And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea

Episode aired Feb 24, 2008
TV-PGTV-PG
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

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Inspector Lewis: And The Moonbeams Kiss The Sea

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Crime Drama Mystery

The murder of a maintenance worker at the Bodleian Library and the death of a popular Art student seem to be linked.The murder of a maintenance worker at the Bodleian Library and the death of a popular Art student seem to be linked.The murder of a maintenance worker at the Bodleian Library and the death of a popular Art student seem to be linked.

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

747

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Director
- Dan Reed
Writers
- Colin Dexter(inspired by the Inspector Morse novels of)
- Alan Plater(screenplay)
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Trivia
The title is a quote from a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Love's Philosophy": The fountains mingle with the river, / And the rivers with the ocean; / The winds of heaven mix forever / With a sweet emotion; / Nothing in the world is single; / All things by a law divine / In another's being mingle-- / Why not I with thine? // See, the mountains kiss high heaven, / And the waves clasp one another; / No sister flower could be forgiven / If it disdained its brother; / And the sunlight clasps the earth, / And the moonbeams kiss the sea;-- / What are all these kissings worth, / If thou kiss not me?

Goofs
Hathaway states that Shelley was thrown out of Oxford for having an affair with a married woman. He was in fact sent down from University College for refusing to retract his publication the "Necessity of Atheism".

Quotes
[Lewis and Hathaway have been called to a murdered heating engineer in the basement of the Bodleian Library]
DS James Hathaway: You realise what we've got, Sir?
DI Robert Lewis: What?
DS James Hathaway: The Body in the Library.
DI Robert Lewis: Now that is *definitely* facetious.

Crazy credits
End-credits statement: "The verified carbon footprint of Lewis is 830 tonnes"

Connections
Spoofs Horse Feathers (1932)

Soundtracks
Inspector Lewis Main Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Barrington Pheloung

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Featured review

9/10

Wonderfully intriguing and moving

A gambling-addicted maintenance worker at a university library is found murdered followed by a carefree arts student. There's no link between the cases initially but Lewis and Hathaway are on hand to unravel the mystery.

A wonderfully intriguing and moving episode of Lewis. The mystery is great but what makes this is its emotional aspect. The murdered girl, Nell Buckley, has a male friend, Philip Horton, who seems attached to her but also emotionless. Even when confonted with her death he does not bat an eye. However, over time you see the impact of her death on him and how much he loved her. Excellent performance by Tom Riley as Horton.

Emily Beecham is also great as Buckley. Her character is drawn so incredibly well, presenting a wonderfully carefree, friendly, creative person, making her death even more of a tragedy.

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