The Quality of Mercy
Lewis and Hathaway unearth a dark secret while investigating the death of a young actor.
The Quality of Mercy Inspector Lewis

When a young actor is murdered during a student Shakespeare production, Lewis and Hathaway sift through the motives of several suspects ranging from a jealous thespian to an Oxford dropout to a playgoer only too anxious to use his ticket stub as an alibi. As the duo tracks down the truth, they unearth a dark secret that hits Lewis eerily close to home.
About the Program
Inspector Lewis
Kevin Whately stars as Inspector Lewis, the former working-class foil to the erudite Detective Inspector Morse. Together with his cool, cerebral partner James Hathaway (Laurence Fox), Lewis tackles murder and mayhem in the seemingly-perfect academic haven of Oxford. The duo struggles with procedural dilemmas and existential questions about their futures–on the force and in their personal lives.
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