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Lewis: Season 6

4 episodes Premiered May 16, 2012 Updated Oct 23, 2026

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Season 6 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Lewis Season 5.
⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season 6 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 6: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes

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S6·E1 Mytharc

The Soul of Genius

May 16, 2012 · 93 min

When a botanist accidentally digs up the body of the recently buried Murray Hawes, Lewis and Hathaway are set upon a seemingly impossible quest.

S6·E2 Core

Generation of Vipers

May 23, 2012 · 93 min

Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into a world of virtual bullying, but very real murder, when a professor is found dead after her dating video is leaked online.

S6·E3 Core

Fearful Symmetry

May 30, 2012 · 93 min

When a babysitter is found dead, Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into diverse new worlds including squats, swinging suburbia, primate labs and fetish photography.

S6·E4 Mytharc

The Indelible Stain

Jun 6, 2012 · 94 min

Lewis and Hathaway investigate when a controversial American academic is murdered after speaking at Oxford's Department of Criminology.