The ethics of a questionable drug on the Oxford campus of anti-depressants calls into account the questionable judgment of a psychiatry professor.The ethics of a questionable drug on the Oxford campus of anti-depressants calls into account the questionable judgment of a psychiatry professor.The ethics of a questionable drug on the Oxford campus of anti-depressants calls into account the questionable judgment of a psychiatry professor.
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- TriviaAs reported in the Guardian of 17 August 2016 (International news), many small clinical trials of ketamine as an anti-depressant were being conducted by psychiatrists. Many serious side-effects were recorded; patients often relapsed after a few days.
- GoofsHathaway says that the phrase "sailing close to the wind" refers to a vessel's seaworthiness. It actually means orienting the bow of the vessel at so shallow an angle to the oncoming wind as to risk not being able to make enough or any headway. The phrase has absolutely nothing to do with seaworthiness.
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[Adam Douglas has been arrested as he tried to flee the scene of the murder. Hathaway is interviewing him at the police station]
DS James Hathaway: Where were you planning on going with thirty quid and an out-of-date passport? As far as master-plans go, it's pretty stupid.
Adam Douglas: *I'm* the one studying Classics at Oxford and *you're* the one working in this toilet, so just watch who you're calling stupid.
DS James Hathaway: We're *both* in the toilet, Adam.
[Hathaway grins]
DS James Hathaway: [whispers gleefully] But I can leave.
[to make his point, Hathaway opens the door and walks out of the room]
As said a number of times already, 'Lewis' started off very promising with the pilot and Season 1. It was with Season 2 where 'Lewis' hit its stride with things generally feeling more settled. Season 3 was a more mixed bag, started disappointing "Allegory of Love" (though to me it was not a bad episode), before getting better with "The Quality of Mercy" and finishing well. "The Dead of Winter" was a well done start to Season 4, "Dark Matter" was to me the best episode since "Music to Die For", "Your Sudden Death Question" was solid and "Falling Darkness" was the best from that season.
"Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things", that opened Season 5, is one of the few episodes of 'Lewis' where it was difficult to find any fault, and "Wild Justice" came close to that. "The Mind Has Mountains" is not as good sadly, intriguing enough episode but also an uneven one that peters out too early.
Starting with the strengths, as always, the acting is fine, anchored by Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox. Whately is again very good and carries the episode with aplomb, advantaged by that Lewis is much more developed and as said he has more development. Fox is a breath of fresh air in a great contrasting role that reminds one of a more intelligent Lewis in his younger days and his sparkling sparring chemistry with Whately is a big part of the episode's, and show's, appeal. Clare Holman adds a lot, and Innocent has been better written over time. The supporting acting is very good, that for Douglas Henshall in particular is one of the juiciest of the show.
Production values are of very high quality. It's beautifully shot as always, and Oxford not only looks exquisite but is like a supporting character in itself. Barrington Pheloung returns as composer, and does a first-rate job. The theme tune, while not as iconic or quite as clever as Morse's, is very pleasant to listen to, the episode is charmingly and hauntingly scored and the use of pre-existing music is very well-incorporated.
Writing of the first half amuses and provokes thought and the story is intriguing and taut for the first half as well. In this half too, the characters are engaging.
Unfortunately, it's the second half that brings "The Mind Has Mountains" down. Some of the writing is dodgy, particularly with that of Bethan Vickery, while the characters become sketchier with the suspicion between numerous suspects being so rapid it's dizzying.
It's in the second half too where the story becomes too rushed and confused, as a result of trying to cram too many strands and explanations, like the writers had suddenly realised that time was running out and a lot still needed to be explained. Rather too much needed more time in explaining things clearly however.
To conclude, decent but uneven. 7/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jun 16, 2017
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1