BBC Luther - don’t read if you are not caught up to season 4
So I finally caught up with BBC Luther on Netflix. Brilliant show by the way. Loved it after one episode.
First, I would like to say I understand why the story took that turn it did with Alice. Not to say I was happy with it, because I was not. Though I realize with Ruth being on Showtime’s ‘The Affair‘ She probably couldn’t be in the latest season of Luther.
(*Note: Kudos to Ruth on her show. Absolutely love your current and previous work.)
Anyways, I was sad to see the supposed death of Alice Morgan. (lovely character that she is) Honestly it didn’t seem right for her to go out like that. I still holding out hope that their is a twist to that story and that she is somehow still alive. Alice/Ruth deserved a better way to go.
Idris Elba gives a great performance with his return as Luther. His reaction to Alice’s supposed demise from a person related to a case from his early days as a D.C. was a rather amazing twist. Now I believe we will be seeing another side of Luther. He has lost many people he has loved and Alice being the one constant person in his life to really care about him. Now she is supposedly gone by the psycho young woman that he made a promise to when she was a child. Yes, I believe when he goes after her will be vastly different from Alice. There is no love there or fondness. Just anger, pain, and a promise of suffering. At least in that moment that is what he looked like to me.
Also new comer, Laura Haddock playing Megan Cantor was definitely something else entirely in comparison to Alice Morgan. Though I didn’t life the implications of what her character has supposedly done to Alice, and in general Luther’s situation for season 4. I find her character a bit refreshing from the previous villainous characters they have had pitted against Luther.
It seems to me that if they do go ahead with a season 5 that things might be a bit different with Cantor and Luther with their character development. Honestly looks as if Cantor might be the one to really push Luther to that dark side he tries so hard to stay on the other side of the line of.
Alice always seemed like a his yang to his yin. So I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Kudos to everyone who helped to make BBC Luther the success it is today.
