I know I posted about it before, but Robbie Lewis at the end of “The Remorseful Day” is killing me.
His DCI and friend is in the hospital, and he knows he probably won’t make it and is still trying to do his job and then you see him getting the phone call and his face just falls when he hears it’s about Morse
And then, afterwards, when he already knows Morse is dead but the audience doesn’t, his whole body language screams pain
I mean, the man has arrested a murderer but he’s just done with it all
Look at this
utterly defeated.
And then he’s listening to a confession - a confession - which will probably also help him greatly to finally be made an Inspector, it’s been established that he passed the test with flying colours but he’s completely uninterested
Couldn’t care less if he tried
Until the murderer says “Morse will understand” and all the grief just bursts out
They didn’t have to keep the camera rolling on his expression, but they did. Thanks guys.
And then of course he says goodbye in the morgue, making the last line of an iconic TV show his own
I just - I mean - Damn, Kevin Whately. Damn.
"They didn’t have to keep the camera rolling on his expression, but they did. Thanks guys."
Apparently that's not even all they did. Apparently there were additional scenes shot with Lewis walking out of the morgue holding back tears, then stopping at a red light, and eventually bursting out crying??? Like, completely breaking down??? But the producers felt those additional scenes were not necessary to get the message across so they were removed from the final cut and like... bless the producers? it's painful enough as it is. I really don't need another breakdown.
