LUTHER by NEIL CROSS Episode 1
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LUTHER Because sometimes we like to shorten one of the legs. It means a suspect can’t get comfortable, can’t relax. They’re always unbalanced. Too hot? Eye contact. Alice noting the implied shift in her status. ALICE Really. I’m fine. A connection between them. A knowledge. Almost flirtatious. INT. SCU, LUTHER AND REED'S OFFICE - DAY 3 - 16.42 47 47 Reed and Ripley enter. Ripley busies himself, types in password, turns up the volume on the audio feed. Then takes a seat. They watch. INT. SCU, INTERVIEW ROOM - NIGHT 3 - 18.33 48 48 Luther glances at his notes. LUTHER I see you got your Ph.D. at eighteen - astrophysics, was it? ALICE “Dark Matter Distribution in Disc Galaxies.” LUTHER
Dark Matter. That’s the stuff that - makes up the universe. Except we can’t see it. It doesn’t interact with the stuff we know about in the way we’d expect. ALICE No, but its presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter. We know it’s there. We just can’t see it. Would many police officers be able to gain my trust by having this conversation? LUTHER Well, I just like to read books. ALICE It beats burning them. LUTHER You, though - you’re the one who’s practically a genius. ALICE Practically?
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