Luther Page #2

Season #1 Episode #1

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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

LUTHER by NEIL CROSS Episode 1

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REED:

(on phone)

It’s here!

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INT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE, UPPER LEVEL, WALKWAY - NIGHT 1 - 00.10

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LUTHER:

(on phone, looking into

Madsen’s eye)

She alive?

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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

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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

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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

TWO LIVES IN THE BALANCE - Mia and Madsen.

Until Mia takes in a MASSIVE WHOOP OF AIR - SITS UP - LOOKS

AROUND - WIDE EYED AND TERROR-STRICKEN.

Teller cries out - embraces the child.

LUTHER by NEIL CROSS Episode 1 Page 6.

TELLER:

Oh, good girl. Good girl. Good girl.

REED:

(on phone)

We’ve got her!

17 INT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE, UPPER LEVEL, WALKWAY - NIGHT 1 - 00.11

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Luther stares down at Madsen.

LUTHER:

(on phone)

Good.

He hangs up. In the background, SIRENS APPROACH.

Luther glances in their direction. Then back at Madsen.

18 INT. MADSEN HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 1 - 00.12 18

Reed thinks a moment, troubled. Seems about to speak. Then

changes his mind. Hangs up the phone.

19 INT. KTR MEDICO WAREHOUSE, UPPER LEVEL, WALKWAY - NIGHT 1 - 00.12

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Luther deliberates. Staring at Madsen, hanging there.

MADSEN:

Oh God, please.

An unbearably long beat.

LUTHER:

No.

Luther LETS GO OF MADSEN’S SHIRT. Madsen CRIES OUT - clings

there for a moment -

- then his hand SLIPS - slides - a MAD FLURRY as he scrabbles

for purchase - a FROZEN BEAT -

and Madsen TUMBLES into the night - down and down into

darkness -

On Luther’s face as he falls.

FADE TO:

20 INT. PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, CORRIDOR -DAY 2 - 11.15 20

Reed walks through hospital doors and along a corridor.

21 INT. PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, WARD - DAY 2 - 11.46 21

Luther sits, unmoving, almost catatonic. Facing the window.

Pulling back, we see that Reed is with him. There’s a CHESS SET

between them. Reed moves a BLACK KNIGHT.

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