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Creator
Neil Cross
Cast
Idris Elba,
Ruth Wilson,
Dermot Crowley
Genre
Crime,
Drama,
Mystery
DCI John Luther is a near-genius murder detective who always put his job first. However, his brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions. Luther struggles with his own inner demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Feel very mixed about the last two seasons, but I love seasons one to three: the relationship between Luther and Alice Morgan (who Ruth Wilson does an AMAZING job of playing) is a completely unique villain/hero dynamic that is perfectly tonally pitched, though other the parts of the series can sometimes veer a little into overdark melodrama.
RedEye by Curt Wagner
It gets darker, scarier and more captivating with each episode as Luther matches wits with killers and cops alike.
The Hollywood Reporter by Tim Goodman
Elba has been fantastic at every step, taking Cross' wonderful writing it and giving it even more dimensions. Pretty much every character that walks into this miniseries has given a virtuoso performance.... Season three never disappoints even when you kind of recoil, as a viewer, at the evil that has landed in Luther’s already complicated life.
San Francisco Chronicle by David Wiegand
The series commands our attention because of how it was conceived by Neil Cross, who continues to write masterful scripts.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Jonathan Storm
With the tormented Luther, it's sometimes tough even to identify who is the cat and who is the mouse. Writing and acting come together to produce characters, more than stories, who are powerful, surprising, ambiguous, and all that other stuff.
TV Guide Magazine by Matt Roush
This bold British import is among the best TV I've seen in a mediocre (on network TV, anyway) fall season. Fast-paced, constantly surprising and darkly entertaining, Luther is about as far as you can get from a cookie-cutter procedural.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Tirdad Derakhshani
Brilliantly written, with stunning performances, this will be Luther's final year on TV.
Slant Magazine by Chuck Bowen
Luther embodies almost everything that's refreshing about the traditional British crime drama.
Boston Herald by Mark A. Perigard
Series creator/writer Neil Cross continues to spin dark strands that stray unexpectedly into unsettling territory.
Entertainment Weekly by Keith Staskiewicz
Luther avoids some genre cliches--we know the killer's identity from the get-go, which sidesteps the time-stamp predictability of a Law & Order episode--but plunges headfirst into others.
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