After last season’s finale, the cast is in a bit of shambles. Luther’s recovering from Zoe’s loss, by playing Russian Roulette before he leaves the house, Alice is in a secure hospital for killing Reed, and Ripley is dealing with the dregs of society in his demoted position. But Schenk is there to bring the team back together, well, not Alice, because she’s still a sociopath, and she’s tried to kill herself a few times.
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Meanwhile, Luther’s personal drama doesn’t tone itself down. A woman, whose husband Luther put away for killing a prostitute (on accident, but then he freaked out and cut up her body) comes to him for help. Her daughter, Jenny, has gotten on into dealings with a group of people who are ne’er do wells and are forcing her to do necro-porn. He more or less kidnaps Jenny just as filming has started and drops her off with Mark, who is really a great chap, considering everything that’s gone on.
In trying to find their killer, who’s name they know and who’s apartment they’ve been to, they speak to his ex-girlfriend, and when Grey and Ripley take her home, the killer kidnaps Ripley.
(And it’s a to-be-continued)
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This review will be light as I’ll save most of my thoughts for the next episode’s post, but here are a few thoughts:
The mask reminds me quite a bit of the puppet from saw – or a Bavarian-style painting of a fairy-tale witch.
This is the first episode of the second season and I’m really happy they brought Schenk on in a more permanent role. But this season has a completely different feel from the first. The series has always been dark, but I think this season is a much dirtier dark, whereas the first season was a rather clean dark, and I think that’s reflective of Luther’s demeanor. I like it.
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