Luther - BBC One Tues 4th May

[Bob The Skutter]

BBC One's new crime drama Luther starts on Tuesday the 4th of May at 9pm(Also HD). More information here along with a trailer.

DCI John Luther returns to work after a spell of leave following the traumatic arrest of the serial killer Henry Madsen.

Luther's first case is investigating the murder of the parents of child genius, Alice Morgan. He quickly deduces that Alice is responsible for the deaths, but the seemingly perfect crime leaves no evidence with which to convict Alice.

Outside of work Luther is trying to win back his wife now he's got his life back on track. She has moved, on however, and has a new man in her life – Mark, who is the antithesis of Luther. Will Luther be able to save his fractured marriage to Zoe?

As the murder case proceeds, Luther realises he has become Alice's next project and that Zoe is in danger – because he dared to question Alice's brilliance.

Luther and Alice seem to have a strange connection – both extraordinarily intelligent – they verbally spar with each other and seem to delight in the competition.

Luther's brilliant mind soon works out how Alice managed to kill her parents without leaving a trace but without the evidence of the gun, there is nothing he can do. On this occasion, it seems Alice has won but Luther refuses to give up.

 

[Cmndr J Crichton]

Man I thought Micheal Rosenbaum was getting a spin off for Lex Luthor.

 

[diankra]

One thing that's not quite clear from that synopsis is that Alice is played by Ruth Wilson (also in the Prisoner remake), so presumably she was a child genius when a child, but now she's an adult.
Other cast include Irira Varma (Suzie in Torchwood) and 8th Doctor Paul McGann.

 

[Deckard]

That actually looks pretty interesting (albeit slightly generic in terms of set up and character types), I will probably check it out when it airs.

I didn't realize Idris Elba was playing the lead, thought he was great in The Wire (and I haven't heard him use his natural accent since Ultraviolet).

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Well it seems like it might be different enough for it not be like every other cop show on telly, so I'll give it a go.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

BBC have posted a blog from the writer if anyone's interested in reading it.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Anybody watching tonight?

 

[stueyross]

So i watched this last night and, to be honest, from the details I'd read upfront it didnt seem that good. But, bloodyhell this was actually very watchable and very enjoyable.

Okay so the maverick cop who made mistakes in the past and has a ruined marriage has been beaten more times than a basement dwelling scifi fans weiner, but its done very capably here.

Where this shines though....is Ruth Wilson playing Alice. I wont go through spoilers here just in case, except to say that

Spoiler: Alice

She's intelligent, obviously quite sociopathic and has a real nasty bond set up with Luther. I actually quite fancy her as well. Shes got a real sexually predatory look to her. I bet she's a dirty bitch in bed, although she is the kind to kill you afterwards in true femme fatale style.

Am definitely tuning in for next week, the preview at the end, mixed in with the credits looks rather good!

 

[JoeZhang]

I thought it was rubbish and it had every cop show cliche in existence in it - they even managed to give him a quirky car!

They should have called it Monkfish.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Just watched it. I liked it, not astoundingly original or anything but done well enough that I'll be watching again.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

I'm always on the lookout for something to watch during the lean times of the year when there is no Hustle, Dr who, Charlie Brooker and The IT crowd on tv.....so i will give this a go messster Bond.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Just found this interview with Idris Elba about Luther.

 

[Roger Wilco]

I really wanted to like this show, because I like Elba a lot and think he's a great actor, but I don't. Maybe it'll improve though, who knows...