Luther2010
“What if your worst enemy was your own conscience?”
Created by Neil Cross
On the charts
🏆 Nominated for 11 Primetime Emmys. 16 wins & 71 nominations total
The premise
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
Horror Vault's take
DCI John Luther is one of London's most brilliant detectives — and one of its most volatile. Haunted by his own psychological fractures, he pursues some of the city's most disturbing and inventive killers with an intensity that blurs the boundary between dedication and danger. Idris Elba commands the screen in a role that asks whether the darkness required to understand monsters can leave a man untouched. This is crime drama at its most psychologically uncompromising.
Content: Graphic Depictions Of Murder And Crime Scenes, Psychological Violence, Disturbing Villain Behavior, Adult Themes
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · Episode 1Premiere7.6May 4, 2010 · 52 min · Dir: Brian Kirk
Luther returns to work after a traumatic arrest to investigate the murder of a former child genius's parents, and quickly deduces that their daughter is responsible. However, unable to find evidence to convict, he becomes embroiled in a bat
S1.E2 · Episode 27.5May 11, 2010 · 52 min · Dir: Brian Kirk
A gunman begins murdering uniformed police officers, prompting the detective to taunt the killer on TV in the hope of inspiring him to turn his anger on him and come out into the open. To his horror, Luther also learns that Alice Morgan has
S1.E3 · Episode 37.7May 18, 2010 · 53 min · Dir: Sam Miller
John Luther must catch a Satanic occult killer accused of kidnap and murder. However, with a young mother's life at stake, Luther must use all his skills to build an airtight case.
S1.E4 · Episode 48.0May 25, 2010 · 59 min · Dir: Sam Miller
When a serial killer goes on the rampage, Luther must put his personal life aside and delve inside the murderer's mind to discover what is driving him to kill so many girls, and why.
S1.E5 · Episode 58.1Jun 1, 2010 · 53 min · Dir: Stefan Schwartz
When a wealthy couple are taken hostage, Luther must try to avert a disastrous chain of events. However, what he doesn't know is that it will soon become very personal.
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