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- 2010
- TV-MA
- BBC-1
Luther
5 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: May 4, 2010
75
6.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 61 Critic Reviews
75
82% Positive
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16% Mixed
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2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 61 Critic Reviews
75
82% Positive
50 Reviews
50 Reviews
16% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It gets darker, scarier and more captivating with each episode as Luther matches wits with killers and cops alike.
Series creator/writer Neil Cross continues to spin dark strands that stray unexpectedly into unsettling territory.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 802 User Ratings
6.2
64% Positive
515 Ratings
515 Ratings
7% Mixed
56 Ratings
56 Ratings
29% Negative
231 Ratings
231 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 802 User Ratings
6.2
64% Positive
515 Ratings
515 Ratings
7% Mixed
56 Ratings
56 Ratings
29% Negative
231 Ratings
231 Ratings
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The presentation may be Hitchcockian at times, but there is nothing fun or arch or cartoonish or even particularly original in the violence that permeates Luther. It is, quite simply, terrifying, and we are meant to take it as seriously as Luther himself does.
There's also a procedural element in the middle hours, with Luther focusing on individual cases in each installment, that doesn't hold up quite as well. Even those installments, however, have their chilling moments, before the final two episodes take off and regain the premiere's momentum.
As was the case with the second season, Season 3 of Luther is only four hours long, and the drama would probably be more satisfying if it didn't try to cover so many bases in that limited running time.
It allows the mind to roam across many questions while the story unspools efficiently before you, asking little in the way of mental or emotional investment and giving much in the way of solidly old-fashioned whodunnitry. Pairs well with apple crumble and custard or large slabs of Dairy Milk.
The show’s concept has long revolved around how everything Luther has been through has left him haunted, but now, in the fifth season, it does little more for viewers than leave them numb.
Production Company:
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- BBC Studios
Initial Release Date: May 4, 2010
Number of seasons: 5 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 11 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 2 Wins & 9 Nominations
