Lewis: Intelligent Design, part two, ITV, review The first appearance of Sergeant Lewis (as he then was) on British television was in the Inspector Morse mystery "The Dead of Jericho" in 1987. Kevin Whately's final performance as Inspector Lewis (ITV) was 26 years later in last night's concluding part of "Intelligent Design." Lewis did not bow out with a tragic death-scene as Morse did at the end of the original series in 2000, but by retiring to spend more time eating takeaways with his pathologist girlfriend Laura (Clare Holman). It was a fitting end to a character who has never quite emerged from the shadow of the charismatic, irascible Morse, played so superbly by John Thaw. In the first part of "Intelligent Design" we saw Lewis flicking through some opera records belonging to his old boss. He stopped at Wagner's Lohengrin, the tale of a heroic knight who rescues a princess. Scribbled on the sleeve was "At least give it a try. M" - a touching reminder of the teacher-pupil dynamic between the two men. Naturally, Lewis never played the record: he was more of an Elgar man. Like so many of the others, the final case was based at an Oxford college. A day after he was released from prison for killing a girl while drink driving, a scientist was run over by his own car (a Jaguar Mark Two - another nod to Morse). His vicar wife immediately suspected the sister of the dead girl but Lewis and his assistant Hathaway (Laurence Fox) were not so quick to jump to conclusions. What about the scientist's steely blonde protégé or her shifty husband? Lewis was perfect detective fare: you barely had time to make a cup of tea before the next body turned up, and it always made Oxford look enchanting. The banter between the detective duo was as comforting as a warm bath and the cameo performances (here, Edward Fox as a deliciously uptight master) were always excellent. The recent decision to split the mystery into two hour-long episodes, broadcast a week apart, also meant you didn't have to give up your entire evening. I can't be the only one, though, who missed Morse. Kevin Whately was always a slightly plodding straight man and though he undoubtedly gained gravitas with age - rather resembling a St Bernard - he was fundamentally a nice guy. Hathaway took the hothead role, previously occupied by Morse. In this episode he aggressively questioned a boy who later committed suicide. He was so troubled by this incident that he also retired from the police. So one thing's for sure: we won't be settling down to a Hathaway spin-off. But the ghost of Morse hasn't entirely be laid to rest. Endeavour, starring Shaun Evans as a young Morse solving crimes in Sixties Oxford, will return later this year.