I agree with all of the reviewers who rated this as 7 and under. Several different reviewers saw the SAME glaring inconsistencies.
ONE: The murder at the hotel was never addressed. A thorough investigation of that one incident would have nailed Reed.
TWO: Investigation of the location of the callers during the phone conversation between Zoe and Luther would have proven Luther was not present when Zoe was killed.
THREE: Luther accuses Ian (way too late, btw) and no one investigates the possibility of Ian's guilt.
FOUR: Luther's plan to bring Ian to justice was far fetched. No one would risk their life and stand out in the open in the presence of trained snipers. In the real world, things go wrong. So you don't take unnecessary risks with your life.
FIVE: In the real world you slap the handcuffs on Ian and that's the end of it. NOT some after school game of thumbs up / thumbs down.
SIX: Why didn't Luther have his captain search Ian's locker for the diamonds? That one move would have instantly changed the entire scenario.
SEVEN: Why did Luther literally bring a knife to a gun fight when he met up with Ian? He knew there would be snipers, why antagonize them with a knife?
IMHO, this series is not rigorous enough for an adult audience. One reviewer said the episode seemed forced. I think it's more like this episode (and the entire season) was pretentious. The billing states they use a police advisor (Simon Morgan.). But obviously no one actually listens to him.
ONE: The murder at the hotel was never addressed. A thorough investigation of that one incident would have nailed Reed.
TWO: Investigation of the location of the callers during the phone conversation between Zoe and Luther would have proven Luther was not present when Zoe was killed.
THREE: Luther accuses Ian (way too late, btw) and no one investigates the possibility of Ian's guilt.
FOUR: Luther's plan to bring Ian to justice was far fetched. No one would risk their life and stand out in the open in the presence of trained snipers. In the real world, things go wrong. So you don't take unnecessary risks with your life.
FIVE: In the real world you slap the handcuffs on Ian and that's the end of it. NOT some after school game of thumbs up / thumbs down.
SIX: Why didn't Luther have his captain search Ian's locker for the diamonds? That one move would have instantly changed the entire scenario.
SEVEN: Why did Luther literally bring a knife to a gun fight when he met up with Ian? He knew there would be snipers, why antagonize them with a knife?
IMHO, this series is not rigorous enough for an adult audience. One reviewer said the episode seemed forced. I think it's more like this episode (and the entire season) was pretentious. The billing states they use a police advisor (Simon Morgan.). But obviously no one actually listens to him.