Luther

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(DS Ripley, yes, but lets not forget poor Zoe.)

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Episode two of this fifth season gives us the whole colorful spectrum of Alices capabilities.

These two were the originalEve and Villanelle, after all.

She reiterates, and asks him to repeat back, the golden rule: Play safe.

But a la Alice, hes consumed by an irrepressible impulse to harm and maim.

(Didnt she ever see the moving-van scene inSilence of the Lambs?)

But no one wants to feel kept and controlled their whole lives, be it Jeremy or Alice.

Victorias deeper into the former waters than she thought.

This is heady stuff.

And amid a comeback season, episode two isLuthers most crackerjack hour since the era when Zoe wept.

Luthermay have the most underrated Next week on … teasers in TV.

Lets hope Alices I had to be dead, thats how your best relationships end wasnt foreshadowing.

Arguably, she was his worst.

Although she might be better off dead.

James was into some kinky,Audition-style self-mutilation.

He wasdefinitelybetter off dead.

Love that Jeremy couldnt help but examine a brain scan right in front of Halliday and Schenk.

It feels as ifLutherhas a chip on its shoulder.

Now all it needs is that crappy pension.