Luther
Season #1 Episode #1- TV-MA
- Year:
- 2010
- 60 min
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1 EXT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 1 - 00.00 1
A DECAYED, POST-INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE. Wasteland.
2 INT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE, MAIN AREA - NIGHT 1 - 00.01 2
HENRY MADSEN - a handsome man in suit and tie - stands alone in
this VAST FORSAKEN SPACE. Breathing exerted, afraid. Thinking
hard. Scanning the DARK CORNERS for what predators may lurk
there -
He SPINS, looks behind him. Sees NOTHING. Just darkness and
silence. Sound of DRIPPING WATER. His harsh breathing. And a
sense of TERRIBLE THREAT in the LOOMING SHADOWS.
And now
A FOOTSTEP. Somewhere out there - in the shadows.
He takes a SINGLE RETREATING STEP. And another. And a third faster
now, moving backwards - as the ECHOING FOOTSTEPS in the
vastness of this terrible place grow CLOSER and CLOSER.
And now he’s running - headlong through this awful place - away
- just away -
3 EXT. MADSEN HOUSE - NIGHT 1 - 00.02 3
A MASSIVE POLICE OPERATION outside an ORDINARY SUBURBAN HOUSE.
A UNIFORMED OFFICER emerges, mud covered. Approaches DETECTIVE
SUPERINTENDANT ROSE TELLER - who’s looking at a PHOTOGRAPH OF A
YOUNG GIRL.
TELLER:
Nothing?
The UNIFORMED OFFICER shakes his head.
Teller exchanges a pained, anxious look with DETECTIVE
INSPECTOR IAN REED. Who shrugs.
REED:
John said she’s here, so she’s here.
Keep trying.
UNIFORMED OFFICER nods, exits.
TELLER:
Her oxygen ran out two minutes ago.
4 INT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE, VAT ROOM - NIGHT 1 - 00.03 4
Madsen has no choice but to scramble up a RUSTY LADDER - which
one way out. A STEEL DOOR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
CHAMBER.
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To reach it, he must cross an ANCIENT METAL WALKWAY.
- Which spans a CIRCULAR BLACK CHASM WHICH
DIVES TO INFINITY.
A BLACK HOLE.
He turns from its evil maw. No way. He can’t.
He can’t do that.
Breathing heavily, casting round, looking for a way out - he
Coming closer. Ever closer.
The ECHOES OF IMPENDING NEMESIS. A long, UNBEARABLE MOMENT
Until
Below, a SHABBY FIGURE appears. Implacable. Eyes that burn with
lunacy and murder.
Incredible as it seems - this is DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR JOHN
LUTHER.
He reaches the foot of the ladder. He advances on Madsen.
Who sprints across THE WALKWAY He’s
halfway across when SOMETHING FALLS - minor part of the
superstructure - a sheared bolt, maybe. It plunges,
reverberating, into darkness.
Madsen ignores it. Reaches the DOOR on the other side. It’s
metal. Riveted. Solid.
LOCKED.
He casts around. Finds an IRON BAR. Levers at the door.
Frantic, desperate.
But it’s not opening. No way.
He turns. Sees Luther. At the top of the ladder now.
Advancing.
Pausing at the edge of the walkway.
A moment of eye contact.
Madsen gives up on the door. It’s not going to open.
He’s TRAPPED.
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So he lifts the iron bar as a weapon -
And he and Luther advance on each other - crossing the walkway.
Madsen ready to kill.
Luther grinning. The light of madness in his eyes. Less a man
than a force of nature.
Vengeance personified.
6 EXT. MADSEN HOUSE - NIGHT 1 - 00.05 6
Teller glares at her watch. Five minutes past midnight.
7 INT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE, UPPER LEVEL, WALKWAY - NIGHT 1 - 00.06
7
Madsen and Luther advance on each other - converging on the
MOMENT OF VIOLENT CONNECTION When
Madsen stops. Suddenly.
the WALKWAY GIVES WAY BENEATH HIS FEET - Madsen FALLS -
drops the crowbar - it tumbles into darkness -
he CATCHES HIMSELF - just in time -
- and hangs there - scrabbling, trying to climb -
Can’t. It’s too wet. Too slick.
Luther approaches. Edges as close as he can. Takes a moment of
PURE MALEVOLENT PLEASURE in Madsen’s desperation.
LUTHER:
You’re going to fall.
MADSEN:
Oh, God -
Madsen tries to scrabble up. Can’t.
The walkway protests beneath him. A metallic groan. It jolts -
gives way a few more centimetres. Madsen is jarred - but hangs
on. Just. Over a chasm of darkness.
Luther watches with a kind of glee - a kind of madness.
LUTHER:
Where is she?
Madsen begins to SLIP - regains his hold - for the moment. His
feet scramble, seeking a toehold.
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MADSEN:
(in agony)
The living room! For God’s sake, the
living room! There’s a - panel -
behind the plasterboard
Luther produces his phone.
LUTHER:
Be exact.
8 EXT. MADSEN HOUSE - NIGHT 1 - 00.08 8
Reed’s phone rings. ANGLE ON THE PHONE: JOHN LUTHER.
REED:
John?
(listens. Runs)
LIVING ROOM!
9 INT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE, UPPER LEVEL, WALKWAY - NIGHT 1 - 00.08
9
Luther waits.
MADSEN:
HEY! HEY!
LUTHER:
Thing is - what if you’re lying?
MADSEN:
I’m not! I’m not lying! Please!
10 INT. MADSEN HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 1 - 00.09 10
Reed enters - he’s got a CROW BAR. He’s followed by Teller.
Then several UNIFORMED OFFICERS, carrying SLEDGE HAMMERS.
Reed hammers and rips at the plasterboard wall, tears down
section after section - throws away the crowbar - uses his
hands -
Teller and a uniformed officer join in. Frantic.
11 INT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE, UPPER LEVEL, WALKWAY - NIGHT 1 - 00.09
11
Madsen struggles like a fly on a pin -
12 INT. MADSEN HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 1 - 00.10 12
Behind the plasterboard, behind a layer of soundproofing, Reed
and Teller find an UPRIGHT, COFFIN-SIZED CONTAINER WRAPPED IN
LAGGING. It has an OXYGEN CYLINDER attached. It’s marked with a
faded KTR MEDICO logo. The gauge reads: EMPTY.
Reed picks up his phone, still connected
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REED:
(on phone)
It’s here!
13
INT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE, UPPER LEVEL, WALKWAY - NIGHT 1 - 00.10
13
LUTHER:
(on phone, looking into
Madsen’s eye)
She alive?
14
INT. MADSEN HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 1 - 00.10 14
OFFICERS rush to open the coffin. Inside is MIA DALTON
Dead?
REED:
I can’t tell.
Teller hauls Mia from the coffin, lays her out. Listens to her
chest. Sh*t. Turns the girl’s head, clears the vomit from her
airway. Tilts back her head. Pinches her nose. Covers Mia’s
mouth with hers, gently forces air into her lungs.
Mia’s chest rises.
15 INT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE, UPPER LEVEL, WALKWAY - NIGHT 1 - 00.11
15
MADSEN:
I can’t - I can’t - oh God - please!
Luther looks down on him. Frowns.
Grabs the handrail. Edges forward. The walkway groans beneath
him. The weird shriek and pop of support wires giving way.
Luther GRABS THE FRONT OF MADSEN’S SHIRT. Holds him in place.
Madsen screams in terror
16
INT. MADSEN HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 1 - 00.11 16
Teller administers CPR.
Reed keeps the phone to his ear. He can hear DISTANT SCREAMING.
MADSEN (V.O.)
PLEASE! NO!
A moment of discomfort. Then Reed LOWERS THE PHONE. And we INTERCUT
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