Luther fans left shocked after deadly finale sees multiple characters killed off
The fifth series of Luther has come to an end, but not without a few casualties.
*Spoilers for the finale below*
While fans thought Benny (Michael Smiley) being killed by a mobster during the penultimate episode was bad enough, the finale had a lot worse in store.
The series climaxed with the psychopathic murderer Alice Morgan (Ruth Wilson) falling from a lethal height to her death and John Luther (Idris Elba) being arrested.
However, before Morgan’s death, she managed to unceremoniously kill another main character: John Luther’s latest partner, Catherine Halliday (Wunmi Mosaku).
Contract killer Mr Palmer was also killed during the final episode of series five, by George Cornelius (Patrick Malahide).
With so much death during the episode, fans were rightly left feeling shocked by events, expressing as much on Twitter.
My word, if there’s a better drama on for the rest of the year, I’ll be very surprised. That was outstanding 👏🏻 #Luther
— Adam Staniforth (@adam_staniforth)
Never screamed this much at an episode #luther
— Ellie Rose (@ellierose__xo)
Things I’m scared of after tonight’s #Luther finale:
Freezer rooms
A really scary Hermoine Norris (again)
The sudetenland
Masks of your own face
Letting John Luther into your life
Bunches of red roses
Teachers
Escorts
Plumbers
Contd....— Are we the baddies? (@arewetehbaddies)
halliday was a NICE lady she did NOT deserve aNyThInG #Luther pic.twitter.com/Y8NVlkOK0F
— george🏴 (@KyroGeorge)
Before vs after Alice shot Halliday #Luther pic.twitter.com/LSobFykMeS
— alex 🦉 (@dingleperalta)
#Luther Alice dead. Benny Dead. Halliday Dead. George Alive. Luther in cuffs. pic.twitter.com/lfsUZYJYW8
— Ben (@benjwilliams98)
When you were rooting for Alice but she does something stupid and kills Halliday 😫 #Luther pic.twitter.com/N76IRpBakj
— Ali (@RoyMustang786)
Me when Alice shot DS Halliday #Luther pic.twitter.com/nWl8luFVik
— Amelia 🌜 (@_ameliabest)
Although his character has now been jailed, Elba has recently spoken about a film adaptation of Luther looking ever more likely, stating: “We are really advancing on getting a movie version [of the show] up on the screen.
“[Creator] Neil Cross is beavering away on writing this thing, and I think the remit for the film is to scale it up.”
Read our review of the first two episodes of Luther here and here.