Episode #4.2
- Episode aired Dec 17, 2015
- TV-MA
- 58m
Will a cold case unlock the mystery from Luther's past that is haunting him? The detective is forced to put himself and Emma in danger to stop the serial killer's end game.Will a cold case unlock the mystery from Luther's past that is haunting him? The detective is forced to put himself and Emma in danger to stop the serial killer's end game.Will a cold case unlock the mystery from Luther's past that is haunting him? The detective is forced to put himself and Emma in danger to stop the serial killer's end game.
- Stacey Bell
- (as Seline Hizli)
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first season finale not to end with the line "Now what?".
- GoofsWhen Benny tries to restore data from the hard drives, you can see the rotating platters in the opened drives. First, it is not necessary to do that to restore data from a physically undamaged drive. Second, the data on the platters would be damaged/destroyed because the dust in the air would come in contact with the platters (that is why professionals open hard drives only in clean rooms). The only time that disc recovery would involve opening a drive would be in the event that there was internal damage that did not involved the platters, an example being a damaged logic board. In such an instance, they would find a precisely identical hard drive, remove the platter stack, and replace it with the stack from the damaged drive, then seal the drive up before beginning recovery.
- Quotes
[last lines]
DCI John Luther: They'll do her for intent to supply and then they'll upgrade to murder when they connect the toy to Jonathan.
Megan Cantor: Do you feel better putting it right?
DCI John Luther: Did you hurt her?
Megan Cantor: Who?
DCI John Luther: Alice. Did you?
Megan Cantor: Why would I?
DCI John Luther: Because you wanted me to keep my promise. You had to stop me from leaving.
Megan Cantor: Hmm. It could be that. Or perhaps it could be that Alice Morgan... was your blind spot. You didn't love her, not really. She frightened you and she excited you... and you mistook that for love. But you would have killed her, eventually. If she didn't kill you first. Perhaps that's why I did it.
[laughs]
Megan Cantor: But I didn't.
DCI John Luther: Megan... are you scared of me?
Megan Cantor: Clearly not.
DCI John Luther: Well, you should be. Because I'm coming for you.
- ConnectionsReferences Dirty Harry (1971)
It's peculiarly short, reportedly due to time constraints, as such I wasn't truly able to connect to any of the events onscreen. I still enjoyed what I saw and what they give, but it does feel a tad rushed/undercooked. A decent chunk of episode one focuses on new characters as opposed to Luther himself, which didn't feel right - though by the end, it was good that we got to know the characters of Rose Leslie and Darren Boyd. Laura Haddock's role isn't the best, I didn't connect with Megan to be honest. I did enjoy Patrick Malahide as Cornelius though.
Basically, in short, I rated the stuff involving Leslie and Boyd but the one about Luther and his own story wasn't that massively interesting to me. It's a season that still has its moments but is definitely hampered by the 120 minute run time, with the aforementioned premise involving Leslie and Boyd concluding kinda abruptly. Still, Idris Elba is a big enough reason to watch, he's great again. I remain excited for season five.
- r96sk
- Sep 22, 2020
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- Great Eastern Street Car Park, Hackney, London, England, UK(Emma talks on the phone)
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- Runtime58 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD