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|Episode No. = 5
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|Director = [[Stefan Schwartz]]
 
|Writer = [[Neil Cross]]
  
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|Airdate = [[Sam Miller]]
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|Airdate = June 1, 2010
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|Prev = [[Series One: Episode 5]]
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|Prev = [[Series One: Episode 4]]
 
|Next = [[Series One: Episode 6]]
  
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==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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When a wealthy couple are taken hostage, Luther must try to avert a disastrous chain of events. However, what he doesn't know is that it will soon become very personal.
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An armed gang kidnaps an art dealer's wife and ransoms her for diamonds. Tensions arise between Luther and Reed when the operation goes badly wrong.
  
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==Plot==
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An armed gang kidnaps an art dealer's wife and ransoms her for diamonds. Luther convinces his boss to use diamonds from evidence in order to catch the kidnappers. At the drop, the kidnappers discover the diamonds are missing and one of them, [[Evangeline Nixon]], is captured.
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Zoe visits Luther in his office to tell him their relationship is over. DCI Reeds convinces Tom, one of the kidnappers, to return the girl, but before they can get away they are killed by the ringleader. Tensions arise between Luther and Reed when the operation goes badly wrong.  Reed kills Bill in order to protect himself from being discovered as a dirty cop.  
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Luther meets with Alice to discuss his problems with Zoe.  Alice tells Luther that she killed Henry Madsen because she loved Luther, a concept she previously did not believe in. Before leaving his meeting with Alice, Luther removes his wedding ring and deposits it in a church donation box.  Luther discovers that Evagaline's passport is fake and tracks down the man who made it, named Patrick. Luther learns that Reed has already visited Patrick, but also finds out where the ringleader, Daniel Sugarman, is staying.  Luther confronts an armed Daniel in his hotel room. After subduing him, DCI Reed enters with a gun and shoots Daniel before he can make an incriminating statement to Luther. Reed admits to Luther that he is a dirty cop trying to clean up his mess.  Reed shoots at Luther several times before taking the diamonds off of Sugarman's corpse and escaping the hotel.  Reed attempts suicide but is unable to shoot himself.
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[[File:Vlcsnap-2013-08-24-22h38m27s233.png|thumb|Reed shoots at Luther]]
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The art dealer is arrested when he tries to sell the diamonds fom the police, which turn out to be fakes from a fraud case. Reed visits Zoe and asks her to call Luther to the house without telling him that Reed is there.  Zoe refuses and Reed pulls out his gun and then forces her to call Luther at gunpoint.  Zoe tells Luther that Reed is there and then Luther listens while Zoe screams at Reed. She pulls out a knife and moves to attack Reed when he looks away, but Reed shoots her.  A distraught Luther finds Zoe dead in the kitchen but he runs off just as the police arrive, realizing that Reed set the scene to make it look like a domestic dispute gone wrong. 
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==Cast==
  
==Cast==
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*[[Steven Mackintosh]] - [[Ian Reed|DCI Ian Reed]]
  
*[[Steven Mackintosh]] - [[Ian Reed|DCI Ian Reed]]
 
*[[Indira Varma]] - [[Zoe Luther]]
  
*[[Indira Varma]] - [[Zoe Luther]]
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*[[Mark North]] - [[Paul McGann]]
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*[[Paul McGann]] - [[Mark North]]
 
*[[Saskia Reeves]] - [[Rose Teller|DSU Rose Teller]]
  
*[[Saskia Reeves]] - [[Rose Teller|DSU Rose Teller]]
 
*[[Warren Brown]] - [[Justin Ripley|DS Justin Ripley]]
  
*[[Warren Brown]] - [[Justin Ripley|DS Justin Ripley]]
 
*[[Dermot Crowley]] - [[Martin Schenk|DCI Martin Schenk]]
  
*[[Dermot Crowley]] - [[Martin Schenk|DCI Martin Schenk]]
 
*[[Micheal Smiley]] - [[Benny Silver]]
  
*[[Micheal Smiley]] - [[Benny Silver]]
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*[[Catherine Hamilton]] - [[Kirsten Ross]]
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*[[Thomas Lockyer]] - [[James Carrodus]]
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*[[Andrew Tiernan]] - [[Richard Henley]]
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*[[Donatienne Dupont]] - [[Jessica Carrodus]]
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*[[Paul Rhys]] - [[Lucien Burgess]]
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*[[Danny Lee Wynter]] - [[Tom Meyer]]
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*[[Ania Sowinski]] - [[Evangeline Nixon]]
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*[[Ross McCall]] - [[Daniel Sugarman]]
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*[[Alexander Morton]] - [[Bill Winingham]]
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*[[Graham Turner]] - [[Patrick Holguin]]
   
 
==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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*Ending song is "Breathe Me" by Sia.
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''to be added''
  
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*Luther tells the PC to contact Detective Munch in New York's Special Victim's unit.
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*Detective Munch is a character on the U.S. show, Law and Order, Special Victim's unit.
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*About 25 minutes into the episode you can see DCI Ian Reed using an iPhone backwards.
   
 
==Ratings==
  
==Ratings==

Revision as of 13:53, 25 June 2019

Series One: Episode 5 is the fifth episode of Luther.

Synopsis

When a wealthy couple are taken hostage, Luther must try to avert a disastrous chain of events. However, what he doesn't know is that it will soon become very personal.

Plot

An armed gang kidnaps an art dealer's wife and ransoms her for diamonds. Luther convinces his boss to use diamonds from evidence in order to catch the kidnappers. At the drop, the kidnappers discover the diamonds are missing and one of them, Evangeline Nixon, is captured.

Zoe visits Luther in his office to tell him their relationship is over. DCI Reeds convinces Tom, one of the kidnappers, to return the girl, but before they can get away they are killed by the ringleader. Tensions arise between Luther and Reed when the operation goes badly wrong.  Reed kills Bill in order to protect himself from being discovered as a dirty cop.  

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Luther meets with Alice to discuss his problems with Zoe.  Alice tells Luther that she killed Henry Madsen because she loved Luther, a concept she previously did not believe in. Before leaving his meeting with Alice, Luther removes his wedding ring and deposits it in a church donation box.  Luther discovers that Evagaline's passport is fake and tracks down the man who made it, named Patrick. Luther learns that Reed has already visited Patrick, but also finds out where the ringleader, Daniel Sugarman, is staying.  Luther confronts an armed Daniel in his hotel room. After subduing him, DCI Reed enters with a gun and shoots Daniel before he can make an incriminating statement to Luther. Reed admits to Luther that he is a dirty cop trying to clean up his mess.  Reed shoots at Luther several times before taking the diamonds off of Sugarman's corpse and escaping the hotel.  Reed attempts suicide but is unable to shoot himself.

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Reed shoots at Luther

The art dealer is arrested when he tries to sell the diamonds fom the police, which turn out to be fakes from a fraud case. Reed visits Zoe and asks her to call Luther to the house without telling him that Reed is there.  Zoe refuses and Reed pulls out his gun and then forces her to call Luther at gunpoint.  Zoe tells Luther that Reed is there and then Luther listens while Zoe screams at Reed. She pulls out a knife and moves to attack Reed when he looks away, but Reed shoots her.  A distraught Luther finds Zoe dead in the kitchen but he runs off just as the police arrive, realizing that Reed set the scene to make it look like a domestic dispute gone wrong. 

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Cast

Trivia

  • Ending song is "Breathe Me" by Sia.
  • Luther tells the PC to contact Detective Munch in New York's Special Victim's unit.
  • Detective Munch is a character on the U.S. show, Law and Order, Special Victim's unit.
  • About 25 minutes into the episode you can see DCI Ian Reed using an iPhone backwards.

Ratings

  • 3.80 million
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