Luther as a flawed Anti-hero

Luther as a flawed Anti-hero

Luther is not your conventional detective, we think of  detectives as law abiding citizens however he is not.

• Luther is an antihero as he left a man to die when he has the opportunity to save his life.
• Luther also had a fight with his ex wifes boyfriend for no particular reason, just due to a disagreement which highlight he has a very short temper
• Another reason why Luther is a flawed anti- hero is because he met up with the murderer several times outside of his working hours therefore this is not a typical sub-ordinate behaviour of people working with the law
• He broke the rules and went to arrest a murdered himself when he was supposed to have a back up, this was against the rules of being a detective as he put his own life at risk.
• Furthermore Luther nearly got tempted by the seductive behaviour of a potential  murderer.
• Luther puts his personal life before his profession
• Blackmail, this is not the right thing to do and it is against the law. In episode 2 Luther blackmailed the murderes dad due to a child pornography and Alice saying they will arrest someone else if she leaves his wife alone.
• Luther Broke into a suspects flat meaning any evidence he had picked up would have been irrelevent.