'Luther' Season 5 Episode 2 Recap: Uninvited

Luther finds all of DCI Luther's worlds colliding as his co-workers, his enemies, and Alice all turn up to his apartment uninvited, all at the same time.

Alice: I had to be dead. That's how all your best relationships end.

This week's episode does new viewers a huge favor and brings us all up to speed on the character that made Luther the hit show it is, Alice Morgan. One part psychopath, one part brilliant entrepreneur, if one can be considered an entrepreneur in the world of crime, Alice was never supposed to survive beyond the show's first season. But she was so popular, they brought her back over and over again. The show did try to skip having her in the two-part Season 4, but that was an utter failure, and so for Season 5, Alice is here again. Moreover, the show, which has slowly softened her into Luther's girlfriend/partner/soul mate has decided that audiences really should be reminded both of what she's capable of, as well as fill everyone in on where she was last season.