Review Tom French 2 Jul 2013 - 22:00
Idris Elba returns as Luther in a promising, pacey episode of the detective drama that's sure to please loyal fans. Here's Tom's review...
This review contains spoilers. Read our spoiler-free review, here.
Two years after it last graced our screens, the BBC’s Luther is back. With that length of time away from TV, fans’ expectations for this opening episode will have been high. The majority of what is on show here works well, and provides a great deal of promise for the third series as whole.
The show literally explodes back onto the schedules, with Dci Luther and Ripley dragging anonymous criminals from a burning crime scene. Season three lays its cards on the table early – it is happy to throw the viewer into the thick of the action with the same confidence and swagger as before. It contrasts with the quiet opening of the last series.
Idris Elba returns as Luther in a promising, pacey episode of the detective drama that's sure to please loyal fans. Here's Tom's review...
This review contains spoilers. Read our spoiler-free review, here.
Two years after it last graced our screens, the BBC’s Luther is back. With that length of time away from TV, fans’ expectations for this opening episode will have been high. The majority of what is on show here works well, and provides a great deal of promise for the third series as whole.
The show literally explodes back onto the schedules, with Dci Luther and Ripley dragging anonymous criminals from a burning crime scene. Season three lays its cards on the table early – it is happy to throw the viewer into the thick of the action with the same confidence and swagger as before. It contrasts with the quiet opening of the last series.
- 7/1/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Tom French 20 Jun 2013 - 15:30
Luther's third series is finally coming to the BBC, and according to Tom, episode one is more than worth the wait...
For a long while it seemed like Luther would never make it back to our screens. With series two debuting back in June 2011, it has been a long journey for the temperamental detective to make it back to our television screens. Just as well the opening episode of series three is a good one.
It opens with a fiery scene, police sirens blaring and chaos unfurling. The second series started on a sedate note - there is none of that restraint here. Dci John Luther is back, bold as brass and still focused on getting the job done, by any means necessary.
This 'any means necessary' attitude sees the loyalty of Luther's sidekick Ripley tested to its fullest. The events of this episode,...
Luther's third series is finally coming to the BBC, and according to Tom, episode one is more than worth the wait...
For a long while it seemed like Luther would never make it back to our screens. With series two debuting back in June 2011, it has been a long journey for the temperamental detective to make it back to our television screens. Just as well the opening episode of series three is a good one.
It opens with a fiery scene, police sirens blaring and chaos unfurling. The second series started on a sedate note - there is none of that restraint here. Dci John Luther is back, bold as brass and still focused on getting the job done, by any means necessary.
This 'any means necessary' attitude sees the loyalty of Luther's sidekick Ripley tested to its fullest. The events of this episode,...
- 6/20/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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