A beautiful, ethereal Czech woman Marina is bizarrely murdered with a Gothic mirror. Lewis and Hathaway have a host of suspects, including the famous and talented writer, Dorian Crane, his obnoxious lecturer Professor Norman Deering, his colleague Professor Hamid Jassim, and a young fan of Gothic games Hayden Wishart.
One of my favourite of the Lewis episodes, from the very beginning, the beautiful, artistic opening, featuring Marina and the horse, it helped set her up as the perfect, soft, fantasy victim. The story is wonderfully clever, very different, it definitely feels like part of the Morse umbrella. It is beautifully acted, James Fox, Art Malik and Anastasia Hille are great value, all create excellent characters. The show stealer is Selina Cadell who is magnificent in the role of the drunken Professor Rutherford.
Even Jean Innocent is seen out of the Office, shock horror.
A wonderfully clever, character driven story.
9/10
One of my favourite of the Lewis episodes, from the very beginning, the beautiful, artistic opening, featuring Marina and the horse, it helped set her up as the perfect, soft, fantasy victim. The story is wonderfully clever, very different, it definitely feels like part of the Morse umbrella. It is beautifully acted, James Fox, Art Malik and Anastasia Hille are great value, all create excellent characters. The show stealer is Selina Cadell who is magnificent in the role of the drunken Professor Rutherford.
Even Jean Innocent is seen out of the Office, shock horror.
A wonderfully clever, character driven story.
9/10
