As the series has continued, it’s grown more outlandish, oppressive, and removed from the things that made it so captivating.
There’s still something distinctive about Luther and its mix of the chic and the gross.
Glancing over this year’s Emmy nominations is to marvel again at just how much the television landscape has changed in 20 years.
The season ends on several notes of potential finality for the series as a whole, the last of which is a superficially happy ending.
Luther is the most absurd and enjoyable police show to come along in a while.