All lives have an ending
No one misses Lewis and Hathaway more than I do.I miss Morse too, and John Thaw is dead, but then Morse died before Thaw did.
Do I agree with Whately that it serve's Thaw's honor not to take Lewis beyond the number of Morse episodes that Thaw did? No,I don't It's about entertaining the viewer, and more Lewis does not dishonor Morse.
On the other side of that British police are forced to retire at 60 yrs old.Of course that wouldn't stop Fox from picking up the mantle with an Inspector Hathaway series, and although I hear he's had enough of the character, I surely have not.