as the shrapnel floats away in slow-motion. Businessman Adam Capstone looks out a window and sips his coffee just .off.
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Drops of quicksilver plink one by one into a petri dish.
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The final episode of Inspector Lewis begins with long, loving shots of Oxford landmarks (perhaps a bit longer and more loving than usual?), as a woman reads a philosophical passage of The Brothers Karamazov.