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A current resident Rowena lies murdered on the floor of the sitting room and more cryptic messages are written on the refrigerator, with the words Ligeia Willard, Laura Hobson, murder and find Mary Gwilliam spelled out. It is the same house she shared twenty years ago with Ligeia, Ellen, Peter and Alec.
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When Laura is called to her next case, she arrives at the address in disbelief. Having withdrawn from the investigation because of her personal connection, Laura and her friend and former roommate Ellen Jacoby (Niamh Cusak) grieve for Ligeia by reminiscing over old college photos and wondering where the two male housemates Pete and Alec are now. Rowena is not convinced and chooses to sleeps in the sitting room. Van Tessell arrives and discovers that “ something terrible happened a long time ago” in Rowena’s room, then ceremoniously releases the trapped spirit. Fellow housemates Madeleine Escher (Lucy Griffiths) and Roddy Allen (Brodie Ross), are not concerned but Rowena Trevanion (Lauren O’Neil) is so shaken that fourth housemate Victor Clerval (Alex Price) hires a local medium/mystic Ursula Van Tessell (Lynsey Baxter) to de-ghost their house. Help me.” and names they do not recognize. Someone, or something, keeps leaving cryptic messages on their refrigerator spelling out “ Murder. Meanwhile four Oxford students who share a house are being haunted by their own mystery. He is visibly angered by Ligeia’s death and blames it on the police who obviously did not do enough to protect them from the death threats. Strickfaden is the defensive head of the institute who when questioned about his work and the protestors by Lewis retorts that “ Science is about the pursuit of truth. Also on the list of suspects are her two fellow colleagues, Professor Rufus Strickfaden (John Sessions) and Dr. She is a scientist at a stem cell research institute which has come under strong criticism and threats by the “ devout to the doolally” picketing daily outside the office building. Willard’s past life to find clues to the murder. Lewis and Hathaway begin the investigation into Dr. “ Is this the work of some kind of lunatic?” CS Innocent jests to Lewis, who in turn jokes, “ Vampires mum?” The coincidence is even more twisted when DI Robbie Lewis (Kevin Whatley) and DS James Hathaway (Laurence Fox) are informed that the victim was not only struck on the head, but had a wooden stake driven through her heart and garlic stuffed in her mouth. Laura Hobson is on her way to a reunion dinner with two of her former college housemates when she is called to a murder scene and stunned to discover that the victim, Ligeia Willard (Louise Hunt), is the same friend she was planning to meet. It is All-Hallows-Eve in Oxford and the fog adds an eerie atmosphere to a festive night filled with costumes, jack-o-lanterns and a bizarre death. Rupert Graves (a Room with a View & Sherlock) guest stars as Laura’s former college housemate Alec Pickman whose randy and dissipated past might be a prime motive for murder. There is a theme of dark family secrets haunting many of the characters, motivating some to the ultimate revenge – murder.
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Falling Darkness, the final episode of Series III of Inspector Lewis aired tonight on Masterpiece Mystery concluding with a powerful story of personal connections to cast regular Dr.