When a controversial American academic is invited to speak at Oxford's Department of Criminology about his theory of "dangerousness", it stirs up a lot of deep-seated emotions. Many are worried that such ideas could be used to target ethnic minorities. The next morning, he's found strangled in his room. Is it sleeping or an anti-hate lynching?

Lewis Season 6 Episodes...

• s06e01 - The Soul of Genius
• s06e02 - Generation of Vipers
• s06e03 - Fearful Symmetry
• s06e04 - The Indelible Stain

Lewis Show Summary

Inspector Lewis returns to Oxford from a two-year attachment overseas and is immediately imbroiled in the cuddle of an American student.

Soon the bodies begin to pile up as Lewis copes with a very bright assistant and a female boss who plainly doesn't have much respect for him.