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S1 E15

Luther · Season 1, Episode 15

DCSU Cornish and DSU Teller in “Unfinished Business”

DCDCSU Cornish

So, he's back.

From outer space.

DCDCSU Cornish

You do know the man is nitroglycerin?

With respect, sir, a comprehensive investigation under your edict cleared him of any wrongdoing.

DCDCSU Cornish

Not least because the only other witness is in a coma, measuring three on the Glasgow scale.

And Mia Dalton's in school today, and not in the ground.

DCDCSU Cornish

Rose, if you bet too heavily on Luther, then you stand or fall with him and with you goes this unit, and my credibility as its architect. Haven't you worked too hard for too long to take that big a risk on such a wild card?

I don't consider him a risk.

DCDCSU Cornish

Then what is he?

An investment.

DCDCSU Cornish

And if Henry Madsen wakes up, gives his account of what happened that night? Will Luther drag us all down? Let's hope not.

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