I am a "Morse" (and now "Lewis") fan from 'way back, but this episode was the worst I've ever seen. Firstly, the plot is so thin that you could turn away in disgust for 15-20 minutes and not miss anything important, but more serious was the cultural cringe caused by the episode. I don't think they could have squeezed in any more clichés or stereotypes if they had been commissioned to make an "Aussie Parody". There was everything: hay-strewn streets, wind-swept desert (right next to fertile farmland??), dopey locals, corny trucking songs on the radio, and insultingly naive and inept Australian policemen. Not to mention the 1950's clothes, furnishings, vernacular and vehicles. I didn't actually see any kangaroos hopping picturesquely and ludicrously down the (solitary) street, but that could well have happened during one of the times I had to leave my chair and stomp around muttering furiously (albeit in my quaint Ocker way) about condescending British script-writers who have all too obviously never even been to Australia, and who did all their "research" by watching 1930's newsreels about the country instead.