Luther [ Spoilers From Post #175 Onwards ]

Marje · 15-12-2015 11:04pm

Wotcha.

Great episode. Luther is brilliant, Neil Cross has created great characters.

_Tombstone_ · 15-12-2015 11:12pm

Lets stand out here in the pissing rain with our blue lights flashing so the baddie can get away. FFS.

Snoopy1 · 15-12-2015 11:39pm

I wish there were more episodes

steve_r · 17-12-2015 11:54am

Glad this is back. Wish they had more time though.

Thought the opening was well put together, and then the first half really
built up well.

I felt it flagged a little by bringing Luther back into the force. The return
to the status quo made things a little less interesting. I think if they had
more episodes, they could have left him outside the fold for longer, and maybe
have him being at odds with the other investigation. By bringing him back in so
quickly that conflict goes away.

Likewise the reveal of the villian was a little too easy for my liking. They
did a great job of making him a threat, but by making him so easy to find
diminishes that somewhat. Again, if they had more time then that chase could
have been all the more rewarding.

I'm nit-picking more than anything else really!

Basq · 17-12-2015 12:33pm

A bit too long in the hour as the-Ygritte-and-sidekick-show.. but still good nonetheless!

Skerries · 18-12-2015 12:36am

this is being shown in full tonight on BBC America but we don't get the 2nd episode until Tuesday

Cartel Mike · 18-12-2015 10:43pm

I missed it so there's no point in watching part two. It's always been given a 2nd airing on either bbc2 or bbc3 but this time there's no listing for a repeat at all.

I presume bbc America is a satellite channel

Tipsy McSwagger · 18-12-2015 11:15pm

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

Lets stand out here in the pissing rain with our blue lights flashing so the baddie can get away. FFS.

You mean the baddie who rigged a fridge with a bomb and who could have done the same thing in his apartment? Yup the intelligent thing to do would be to storm right in and get everyone blown to pieces instead of waiting for the bomb squad to check the place out first.

_Tombstone_ · 19-12-2015 12:07am

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

You mean the baddie who rigged a fridge with a bomb and who could have done the same thing in his apartment? Yup the intelligent thing to do would be to storm right in and get everyone blown to pieces instead of waiting for the bomb squad to check the place out first.

Way to miss the point.

Harry Palmr · 22-12-2015 11:04pm

He'll be back - Loofer will be!

Mr E · 23-12-2015 11:56am

I wasn't crazy about that episode. I enjoyed it - still far better than most stuff on TV, but the whole thing was rushed.
It would have been a better overall story with 3-4 total episodes instead of 2.

The best thing about it was the gangland boss - a great character.

Harry Palmr · 23-12-2015 12:05pm

Agree about the short r/t they could just have easily and maybe should have edited it together and shown it as a film during Christmas week to lift the gloom!

Still nice to see he has two new enemies to stay ahead of now.

byte · 24-12-2015 12:39am

I'd agree that this new "series" seemed rushed. Two episodes seemed rather short. I wonder why it was so short, when the last few were 4 episodes long? More BBC cost-cutting?

afatbollix · 24-12-2015 7:10pm

Idris Elba is now one of the biggest stars of hollywood. He just doesn't have the time to film many episodes. If if takes 6 weeks to film a 90 minute film it would would take just as long to do two tv episodes.

Idris Elba is now one of the producers so it is up to him if he wants to bring it back or not. In other words he would get more money for making them. We are lucky he keeps coming back to the BBC to make Luther.

Loved the new camera angle of following cars. Give it 6 months and we will see it in every drama on TV.

Heckler · 25-12-2015 12:35am

A bit rushed. Could have easily been drawn out for 4 episodes and been the better for it. That said any Luther is better than no Luther. Elba was amazing as usual.

FloatingVoter · 25-12-2015 4:11am

Mr E wrote: »

The best thing about it was the gangland boss - a great character.

Patrick Malahide - he's been causing havoc around London since Arthur Daley taught him how to mind his own business. He does great cops and even better gangsters.

drugstore cowboy · 25-12-2015 11:05am

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Patrick Malahide - he's been causing havoc around London since Arthur Daley taught him how to mind his own business. He does great cops and even better gangsters.

Wondering was he based on one of the Adams Family? The character seemed to be the boss of London

The syndicate was based in Clerkenwell while Terry Adams, until his admission of money laundering in 2007, had lived in Barnsbury. The syndicate expanded over years to include other members of the Adams' Irish family and close childhood friends.[citation needed]

The gang is allegedly heavily involved in drug trafficking and extortion as well as the hijacking of gold bullion shipments and security fraud. They have been linked to 25 gangland murders, using Afro-Caribbean muscle as additional manpower to murder informants and rival criminals. In addition to developing alleged connections to Metropolitan Police officials, they were also stated to have had a British Conservative MP in their pocket at one point.[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerkenwell_crime_syndicate

weemcd · 27-12-2015 4:02am

I liked the first one better than the second.

But the ending came far too abruptly for episode 2. They opened quite a few cans of worms and then walked away from it.

Now I need more

McBain11 · 05-01-2016 11:53am

Love Luther. Really hope there's a few more episodes over the next few years. The way it ended with so many more possibilities in the future, I think there will be at some time. As mentioned though, Elba is now a massive star, it's great that's he's still doing any more Luther episodes at all!!

Penn · 05-01-2016 12:31pm

Really enjoyed both episodes. Not the best by any stretch, but enjoyable. They need to cut down on the number of "camera follows Luther from behind as he walks" camera shots though. I actually started to laugh the more it kept happening.

Feu · 05-01-2016 1:45pm

Penn wrote: »

Really enjoyed both episodes. Not the best by any stretch, but enjoyable. They need to cut down on the number of "camera follows Luther from behind as he walks" camera shots though. I actually started to laugh the more it kept happening.

Hate to see him go, love to watch him leave....

Skerries · 07-03-2017 12:46am

the US version is off

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/fox-abandons-luther-remake/5115595.article

Mr E · 12-06-2017 3:40pm

Luther Season 5 is official - 4 new episodes.

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/luther/news/a830572/luther-series-5-idris-elba-returns-four-new-episodes/

Basq · 12-06-2017 8:59pm

Last season wasn't great... but I'm all for new Luther!

Rose Leslie is no Ruth Wilson though!

Basq · 11-01-2018 11:36am

He's back!

Marje · 11-01-2018 2:23pm

Looking forward to it

Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley and Patrick Malahide will return for the four-part series as DSU Martin Schenk, Benny Silver and George Cornelius respectively, while BAFTA-winning actress Wunmi Mosaku will join as new recruit DS Catherine Halliday.

When the moonless shadows of London give birth to a new nightmare, DCI John Luther must once again confront the depths of human depravity.

As a series of monstrous killings becomes ever more audacious, Luther and new recruit D.S. Catherine Halliday are confounded by a tangle of leads and misdirection that seems designed to protect an unspeakable horror.

But even as the case brings him closer than ever to the nature of true evil, a reluctant Luther must also face the ghosts of his own past. Striding back into the line of fire, he must choose who to protect… and who to sacrifice.

Whatever his next move, it will have devastating consequences for those around him – and will change John Luther forever.

https://thekillingtimestv.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/luther-series-five-begins-filming-adds-cast-and-plotlines-revealed/#more-8478