Did anyone else just see that?

[lonelybrit]

So, I was watching Law & Order UK this evening. Only frankly it got utterly upstaged by the advert for Lewis that came on towards the end. I mean, I'm sure part of it was down to the good ol' slash goggles but I don't actually watch the show and even I was left a bit stunned by the massive Lewis/Hathaway ark that steamed past on my TV screen.

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[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Damit, I missed it! Tell me, tell me, tell me! I do watch the show and there are quite a few subtle hints at Lewis/Hathaway possibilities bubbling away under the surface.

Tell meeeeeeeee!

[lonelybrit]

It was the usual really; soft light, gently swelling music, slow-mo shots of Lewis and Hathaway talking and otherwise ambling through Oxford streets whilst the voice-overs go on about relationships and never realising how strong they are until they are tested. Plus one of the guys apparently gazing deep in angsty!comptemplative!emo!thought through the glass at the other as one of them starts going on about 'oh but how do I tell him'. Apparently it's not the thing to say in the middle of a murder investigation case but by that point I'd sort of stopped listening due to the exclamations of 'WHAT?!' going on instead :)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Oh, dammit, now I have to hunt it down or leave ITV on until it comes on again. LOL! *draws big sparkly hearts around them both*

Hathaway's sexuality is pleasingly unclear in this show. (The big blond one) The only time we've ever seen him getting busy with a girl, it turned out she used to be a he. ♥

[lonelybrit]

I do remember the scene from series 1 where they were mistaken for a couple and Hathaway's smooth taking of Lewis' hand and sweet asking 'What do you think, darling' or some variation thereon. Good stuff :)

Poor Lewis, he does seem to be very very unlucky when it comes to smooth sailing with the fairer sex, and in the background there is always Hathaway trying to drag him into the 21st century. I may have to start trying to catch up, they are a good pair to watch on TV.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Oh! Oh, yes! I had totally forgotten that bit, which is shameful, as I only recently acquired all 2 previous seasons so that I could watch them with Mommie Dearest. She thinks Laurence Fox is edible. *g*

If you need help hunting them down, I can point the way. ;)

(Edited to remove nonexistent 3rd screened season. *G*)

[lonelybrit]

Hmm, I think for the moment I have my ways of obtaining series 2, but I will definitely send a plea your way if I had trouble getting all the eps. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Lewis and his loyalty to Morse, I'm hoping he does get his day every once in a while in his own show :)

[rivier.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHHA! Yes, exactly that! Though it really isn't hard to upstage LAOUK because my friend, it is gobshite! Even when I thought the Lewis opener yesterday was rather pants plotwise, it was still at least very lovely to look at and OMG, could they cram any more irrelevant eyefuckery in there? Not to mention, when Lewis's CO was trying to hook him up with the (blatantly) mad lady, and poor Robbie stood there looking pleasingly awkward, all I could think was damn, Hathaway is going to scratch her eyes out if he catches her trying to pimp out his boyfriend!

And on a more spoilery (from the trailer) note, what's the Big Distracting Sekrit Hathaway can't tell him in the middle of the case, hmmm?

[lonelybrit]

Awww! *pets LAOUK* It whiles the time away, and for now it's worth it to get a weekly dose of Ben Daniels who I do think is rather brilliant :)

I saw the first series of Lewis but never got around to watching the second (well there was Bradley James. On a bicycle! In Oxford!! *geeks out*). Is it worth catching up with? They did kind of break my heart with what they did to Lewis, I like to imagine him off living to a ripe old age, happy with his missus and their chips on a Friday *sniffle*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Removing the missus gives Lewis emotional depth and something to angst over in quiet moments. (*rolls eyes*)

Hathaway is the perfect insubordinate subordinate with academic credentials and a canonically states love of Oxford. (He was also in the seminary for a while. :D )

[lonelybrit]

Yes, I remember reading about the seminary, though I can't recall whether or not they ever stated this in the series itself. Certainly I remember being surprised by his vehemence when it came to condemning suicide in the series 1 finale, something they never explained in the ep as to why he seemed to be taking it all so personally. Hmm.

[rivier.livejournal.com]

I have to admit I watched the first series on and off, mostly because while I am quite fond of Hathaway's cracker-dry subversive wit (shades of Ianto!), I still find Fox Jr inherently a bit creepy, don't know why. I also would have liked Lewis to veg off into comfortable old domestic bliss in some ways - however, removing his wife and then giving him an openly sexually ambivalent sergeant who seems very happy to run about trying to look after him on the sly... well let's just say I find myself not over unhappy about this! I also like all the ways in which Lewis+Hathaway is NOT a retread of Morse+Lewis, and that Lewis is still a chippy resolute anti-intellectual snob forced to put up with great splurges of 'intellectual' nonsense from all the Oxonian idiots around him. Whately does the best long-suffering beagle face!

I've tried a few times with LAO and it will not gell for me. I think it's Airfix telly and utterly without any virtues, sorry!

[lonelybrit]

I have to admit I took a bit of convincing that Lewis & Hathaway wasn't just a a revamp of Lewis & Morse because at first glance it did look a bit like they'd gone for a non-alcoholic, younger Morse, but by the finale they'd convinced me. And yes, I do like Hathaway's very dry sense of humour and his ability to keep a complete poker face in any situation.

Quite frankly with Larkrise gone I've got bugger all else to watch at the moment, so weekly Ben Daniels is enough to sway it for me until one of my shows starts showing again. Torchwood, it really is time you returned to my telly...