Luther - Series 2, Episode 1

Still plagued by the death of his ex-wife, Luther returns to work to face a surreal and nightmarish case of a masked murderer determined to enter into folklore. As the body count rises, Luther must use all his skills to stop the killer, at the same time trying to rescue an old acquaintance's daughter from the dangerous world of prostitution.

Luther starts off with Alice Morgan being questioned, she is asked about Luther and Ian Reed, this is obviously relating to the last episode in Series 1 where Luther's wife Zoe got killed by Ian. Luther is still very emotional and upset about the death. There is also a serial killer wearing a mask. The MO of the killer is strangling and then cutting the victims throat with a knife. The killer then targets 3 females throughout this episode. As this is all happening we see the Luther is an Anti Hero as he was told not to go anywhere near Alice, but he goes and sees her, when he leaves her  he throws an apple over the wall, in the apple there was a note but we don't get to see what was written on it. As this crime goes on, Luther is also trying to rescue an old acquaintance's daughter from the dangerous world of prostitution. He takes him to Mark to look after her, she is then handcuffed to a chair in order for her to not to escape. Towards the end of the episode DS Ripley is in the car and the serial killer wearing his mask appears in the car behind the seat...