An all girls college reunion is marred by a murder. Enter stage left Lewis and his sidekick, literary quoting bore Hathaway. Both are so very deferential and PC when interviewing female suspects that it's a wonder they pick up any clues. The programme then tries to flesh out the snooty and tedious middle class bohemian characters, but they are so obnoxious and surreal that my interest seriously began to wane after the first half an hour! The story was too slack and lacked direction. A meandering storyline with Inspector Lewis plodding around, looking totally befuddled summed up perfectly the way I felt about the drama. The love interest with Lewis and the pathologist is unnecessary and it merely pads out the story as does the eccentric Hathaway, who behaves like an intern on loan from an English literary faculty. Both Lewis and Hathaway are simply not convincing as detectives in any way shape or form. 'Dalziel and Pasco' were both hard hitting and down to earth detectives who had chemistry. Whately and Fox show no depth of character or emotion. Fox is robotic and Whately never gets out of second gear. A real yawn!
Review of Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things
