Generation of Vipers (15 Jul. 2012)
"Lewis" Generation of Vipers (original title)

When it becomes widely known that a best-selling feminist author/lecturer is found to have joined an Internet dating site, she apparently commits suicide.

Director:

David O'Neill

Writers:

Colin Dexter (inspired by the Inspector Morse novels of), Patrick Harbinson (screenplay)

Stars:

Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Jason Durr

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Whately	...	DI Robert Lewis
Laurence Fox	...	DS James Hathaway
Jason Durr	...	DI Peterson
Julie Cox	...	Miranda Thornton
Royce Pierreson	...	Oliver Bowcock
Freddie Fox	...	Sebastian Dromgoole
Roxanne McKee	...	Briony Keagan
Jack Holden	...	Ben Newbound
Josh O'Connor	...	Charlie Stephenson
Toby Stephens	...	David Connelly
Rebecca Front	...	Ch. Supt. Innocent
Don Warrington	...	Marcus Harding
Alexander Hanson	...	Francis Mitchell (as Alex Hanson)
Katie McGuinness	...	Samantha Earnshaw
Kemi-Bo Jacobs	...	WPC Julie Lockhart

Storyline

When lonely feminist lecturer Miranda Thornton is found dead after a video she submitted to a dating agency is viciously made public on a scurrilous website,the first conclusion is suicide. But,with her answer phone removed and finger prints wiped,foul play is suspected. Miranda opposed property developer David Connelly buying land belonging to her college and had been visited,via the website by unhappily married journalist Francis Mitchell, though he states that Miranda was dead when he visited her. Embittered ex-student Sebastian Dromgoole admits to posting the video but Hathaway is guilt-ridden after Dromgoole's girlfriend,whom he had asked to find out more information,is killed. Having found themselves on the website Lewis and Hathaway find that,contrary to claims,their principal suspects have known each other for two decades.

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Plot Keywords:

college | lecturer | oxford | internet dating | marijuana | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 July 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Radcliffe Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

ITV Studios, Masterpiece, Viking River Cruises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Freddie Fox (Sebastian Dromgoole) is the real life first cousin of Laurence Fox (DS James Hathaway) as their fathers, Edward Fox and James Fox, are brothers.

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Goofs

When Lewis is in the pub with Laura, and he brings their drinks to their table, his beer is flat. When he puts the beer down it has acquired a head. In all the shots of Lewis, with Laura's back to the camera, the beer has a head; in all the ones of Laura, with Lewis's back to the camera, it is flat. A moment later, as DI Peterson approaches the table, the beer is again flat.

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Quotes

[Hathaway phones Lewis as he is watching TV news footage of them tackling an escaped drug dealer and wrestling him to the ground]
DI Robert Lewis: [gleefully] You watching this too? Best telly in years!

User Reviews

Inspector Idiot Fascist Ape Dinosaur Lewis

Firstly, I'm a pro-Internet, pro-information, pro-learning liberal so, seeing as we're all subjective people, it's easy to see why I detest this ignorant, pig headed EXTREMELY right wing mess of a show. I watched this episode for about a half hour on PBS with a friend of mine before the complete ignorance to the net and what's on it pretty much made me turn it off. Insinuations in the episode: The net is evil. People insult each other (which leads to suicides) which are hate crimes, their is no policing of the net (also untrue as people can report abuse on web threads and abusers are disciplined) and the net generation (as stated in the title) are "vipers." The story even criticized Wikipedia as being some sort evil thing because people can actually contribute to articles. Lewis' "opinions", which are usually proved correct in his mysteries, insinuate that, because of the 1% of people on the net that are genuinely dangerous, the whole thing is bad. Oh, and dating sights are evil because there's a possibility that bad things can happen. I could go on and on about the crap but anyone reading this gets the point. Oh, and anyone who writes reviews on IMDb are also evil in the opinion of Inspector Lewis. To sum up, if you love the Stallone/Arnold "Kill it if we don't't understand it" movies of the 80's, you'll love this. Otherwise, AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!