stuart_davies Review of Luther

Luther (2010–2019)

I laughed out loud at the stupidity of the plot

[5/10 · 18 December 2015]

Series 1 started off great with first four episode based plots being well put together and told with only the the lingering annoyance of the nemesis astrophysicist murderer that got away muddying what is otherwise a great show. Perhaps I'm getting a bit cynical as I get older but overuse of the keeping secrets causing bad situations story line just got tiresome after its use went into double figures. The final straw for me was when episode 5 crashed and burned, with stupid characters and plot twists that were too contrived to be believable... breaking the chain of evidence on one case to prove another being just one in a string of moronic plot artefacts... with the shooting at the end making me laugh out loud it was so ridiculous, never mind the aftermath set-up of course resulted in the hero being blamed for the murder... simply a reworking of many an over done detective show with no originality. Production was good and the acting was rock solid but the descent into absurdity of episode 5 just put me off watching episode 6 or the other two series in the box set.