Idris Elba as John Luther. Photo copyright of the BBC.
SPOILER ALERT!! - Detective John Luther (Idris Elba) 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 (Ruth Wilson). 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 that he has got his life back on track. She has moved on, however, and has a new man in her life – Mark (Paul McGann), who is the antithesis of Luther. Will Luther be able to save his fractured marriage to Zoe (Indira Varma)?
As the murder case proceeds, Luther realizes 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.
In the meantime, unbeknown to Luther, Alice has tracked down Henry Madsen to his hospital bed where he lies in a coma. What does she intend to do now that she has found him? Episode one premieres Sunday, October 17th @ 10:00p.m. EST/PST on BBC America.
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