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Luther Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Sun, Oct 17, 201058 mins
After a 7 month suspension, DCI John Luther returns to duty. With the assistance of DS Justin Ripley, he investigates a home invasion that resulted in the murders of Douglas and Laura Morgan who were found by their daughter Alice. After questioning her, Luther is convinced that she killed her parents and as much as tells her so. He has no physical evidence however and the police have not been able to find the gun. Alice is highly intelligent and is quite prepared to play psychological games with him. Luther meanwhile tries to repair his relationship with his wife Zoe from whom he has been separated. She has met someone and has begun a new relationship, news that doesn't go down very well.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
Sun, Oct 24, 201057 mins
DCI John Luther is still on the job - ex-wife Zoe's boyfriend Mark North doesn't pursue the assault charge - and he now investigates the murder of two police officers who were lured to site by a 999 call and then shot. CCTV footage suggest that someone with a military bearing was in the area and it leads him to Owen Lynch, a former Royal Marine who was discharged due to psychological problems. His father Terry, also a formal Royal Marine, is in prison for having killed a police officer some 18 months before and Luther believes he's out for revenge. Meanwhile, Alice Morgan contacts Luther and lets him know that she has decided to investigate him. She also threatens Zoe.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
Sun, Oct 31, 201059 mins
Devil-worshipping Lucien Burgess abducts young mother Kirsten Ross from her house, leaving satanic messages in blood on the walls. Rose Teller links this to the similar disappearance and murder of Grace Allen, ten years earlier, the blood being identified as Grace's. Burgess was implicated but had to be released after undercover cop Richard Henley beat him up. Luther tracks Kirsten to a boat, where her dead body is found in a freezer and takes unorthodox action to trap the killer. Mark North is attacked by a gang of girls led by Alice and assumes Luther was behind it. He makes a complaint but Alice gets him to drop it by telling him she did it to get Luther back with Zoe. As a result Zoe offers Luther an olive branch - and a little more.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
Sun, Nov 7, 201059 mins
The police have a serial killer on a murder spree numbering three victims in the last month. The frequency of his killing is increasing rapidly. The killer has been keeping mementos of his victims, jewelry that he's been giving to his wife. The women were all strangled and Luther correctly concludes there can be only one explanation for why attractive young women would get into a car with a stranger: he's a taxi driver. The theory is right, but the police arrest the wrong man and realize that getting him will not be simple. Meanwhile, Henry Manson, the man Luther may have beaten into a coma has woken up. He tells Alice Morgan of his dilemma and she decides to take action.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
Sun, Nov 14, 201059 mins
DCI Luther investigates the violent kidnapping of Jessica Carrodus by a gang intent on recovering a batch of stolen diamonds. They've given the woman's husband James an hour to deliver the goods and as proof of their seriousness, have already cut out her tongue. Luther, always ready to bend the rules, retrieves diamonds from another case in the evidence locker but the delivery goes wrong. It's also revealed that one of Luther's colleagues was in on the original robbery. In the midst of all this, Luther's wife Zoe has decided to break all contact with him. When he finds her dead on her kitchen floor, he realizes all of the evidence will point to him as the killer and he goes on the run.
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
Sun, Nov 21, 201058 mins
With his fingerprints on the gun that killed Zoe, Luther is a prime suspect and goes on the run. Only his sergeant, Justin Ripley, believes he is innocent. Luther hides out with Alice who, along with the loyal Justin, helps him to steal and get rid of the tell-tale gun. Justin is also suspended after shouting a warning to Luther when Reed meets him one-to-one but hopes to provoke him into action so that a sniper, positioned on the roof, will shoot him. Luther and Alice also persuade Mark of his innocence and send him to the police station where he takes the diamonds - Reed's cut from the Carrodus robbery - from Reed's locker. Reed pursues Mark, straight into the trap Alice and Luther have set for him at the deserted Waterloo train station, culminating in a sort of revenge.
