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* AttentionWhore: A big part of his MO.
* BigBad: Of Luther: Fallen Sun.
* BigBad: Of Luther: Fallen Sun.
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* AttentionWhore: A big part of his MO.
MO. He hosts his own online forum where sick twisted individuals can watch him forcing people to torture and kill each other, with him presenting it like a cheesy game show host.
* BerserkButton: Despite how much he relishes in taunting and talking down to people, he can't stand it whenever he's made fun of himself. Unusually for this trope, this makes him ''less'' dangerous rather than more, as when Luther starts ridiculing him about his former anxious habits which Robey's wife Georgette told him about when he visited her in hospital, he storms out of the room in embarrassment.
* BigBad: OfLuther: ''Luther: Fallen Sun.Sun''.
* BigFancyHouse: Two. One is his London apartment, the other is his huge palace in Greenland, surrounded by a frozen moat filled with the bodies of people he has killed.
* BerserkButton: Despite how much he relishes in taunting and talking down to people, he can't stand it whenever he's made fun of himself. Unusually for this trope, this makes him ''less'' dangerous rather than more, as when Luther starts ridiculing him about his former anxious habits which Robey's wife Georgette told him about when he visited her in hospital, he storms out of the room in embarrassment.
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* BigFancyHouse: Two. One is his London apartment, the other is his huge palace in Greenland, surrounded by a frozen moat filled with the bodies of people he has killed.
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* ControlFreak: Relishes the power he holds over his victims. When Georgette, tried to leave him after he was prosecuted for a serious sexual assault, he locked her in the house and set fire to it, burning and disabling her.
* TheDandy: Always dressed smartly, yet flashily, in keeping with his superiority complex and AttentionWhore nature.
* DeathByIrony: Fills his frozen moat with the corpses of his murder victims but when he gets into a fight with Luther and crashes his Range Rover into the moat, the two of them fight underwater, Robey gets stuck beneath the ice and drowns alongside his victims. It's as satisfying as it sounds.
* TheDreaded: Acquires this reputation in London during his killing spree. Luther says that this was one of his main motivations, wanting to be thought of as "a bad dream come to life." He's like a more successful version of Cameron Pell.
* TheDandy: Always dressed smartly, yet flashily, in keeping with his superiority complex and AttentionWhore nature.
* DeathByIrony: Fills his frozen moat with the corpses of his murder victims but when he gets into a fight with Luther and crashes his Range Rover into the moat, the two of them fight underwater, Robey gets stuck beneath the ice and drowns alongside his victims. It's as satisfying as it sounds.
* TheDreaded: Acquires this reputation in London during his killing spree. Luther says that this was one of his main motivations, wanting to be thought of as "a bad dream come to life." He's like a more successful version of Cameron Pell.
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* EvilGenius: Probably on a par with Alice Morgan on intelligence, and in terms of villainy, he makes her look like an absolute saint.
* FauxAffablyEvil: In spite of his despicable nature, he's able to come across as a kind, gentle and supportive man to the families of his victims.
* KarmicDeath: Drowns beneath the ice of the frozen moat of his palace amidst the corpses of his many victims.
* FauxAffablyEvil: In spite of his despicable nature, he's able to come across as a kind, gentle and supportive man to the families of his victims.
* KarmicDeath: Drowns beneath the ice of the frozen moat of his palace amidst the corpses of his many victims.
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* {{Ephebophile}}: Abducts Superintendent Odette Raine's daughter, Anya, and threatens to rape her into order to make Raine cooperate. Unless he was bluffing of course, but you can't be sure with this guy.
* EvilGenius:Probably Almost on a par with Alice Morgan on intelligence, and in terms of villainy, he makes her look like an absolute saint.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He clearly thinks he's very funny but nobody else is laughing. It's quite darkly comedic when he sings "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross to his scarred wife in hospital though.
* {{Expy}}: His ''modus operandi'' of blackmailing people to obey him, together with his perverse nature arguably makes him one to [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Charles Augustus Magnussen]], enhanced by the fact that he used to have a sweat problem.
* FauxAffablyEvil: In spite of his despicable nature, he's able to come across as a kind, gentle and supportive man to the families of hisvictims.
victims and brings flowers to the wife he crippled and scarred when visiting her in hospital.
* HateSink: A smug, sadistic, self-righteous, murdering maniac. You will ''not'' being shedding any tears for him, put it that way.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Accuses Luther of making the world unsafe for criminals like him, despite how unsafe ''they'' make it for other people. He also likes to blackmail people using secrets they're ashamed of, but when Luther starts making fun of him for his former habit of sweating and grinding his teeth whilst anxious which he learned from his wife, Robey flees the room.
* KarmicDeath: ''Very'' karmic. Drowns beneath the ice of the frozen moat of his palace amidst the corpses of his manyvictims.victims. Honestly, you feel like he got off lightly.
* EvilGenius:
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He clearly thinks he's very funny but nobody else is laughing. It's quite darkly comedic when he sings "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross to his scarred wife in hospital though.
* {{Expy}}: His ''modus operandi'' of blackmailing people to obey him, together with his perverse nature arguably makes him one to [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Charles Augustus Magnussen]], enhanced by the fact that he used to have a sweat problem.
* FauxAffablyEvil: In spite of his despicable nature, he's able to come across as a kind, gentle and supportive man to the families of his
* HateSink: A smug, sadistic, self-righteous, murdering maniac. You will ''not'' being shedding any tears for him, put it that way.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Accuses Luther of making the world unsafe for criminals like him, despite how unsafe ''they'' make it for other people. He also likes to blackmail people using secrets they're ashamed of, but when Luther starts making fun of him for his former habit of sweating and grinding his teeth whilst anxious which he learned from his wife, Robey flees the room.
* KarmicDeath: ''Very'' karmic. Drowns beneath the ice of the frozen moat of his palace amidst the corpses of his many
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* LargeHam: One of the hammiest Luther villains by far, up there with Cameron Pell.
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* LargeHam: One of the hammiest Luther villains by far, up there with Cameron Pell.Pell and Alice Morgan.
* MotiveRant: In keeping with his Bond-villain vibe, he has one of these when he has Luther at his mercy in his torture chamber, which he calls the Red Bunker. He tells Luther that he persecutes people like him "who are different" and that his torture chamber and online forum are a "safe space" for evil people like him to enjoy watching people being hurt without having to worry about being hurt themselves.
* NotSoStoic: He's mostly calm, smug and cocky but when Luther starts exposing his embarrassing secrets in front of his live-audience for added humiliation, he starts sweating and grinding his teeth like he used to, and has to leave the room. He seems to have recovered by the time he gets outside though, so he holds it together better than most Luther villains undergoing a [[VillainousBreakdown breakdown]].
* PopCulturedBadass: He likes his pop music, that's for sure.
* PracticallyJoker: A garishly dressed sociopathic sadist who can occasionally be quite funny.
* NotSoStoic: He's mostly calm, smug and cocky but when Luther starts exposing his embarrassing secrets in front of his live-audience for added humiliation, he starts sweating and grinding his teeth like he used to, and has to leave the room. He seems to have recovered by the time he gets outside though, so he holds it together better than most Luther villains undergoing a [[VillainousBreakdown breakdown]].
* PopCulturedBadass: He likes his pop music, that's for sure.
* PracticallyJoker: A garishly dressed sociopathic sadist who can occasionally be quite funny.
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* {{Sadist}}: He literally gives Ramsay Bolton a run for his money. This guy abducted a load of people, killed them and then lured their mothers to a house where he hanged their corpses and watches through the window as the house burns down, wearing a mask that's a screen depicting the faces of their children.
* TheSociopath: That's putting it mildly! Empathy and remorse are as foreign to him as Mars and he's able to be very superficially charming, convincing the wives and mothers of people he's killed that he's a good Samaritan there to provide them with a shoulder to cry on. He's also extremely egotistical and willing to take risks with his own safety to get what he wants. Unfortunately he combines this with being a sadist, which is a recipe for disaster.
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* VillainousBreakdown: When Luther starts laying into him in front of his audience, exposing everything David's wife told Luther about Robey's anxious habits and calling him a "weak, pathetic man", Robey is so humiliated that he storms out of the room.
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* VillainousBreakdown: When Luther starts laying into him in front of his audience, exposing everything David's wife Georgette told Luther about Robey's anxious habits and calling him a "weak, "[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech weak, pathetic man", man]]", Robey is so humiliated that he storms out of the room.
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* WickedCultured: Subverted. Jeremy is cultured, but he is becoming more brutal and impulsive by the time we meet him in Series 5.
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* WickedCultured: Subverted. Jeremy is cultured, but he is becoming more brutal and impulsive by the time we meet him in Series 5.
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!!David Robey
-->Played by: Creator/AndySerkis
A sinister man with a mysterious grudge against Luther.
* AgentPeacock: Has an ostentatious dress sense and is one of the few villains who can match Luther in combat.
* AttentionWhore: A big part of his MO.
* BigBad: Of Luther: Fallen Sun.
* {{Blackmail}}: Uses peoples' secret shame to make them commit murders or suicides on his behalf.
* ControlFreak: Relishes the power he holds over his victims.
* DiabolicalMastermind: A tech genius who gathers information on people to blackmail them.
* EvilGenius: Probably on a par with Alice Morgan on intelligence, and in terms of villainy, he makes her look like an absolute saint.
* FauxAffablyEvil: In spite of his despicable nature, he's able to come across as a kind, gentle and supportive man to the families of his victims.
* KarmicDeath: Drowns beneath the ice of the frozen moat of his palace amidst the corpses of his many victims.
* KnightOfCerebus: Is by faaaar the baddest BigBad Luther has ever faced.
* LargeHam: One of the hammiest Luther villains by far, up there with Cameron Pell.
* ManipulativeBastard: While he has no problems getting his own hands dirty, he prefers to work through others.
* PsychopathicManchild: Comes across as very playful in his evil.
* {{Sadist}}: He literally gives Ramsay Bolton a run for his money.
* SmugSmiler: His default expression is a sadistic smirk.
* SmugSnake: His ego is the size of London and while he's definitely intelligent, he's outplayed by Luther.
* TheUnfettered: Murder, torture, rape, there seem to be few, if any lengths to which this guy won't sink.
* VillainousBreakdown: When Luther starts laying into him in front of his audience, exposing everything David's wife told Luther about Robey's anxious habits and calling him a "weak, pathetic man", Robey is so humiliated that he storms out of the room.
* WickedCultured: About the closest thing he has to a redeeming trait. Robey's elegant apartment is relished with statuary and fine art.
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!!David Robey
-->Played by: Creator/AndySerkis
A sinister man with a mysterious grudge against Luther.
* AgentPeacock: Has an ostentatious dress sense and is one of the few villains who can match Luther in combat.
* AttentionWhore: A big part of his MO.
* BigBad: Of Luther: Fallen Sun.
* {{Blackmail}}: Uses peoples' secret shame to make them commit murders or suicides on his behalf.
* ControlFreak: Relishes the power he holds over his victims.
* DiabolicalMastermind: A tech genius who gathers information on people to blackmail them.
* EvilGenius: Probably on a par with Alice Morgan on intelligence, and in terms of villainy, he makes her look like an absolute saint.
* FauxAffablyEvil: In spite of his despicable nature, he's able to come across as a kind, gentle and supportive man to the families of his victims.
* KarmicDeath: Drowns beneath the ice of the frozen moat of his palace amidst the corpses of his many victims.
* KnightOfCerebus: Is by faaaar the baddest BigBad Luther has ever faced.
* LargeHam: One of the hammiest Luther villains by far, up there with Cameron Pell.
* ManipulativeBastard: While he has no problems getting his own hands dirty, he prefers to work through others.
* PsychopathicManchild: Comes across as very playful in his evil.
* {{Sadist}}: He literally gives Ramsay Bolton a run for his money.
* SmugSmiler: His default expression is a sadistic smirk.
* SmugSnake: His ego is the size of London and while he's definitely intelligent, he's outplayed by Luther.
* TheUnfettered: Murder, torture, rape, there seem to be few, if any lengths to which this guy won't sink.
* VillainousBreakdown: When Luther starts laying into him in front of his audience, exposing everything David's wife told Luther about Robey's anxious habits and calling him a "weak, pathetic man", Robey is so humiliated that he storms out of the room.
* WickedCultured: About the closest thing he has to a redeeming trait. Robey's elegant apartment is relished with statuary and fine art.
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* BludgeonedToDeath: He normally kills by strangulation, but when prostitute Layla hides in the bathroom, he uses a hammer to break down the door. [[spoiler:His wife kills him with it in the end of the episode.]]
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* DropTheHammer: He normally kills by strangulation, but when prostitute Layla hides in the bathroom, he uses a hammer to break down the door. [[spoiler:His wife kills him with it in the end of the episode.]]
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* DropTheHammer: One of the weapons they'll allow themselves to use as part of their game, using them to bludgeon people, smash windows, and vandalize cars.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: If you believe his {{motive rant}}s to Luther and Ripley, Cameron believes that he is going to shock the city of London out of its malaise and fix all of society's problems by giving them something to be really scared of. It's ridiculous, but he's not a mentally well man.
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* ColdSniperColdSniper: He's a brilliant cop killer via sniping, though the coldness cracks progressively throughout his rampage.
* DerangedTaxiDriver: Though he can seem largely nice, he's an impotent SerialKiller who strangles the women he has in his taxi for sexual gratification.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: He's impotent and a serial killer, though he can perform after killing.
* ManipulativeBastard: He's extremely wheedling towards his wife, and is said to have manipulated her with suicide attempts.
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* FreudianExcuse: He was abused relentlessly by his father. He served in Afghanistan and was discharged due to mental health problems. This caused his father to step up the abuse, leaving him the ruin we meet.
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* {{Foil}}: Like Luther, he's the child of a military veteran who had a difficult relationship with his father, and Owen guesses Luther has some sort of association with the military within seconds of the two meeting. Just about everything else about the two men is very different, and both the similarities and differences are shown throughout the episode and especially their confrontation.
* FreudianExcuse: He was abused relentlessly by his father. He served in Afghanistan and was discharged due to mental health problems. Thiscaused only increased his father to step up the abuse, father's disdain for and abuse of Owen, leaving him the ruin we meet.meet.
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He went from being an Army vet (albeit a mentally disturbed one who was discharged because of his psychological issues), to a ruthless CopKiller. Ironically, at least one of the police officers he killed [[BadgesAndDogTags was also ex-military]].
* FreudianExcuse: He was abused relentlessly by his father. He served in Afghanistan and was discharged due to mental health problems. This
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He went from being an Army vet (albeit a mentally disturbed one who was discharged because of his psychological issues), to a ruthless CopKiller. Ironically, at least one of the police officers he killed [[BadgesAndDogTags was also ex-military]].
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* KnifeNut: Makes all of his kills with knives.
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* KnifeNut: Robert uses a knife to kill the three motorcycle couriers, and Nicholas uses one during his first attack in a shopping mall, wounding numerous people, and knifing one man to death onscreen.
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* NiceHat: Both brothers favour baseball hats.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is absolutely sickened when Luther threatens to plant child pornography in his cell to make people think that he raped his son.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is Downplayed. He is absolutely sickened when Luther threatens to plant child pornography in his cell to make people think that he raped his son.son. However, his visible outrage stems more from his own fear that it will destroy his reputation in prison rather than having any moral opposition.
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!!Lucien Burgess
->'''Played By:''' Paul Rhys
An owner of an occult bookshop who was investigated for murdering a woman ten years before, Lucien Burgess was beaten by the police, and parlayed that beating into a successful autobiography. A decade later, he tries to repeat his success, kidnapping another woman to replicate the pattern in the third episode of Series 1.
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->'''Played By:''' Paul Rhys
An owner of an occult bookshop who was investigated for murdering a woman ten years before, Lucien Burgess was beaten by the police, and parlayed that beating into a successful autobiography. A decade later, he tries to repeat his success, kidnapping another woman to replicate the pattern in the third episode of Series 1.
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!!Lucien Burgess
->'''Played By:''' Paul Rhys
An owner of an occult bookshop who was investigated for murdering a woman ten years before, Lucien Burgess was beaten by the police, and parlayed that beating into a successful autobiography. A decade later, he tries to repeat his success, kidnapping another woman to replicate the pattern in the third episode of Series 1.
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* AbusiveDad: Emotionally and physically abused his son to the point that his son wet the bed from fear, causing Terry to beat him even more. He's even unmoved by the idea of his son dying, saying that he will die "Doin' what he loves."
* Bald of Evil: In keeping with his thuggish persona.
* CopKiller: Was sent to gaol for murdering a police officer in a bar brawl. He manipulates his son into going on a killing spree to target police men in order to force them to free him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is absolutely sickened when Luther threatens to plant child pornography in his cell to make people think that he raped his son.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He's a despicable man and being voiced by the growly Sean Pertwee, he's very deep voiced.
* HateSink: He's a vicious thug who cares for nothing but indulging his own love of violence and even treats his own son like dirt.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Fails to see his son as anything more than an extension of himself, physically and psychologically brutalising him for showing any hint of fear or weakness and forcing him to pursue a career in the military like him and ultimately using him as a pawn in his own bid for freedom. The fact that he describes his son murdering cops whilst pretending to be soldier as "doing what he loves" is clearly wrong because it's what ''he'' loves.
* {{Jerkass}}: That's probably the nicest thing you can say about this violent, murdering, abusive yob.
* TheManBehindtheMan: Terry is the mastermind behind his son's shooting spree.
* ManipulativeBastard: As noted, he orders his son to start shooting police officers in order to force them to release him.
* NotSoStoic: As Luther notes, Terry is "a hard bastard" but he goes to pieces when Luther threatens to set him up as a child rapist.
* SociopathicSoldier: Sociopathic ''ex''-soldier to be exact.
* VillainOfTheWeek
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!!Lucien Burgess
->'''Played By:''' Paul Rhys
An owner of an occult bookshop who was investigated for murdering a woman ten years before, Lucien Burgess was beaten by the police, and parlayed that beating into a successful autobiography. A decade later, he tries to repeat his success, kidnapping another woman to replicate the pattern in the third episode of Series 1.
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* Bald of Evil: In keeping with his thuggish persona.
* CopKiller: Was sent to gaol for murdering a police officer in a bar brawl. He manipulates his son into going on a killing spree to target police men in order to force them to free him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is absolutely sickened when Luther threatens to plant child pornography in his cell to make people think that he raped his son.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He's a despicable man and being voiced by the growly Sean Pertwee, he's very deep voiced.
* HateSink: He's a vicious thug who cares for nothing but indulging his own love of violence and even treats his own son like dirt.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Fails to see his son as anything more than an extension of himself, physically and psychologically brutalising him for showing any hint of fear or weakness and forcing him to pursue a career in the military like him and ultimately using him as a pawn in his own bid for freedom. The fact that he describes his son murdering cops whilst pretending to be soldier as "doing what he loves" is clearly wrong because it's what ''he'' loves.
* {{Jerkass}}: That's probably the nicest thing you can say about this violent, murdering, abusive yob.
* TheManBehindtheMan: Terry is the mastermind behind his son's shooting spree.
* ManipulativeBastard: As noted, he orders his son to start shooting police officers in order to force them to release him.
* NotSoStoic: As Luther notes, Terry is "a hard bastard" but he goes to pieces when Luther threatens to set him up as a child rapist.
* SociopathicSoldier: Sociopathic ''ex''-soldier to be exact.
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!!Lucien Burgess
->'''Played By:''' Paul Rhys
An owner of an occult bookshop who was investigated for murdering a woman ten years before, Lucien Burgess was beaten by the police, and parlayed that beating into a successful autobiography. A decade later, he tries to repeat his success, kidnapping another woman to replicate the pattern in the third episode of Series 1.
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* BigBadDuumvirate He and his wife, Vivien make up the main threat for Season 5, with George Cornelius providing a secondary threat and [[HijackedByGanon Alice Morgan]] making the FinalBoss.
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* CrazyJealousGirl: She doesn't take the fact that Jeremy has been killing without her well at all.
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* MaskOfSanity: When we see her going to kill Jeremy's BasementWoman victim, she is completely different from her regular behaviour and can barely hold it together.
* PsychoPsychologist: She framesa her mentally ill man patient from a very abusive background for her sadistic husband's crimes.
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* SoftSpokenSadist: Like Jeremy, never raises her voice but still gets great pleasure out of others' pain.
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* HemoErotic: As he does from his victims and seems to gain pleasure from it and has done it in the past.
* HemoErotic: As he does from his victims and seems to gain pleasure from it and has done it in the past.
* CanonForeigner: He's American.
* ThemeSerialKiller: Of other famous serial killers.
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* BrainsAndBondage: He and Vivien are into very sadistic sex, both with each other and others and met in a fetish club.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Vivien's brains. Although, as a respected heart surgeon, he is highly intelligent too, he behaves downright stupidly during the series but is obviously extremely strong, as his brutal stabbing kills demonstrate.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Vivien's brains. Although, as a respected heart surgeon, he is highly intelligent too, he behaves downright stupidly during the series but is obviously extremely strong, as his brutal stabbing kills demonstrate.
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* {{Sadist}}: Takes pleasure in insulting one of his patients, on whom he is about to perform surgery, ultimately threatening to kill her and then [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslighting]] her when she asks him what he just said.
* SharpDressedMan: As a wealthy surgeon, he always dresses to impress in his line of work. As Vivien says, "I Like your tie; You wore it the night you kicked that Somali boy to death.
* SharpDressedMan: As a wealthy surgeon, he always dresses to impress in his line of work. As Vivien says, "I Like your tie; You wore it the night you kicked that Somali boy to death.
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* {{Sadist}}: {{Sadist}} / SoftSpokenSadist: Takes pleasure in insulting one of his patients, on whom he is about to perform surgery, ultimately threatening to kill her and then [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslighting]] her when she asks him what he just said.
* SharpDressedMan: As a wealthy surgeon, he always dresses to impress in his line of work. As Vivien says, "I Like your tie; You wore it the night you kicked that Somali boy to death."
* SharpDressedMan: As a wealthy surgeon, he always dresses to impress in his line of work. As Vivien says, "I Like your tie; You wore it the night you kicked that Somali boy to death."
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* BrainsAndBondage: She and Jeremy are into very sadistic sex, both with each other and others. They met in a fetish club.
* CrazyJealousGirl: She doesn't take the fact that Jeremy has been killing without her well at all.
* CrazyJealousGirl: She doesn't take the fact that Jeremy has been killing without her well at all.
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* PsychoPsychologist: She frames a mentally ill man from a very abusive background for her sadistic husband's crimes.
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* ArcVillain: A variant. Luther lets him fall off a structure while he's begging for mercy. He's in a coma as a result and the whole Series 1 is structured around Luther's attempts to get away with it.
* ConvenientComa: Played with. He's in one for most of Series 1. On one hand, if he'd died outright, Luther would've been less troubled by him; on the other, it's ''very'' convenient that Alice gets to him before the police can question him.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Luther lets him fall off a building after he buried alive (and therefore killed) a young girl.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lucien wants to be famous and doesn't care who he hurts to get there.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lucien wants to be famous and he wants to hurt women, and doesn't care who he hurts to get there.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lucien wants to be famous and he wants to hurt women, and doesn't care who he hurts to get there.
* NonActionGuy: One of the reasons why he's so creepy. Paul Rhys is very tall and one of the few people in-cast that Idris Elba doesn't tower over, but Luther is able to beat Lucien to get his DNA, and his method of kidnapping his victims is to threaten their babies so he doesn't have to physically overpower them.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He's very wealthy and from a rich family, having attended Eton and Cambridge, and he has no moral scruples that we see at all.
* KarmicDeath: Linda, his emotionally abused wife, beats his head in with the hammer he used to kill her lover, having been cowed by him for decades.
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* TheMentallyDisturbed: Graham's prone to fits, mood swings, and violent breakdowns.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Even more so than usual examples. He clearly manipulated his wife their whole life with suicide attempts, and he manipulates his victims before killing them.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Graham's prone to fits, mood swings, and violentbreakdowns.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Its implied he raped the women hekilled. killed.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Noticeable because it leads to his major VillainousBreakdown. When he learns that his wife has been cheating on him, he hammers him to death and then rampages after a prostitute, Layla. It only doesn't work because Luther arrests him.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Noticeable because it leads to his major VillainousBreakdown. When he learns that his wife has been cheating on him, he hammers him to death and then rampages after a prostitute, Layla. It only doesn't work because Luther arrests him.
* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: Variant. He's impotent, but he can perform after killing.
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* BigBadDuumvirate He and his wife, Vivien]] make up the main threat for Season 5, with George Cornelius providing a secondary threat and [[HijackedByGanon Alice Morgan]] making the FinalBoss.
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* BigBadDuumvirate He and his wife, Vivien]] Vivien make up the main threat for Season 5, with George Cornelius providing a secondary threat and [[HijackedByGanon Alice Morgan]] making the FinalBoss.FinalBoss.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Although, as a respected heart surgeon, he is highly intelligent too, he behaves downright stupidly during the series but is obviously extremely strong, as his brutal stabbing kills demonstrate.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Although, as a respected heart surgeon, he is highly intelligent too, he behaves downright stupidly during the series but is obviously extremely strong, as his brutal stabbing kills demonstrate.
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* MadDoctor: A cardiologist and sadistic, decades-long serial killer. Vivien has tried to stop him embodying this trope too much by staying away from his patients, but this ultimately fails.
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* UnholyMatrimony: With Vivien, his partner-in-crime who he has killed with on - apparently - ''many'' occasions.
* VillainousBreakdown: Series 5 is revealed to be one long one for him, as he's dying and it's making him act much more impulsively, and he went from being a careful serial killer with his wife's help to a lone wolf.
* WickedCultured: Subverted. Jeremy is cultured, but he is becoming more brutal and impulsive by the time we meet him in Series 5.
* VillainousBreakdown: Series 5 is revealed to be one long one for him, as he's dying and it's making him act much more impulsively, and he went from being a careful serial killer with his wife's help to a lone wolf.
* WickedCultured: Subverted. Jeremy is cultured, but he is becoming more brutal and impulsive by the time we meet him in Series 5.
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!!Vivien Lake
-->Played by: Hermione Norris
Jeremy's wife.
* BehindEveryGreatMan: Jeremy is a brutal active serial killer, but Vivien is the plotter who helps him cover up his crimes.
* BigBadDuumvirate: With Jeremy.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Vivien uses her extreme intelligence to pick victims for Jeremy and to frame one of her patients as the killer. While Jeremy is theoretically very intelligent too, Vivien embodies brains due to his growing instability.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Although ''not'' a heroic version. She's extremely sharp and brutal with Luther and Halliday, but very emotional towards her husband and their victims.
* SilkHidingSteel: Villainous example. Vivien is scrupulously polite and calm, but she's also a vicious, sadistic serial killer.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Jeremy, especially when we learn that they've been killing together potentially for ''decades''.
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!!Vivien Lake
-->Played by: Hermione Norris
Jeremy's wife.
* BehindEveryGreatMan: Jeremy is a brutal active serial killer, but Vivien is the plotter who helps him cover up his crimes.
* BigBadDuumvirate: With Jeremy.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Vivien uses her extreme intelligence to pick victims for Jeremy and to frame one of her patients as the killer. While Jeremy is theoretically very intelligent too, Vivien embodies brains due to his growing instability.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Although ''not'' a heroic version. She's extremely sharp and brutal with Luther and Halliday, but very emotional towards her husband and their victims.
* SilkHidingSteel: Villainous example. Vivien is scrupulously polite and calm, but she's also a vicious, sadistic serial killer.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Jeremy, especially when we learn that they've been killing together potentially for ''decades''.
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* AnticlimaxFinalBoss: Luther pretty much takes him down within seconds in the last episode.
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* CantYouSeeImDying: It's revealed through conversations Jeremy has with Vivien, that the two used to be a MurderCouple before settling down. However he has a brain tumour and not long to live, so he's going on one last killing frenzy whilst he still can.
* CantYouSeeImDying: It's revealed through conversations Jeremy has with Vivien, that the two used to be a MurderCouple before settling down. However he has a brain tumour and not long to live, so he's going on one last killing frenzy whilst he still can.
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* CantYouSeeImDying: It's revealed through conversations Jeremy has with Vivien, that the two used to be a MurderCouple before settling down. However he has a brain tumour and not long to live, so he's going on one last killing frenzy whilst he still can.FinalBoss.
* CantYouSeeImDying: It's revealed through conversations Jeremy has with Vivien, that the two used to be a MurderCouple before settling down. However he has a brain tumour and not long to live, so he's going on one last killing frenzy whilst he still can.
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* YouSeeImDying: It's revealed through conversations Jeremy has with Vivien, that the two used to commit murders as a couple before settling down. However he has a brain tumour and not long to live, so he's going on one last killing frenzy whilst he still can.
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[[folder:Jeremy Lake]]
!!Jeremy Lake
->'''Played By:''' Enzo Cilenti
A successful surgeon and SerialKiller (yes, another one) with a fetish for stabbing people with sharp instruments who goes on a killing rampage in London, despite his wife's best efforts to hold him back.
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* AnticlimaxFinalBoss: Luther pretty much takes him down within seconds in the last episode.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Subverted. Although he wears a pretty nice suit at work, most of his victims are women or young men and he's clearly dominated by his wife. As noted above, Luther defeats him pretty easily in the final episode.
* BigBadDuumvirate He and his wife, Vivien]] make up the main threat for Season 5, with George Cornelius providing a secondary threat and [[HijackedByGagon Alice Morgan]] making the FinalBoss.
* CantYouSeeImDying: It's revealed through conversations Jeremy has with Vivien, that the two used to be a MurderCouple before settling down. However he has a brain tumour and not long to live, so he's going on one last killing frenzy whilst he still can.
* ControlFreak: Seems to enjoy the power he has over his victims, presumably to compensate for being dominated by his wife. Yeah, he's pretty pathetic.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's very snarky with Luther and Halliday visit his office and again, when taunting the victim in his cellar.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Appears to genuinely care about his wife, to the point of letting her corporally punish him by making him sleep naked on a bare floor and throw buckets of iced water over him, scourge him with a shower and make him wear a paper bag over his head whenever he disobeys or annoys her. Of course, [[TooKinkyToTorture he probably enjoys it]].
* AGlassOfChianti: Enjoys a glass of red wine with Vivien in one episode. Of course, she doesn't know that he's drugged it so that he can go down to the cellar and torture a victim without waking her up.
* {{Jerkass}}: In his public life, when not with Vivien or luring in a victim, he's generally unpleasant and intimidating to everyone he meets, including patients.
* [[MalevolentMaskedMan]]: When going about his murders, Lake wears a creepy ultraviolet masks that short-circuits security cameras ...
* ManInBlack: … along with an all-black outfit.
* PsychopathicManchild: His relationship with his wife is very much like son and mother, with her loving him but controlling and punishing him when he gets out of line.
* {{Sadist}}: Takes pleasure in insulting one of his patients, on whom he is about to perform surgery, ultimately threatening to kill her and then [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslighting]] her when she asks him what he just said.
* SharpDressedMan: As a wealthy surgeon, he always dresses to impress in his line of work. As Vivien says, "Like your tie; [[{{Squick}} You wore it the night you kicked that Somali boy to death]].
* ShoutOut: The eerie, glowing UV mask he wears is identical to the one worn by the SerialKiller in the horror film, ''Alice, Sweet Alice''. Which [[DatingCatwoman romantic partner and arch-nemesis of the hero]] makes a return in this series? Yeah, Alice Morgan.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He got his victims to come with him by threatening to murder their children. While it looks like he's going to kill them anyway he does in fact keep his word and leave the infants unharmed.
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A vigilante who attempts to gain public support for his campaign by murdering criminals on the internet, giving his audience the chance to vote on whether they should live or die. He is the final antagonist of Series 3, and the show as a whole.
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* Hypocrite: His threatening to murder a pregnant woman unless her husband murders Milan Knizac (the man who killed his wife); even though his wife's murder led to his StartOfDarkness he's willing to inflict the same pain to get his revenge.
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* Hypocrite: {{Hypocrite}}: His threatening to murder a pregnant woman unless her husband murders Milan Knizac (the man who killed his wife); even though his wife's murder led to his StartOfDarkness he's willing to inflict the same pain to get his revenge.
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[[folder:Steven]]
!!Steven Rose
->'''Played By:''' John Heffernan
A serial killer who breaks into the homes that he installed spy-ware for and eats his victims' organs. The manhunt for him makes up the two-part miniseries that comprises Series 4.
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* ArcVillain: He's the main antagonist of the Series 4 mini-series.
* AxeCrazy: He's a cannibalistic serial killer who's repeatedly shown to not be in his right mind.
* FinalBoss: For the entire show as of Series 4.
* ImAHumanitarian: He kills his victims then eats a piece of them.
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[[folder:Steven]]
!!Steven Rose
->'''Played By:''' John Heffernan
A serial killer who breaks into the homes that he installed spy-ware for and eats his victims' organs. The manhunt for him makes up the two-part miniseries that comprises Series 4.
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* ArcVillain: He's the main antagonist of the Series 4 mini-series.
* AxeCrazy: He's a cannibalistic serial killer who's repeatedly shown to not be in his right mind.
* FinalBoss: For the entire show as of Series 4.
* ImAHumanitarian: He kills his victims then eats a piece of them.
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* ShoutOut: To AleisterCrowleyCreator/AleisterCrowley
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!!Henry John Madsen
->'''Played By:''' Anton Saunders
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!!Henry John Madsen
->'''Played By:''' Anton Saunders
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[[folder:Owen]]
!!Owen Lynch
->'''Played By:''' Sam Spruell
An Afghan war veteran whose father was incarcerated for murdering a police officer in a brawl, Owen goes on a killing spree, targeting police men in an attempt at forcing them to free his father in the second episode of Series 1.
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* AbusiveDad: His father, Terry, emotionally and physically abused him, leaving him totally dependent upon his father's approval.
* AxCrazy
* BerserkButton: Insulting his or his father's military record.
* ColdSniper
* CopKiller: Specifically targets the police.
* DrivenToSuicide: Tries to kill himself at the end of the Russian Roulette game, but is stopped by Luther.
* FreudianExcuse: He was abused relentlessly by his father. He served in Afghanistan and was discharged due to mental health problems. This caused his father to step up the abuse, leaving him the ruin we meet.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Was discharged from the army due to mental health issues.
* RussianRoulette: Plays a game with himself and Luther.
* SerialKiller: With a double digit bodycount, all of them police officers.
* ShellShockedVeteran: His experiences in Afghanistan only further unbalanced his already damaged psyche.
* SociopathicSoldier: Sociopathic ex-soldier, anyway.
* VillainOfTheWeek
* WellDoneSonGuy: Owen is utterly dominated by his father, who he desperately needs to impress.
* WesternTerrorists: His case is turned over to the anti-terrorism unit.
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[[folder:Terry]]
!!Terry Lynch
->'''Played By:''' Sean Pertwee
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[[folder:Burgess]]
!!Lucien Burgess
->'''Played By:''' Paul Rhys
An owner of an occult bookshop who was investigated for murdering a woman ten years before, Lucien Burgess was beaten by the police, and parlayed that beating into a successful autobiography. A decade later, he tries to repeat his success, kidnapping another woman to replicate the pattern in the third episode of Series 1.
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* BerserkButton: Being disrespected.
* BloodLust: Obsessed with blood, drinking it after draining it from his victims.
* ControlFreak: If Lucien isn't in control it bothers him badly, and he'll do anything to get it back.
* {{Cult}} Used to be the head of one.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He got his victims to come with him by threatening to murder their children. While it looks like he's going to kill them anyway he does in fact keep his word and leave the infants unharmed.
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* ItsAllAboutMe: Lucien wants to be famous and doesn't care who he hurts to get there.
* LackOfEmpathy
* {{Sadist}}: Of both the physical and psychological variety, draining his victims slowly of blood and feeding on their terror, while daring the police to come after him.
* SerialKiller: Albeit a very slow one, with three victims spread across thirty years.
* ShoutOut: To AleisterCrowley
* SmallNameBigEgo: Obsessed with getting respect.
* TheSociopath: Hits all of the requirements.
* VillainOfTheWeek
* VillainousBreakdown: After Luther outmaneuvers him.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Loves playing this card for the press.
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[[folder:Shand]]
!!Graham Shand
->'''Played By:''' Rob Jarvis
A former taxi driver and mechanic with erectile dysfunction, Graham Shand begins murdering young women when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him, using the rush he gets from the murders in order to get it up. His pattern of murder rapidly escalates throughout the fourth episode of Series 1, using his guise as a cabbie to locate victims.
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* DropTheHammer: He normally kills by strangulation, but when prostitute Layla hides in the bathroom, he uses a hammer to break down the door. [[spoiler:His wife kills him with it in the end of the episode.]]
* EvilIsPetty: Graham is a fundamentally pathetic character, which his wife calls him out on in the end.
* LaughingMad: When finally arrested he gives off a series of insane laughs, that then collapse into tears.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Graham's prone to fits, mood swings, and violent breakdowns.
* MoodSwinger
* SerialKiller: Has five victims, plus his wife's lover, and the attempt on Layla.
* VillainOfTheWeek
* WouldHitAGirl: His entire MO revolves around killing women.
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[[folder:Sugarman]]
!!Daniel Sugarman
->'''Played By:''' Ross [=McCall=]
A professional criminal from the USA, hired by Tom Meyer to kidnap James and Jessica Carrodus in episode 5 of Series 1. He proves to be completely without scruples, maiming Jessica to make a point, and threatening to cut her apart piece by piece until the police give him the diamonds he wants.
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* BoomHeadshot: How [[spoiler:Reed kills him.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: Of Jessica and later Tom Meyer.
* FingerInTheMail: Sends them Jessica's tongue in the mail.
* {{Greed}}: Money is Sugarman's primary motivation.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Why [[spoiler:Reed kills him]].
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: By Ian Reed]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Claims all he wants are the diamonds.
* PsychoForHire
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: He and his wife, Evangeline, are far more ruthless than their British counterparts.
* WouldHitAGirl: Cuts out Jessica's tongue, and subsequently [[spoiler:guts her for the diamonds when he finds out she swallowed them]].
* UnholyMatrimony: Married to one of his fellow kidnappers.
* VillainOfTheWeek
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[[folder:Pell]]
!!Cameron Pell
->'''Played By:''' Lee Ingleby
An art student with a flair for the dramatic, Cameron Pell turns to murder in order to gain the publicity he wants, aiming to become a legend along the lines of Springheel Jack or Jack the Ripper. The hunt for him takes up the first half of Series 2.
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* ArcVillain: Of the first part of Series 2.
* AttentionWhore: Absolutely has to be the centre of attention, mugging for CCTV cameras, putting one of his murders on the internet, and undergoing a FreakOut when he's ignored.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Of Justin Ripley, whom he manages to kidnap.
* CoolMask: Wears a Punch mask and cannot bring himself to kill without it on.
* DirtyCoward: Ultimately revealed as a coward and a weakling who cannot kill without his mask on.
* EvilIsPetty: His ex-wife sums him up well, if ineloquently when she describes him as "a freaky little freak." For all his delusions of grandeur, Cameron is a pathetic, sad little man trying to gain notoriety.
* GloryHound: Looking to be famous, in the same way that his idols were.
* KnifeNut: Makes all of his kills with knives.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Was at one point seeing a psychiatrist for treatment of his obsession with "legendary" serial killers. He hasn't been fixed, and his obsession remains.
* SerialKiller
* SmallNameBigEgo
* VillainousBreakdown: Loses it when Luther ignores him during their last confrontation. It makes him less dangerous, rather than more, and he's practically sobbing by the time Justin knocks him out.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: If you believe his {{motive rant}}s to Luther and Ripley, Cameron believes that he is going to shock the city of London out of its malaise and fix all of society's problems by giving them something to be really scared of. It's ridiculous, but he's not a mentally well man.
* WouldHitAGirl: His early victims are all women.
* WouldHurtAChild: His master plan revolves around kidnapping fourteen children, [[spoiler:killing them, and dissolving the bodies, creating a mass disappearance that he hopes will become legendary.]]
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[[folder:Millberry Twins]]
!!Robert & Nicholas Millberry
->'''Played By:''' Stephen Robertson
A pair of identical twin killers engaged in a game to see who can kill the most people with the most primitive weapons. With each kill, the brothers earn experience points, which they use to upgrade their arsenals, graduating to more lethal weapons and greater massacres. The hunt for them takes up the second half of Series 2.
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* ArcVillain: Of the second half of Series 2.
* AxeCrazy: Though quietly so.
* BadassBiker: Robert assaults three motorcycle couriers and steals one of their rides.
* BackUpTwin: The arrest of Robert leads to the reveal that Nicholas exists.
* BatterUp: Another one of the weapons they can use at the "starting level".
* ChallengeGamer: A very screwed up version.
* CreepyMonotone: When they do speak.
* CreepyTwins: Incredibly creepy twins.
* DeadManSwitch: The bomb on Nicholas' chest is rigged up to one. If he dies and releases the detonator it goes off, killing everyone within a hundred foot radius. Getting him to [[spoiler:deactivate the switch of his own free will]] is part of Luther's plan to stop him.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Robert is one within their arc, with his arrest serving to set them up for the appearance of Nick.
* DropTheHammer: One of the weapons they'll allow themselves to use as part of their game, using them to bludgeon people, smash windows, and vandalize cars.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: '''Robert:''' "When you do catch my brother, tell him I love him."
* FatalFlaw: Luther tries to use the twins' need to play games against them. It fails against Robert (who rolls a different result than what Luther was hoping for), but succeeds against Nicholas, letting Luther maneuver him into a position from which [[spoiler:he can be more easily taken out by snipers.]]
* FinalBoss: Nicholas is one for Series 2. He himself views Luther as one, who has to be defeated so that he can ascend to the "next level."
* {{Hikikomori}}: Luther references the term when describing the total emotional isolation the twins have inflicted on themselves.
* KnifeNut: Robert uses a knife to kill the three motorcycle couriers, and Nicholas uses one during his first attack in a shopping mall, wounding numerous people, and knifing one man to death onscreen.
* LackOfEmpathy: Totally void of any emotional affect.
* MadBomber: Nicholas straps a bomb to his chest to force the police to leave him alone.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Luther describes the twins as suffering from a "shared psychosis", and their total emotional withdrawal from society and unwillingness to make decisions without rolling their dice is indicative of something more than garden variety psychopathy.
* NiceHat: Both brothers favour baseball hats.
* {{Serial Killer}}s: Engaged in a twisted game of one upmanship no less.
* SiblingsInCrime
* SilentAntagonist: The twins barely communicate, and never speak while hunting.
* SingleMindedTwins: Robert and Nichoals come off as two halves of the same psychopathic individual.
* SlasherSmile: Nicholas cracks one out during his last confrontation with Luther.
* TheStoic: Show no emotion on their faces and speak in a CreepyMonotone when they do deign to talk.
* TrueFinalBoss: Nick for their arc and Series 2 as a whole, upstaging both his brother, and series BigBad Baba (whose defeat is comparatively anticlimactic).
* WaterGunsAndBalloons: Use plastic water guns loaded with hydrochloric acid as one of their starting weapons.
* WouldHitAGirl: Attack men and women with equal fervor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ellis]]
!!Paul Ellis
->'''Played By:''' Kevin Fuller
The son of a murdered prostitute, Paul Ellis grew up to be a deeply disturbed man, who apprentices himself to retired serial killer the Shoreditch Creeper, picking up where the older man left off. He targets victims Carney missed, as well as several employees from the nursing home before being stopped by Luther. The hunt for him occupies the first half of Series 3.
----
* AbusiveMom: His prostitute mother locked him in a closet so that he could watch her with clients. This left him ''very'' screwed up.
* ArcVillain: For the first half of Series 3.
* BaldOfEvil
* ClarkKenting: Wears a wig and glasses in civilian life.
* CopKiller: Kills retired DCI Ronnie Holland, who knew who he and Carney were.
* EnfanteTerrible: Had already started creeping on the neighbours as a child.
* FreudianExcuse: His mother made him watch her with her clients; he then saw the Shoreditch Creeper torture, rape, and murder her. This has left him with a fundamentally broken attitude towards women, sexuality, and the world in general.
* HeManWomanHater: Hates women due to his treatment by his mother.
* SerialKiller: Kills four people and tries for three more.
* SilentAntagonist: Never speaks in either of the episodes he appears in.
* WouldHitAGirl: All his chosen victims are female, though he's willing to attack Luther and murder Craig Lane when they get in the way.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carney]]
!!William Carney
->'''Played By:''' Ned Dennehy
An old man in a nursing home, who is later revealed to have been the original Shoreditch Creeper (a serial rapist and murderer active from 1979-1983). Arrested for an unrelated murder, he spent twenty-five years in prison, and is now using his apprentice, Paul Ellis, to kill those he missed back then.
----
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He does seem genuinely angry about Paul's mother forcing him to watch her with her clients.
* EvilCripple: Reduced to being on an oxygen tank in his old age.
* EvilMentor: To Paul Ellis.
* EvilOldFolks: In his seventies and still capable of being repulsive.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Paul Ellis.
* RetiredMonster: He was one, until Paul tracked him down and asked for his advice.
* SerialKiller: A retired one.
* SoftSpokenSadist
* WouldHitAGirl: Only targeted women.
[[/folder]]
!Series 3
[[folder:Marwood]]
!!Tom Marwood
->'''Played By:''' Elliot Cowan
A vigilante who attempts to gain public support for his campaign by murdering criminals on the internet, giving his audience the chance to vote on whether they should live or die. He is the final antagonist of Series 3, and the show as a whole.
----
* ArcVillain: His arc is the show's final one.
* AttentionWhore: Desperate for the public to love him.
* [[spoiler:CopKiller: Kills Ripley in Series 3's third episode. He then murders George Stark in episode four, and tries to kill both Gray and Luther.]]
* [[spoiler:CruelMercy: Luther saves his life so that he is denied martyrdom and trapped in prison with the very people he loathes.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: The murder of his wife, and the inability of the justice system to do anything about it. Though it ends up being quite subverted as he himself ends up with a very idealized view of the world that results in his rampage.
* DeathSeeker: Aims to commit SuicideByCop, becoming a martyr to his cause.
* EvilCounterpart: His actions echo Luther's own more morally grey choices.
* FinalBoss: Of Series 3 and the show as a whole.
* GloryHound: Alice comments that his desire for the public's adoration is driving him as much as his desire for revenge.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: By the end of the series, Marwood has become a deranged, hateful man, who is willing to threaten to rape and murder a pregnant woman if it gets him his revenge.
* Hypocrite: His threatening to murder a pregnant woman unless her husband murders Milan Knizac (the man who killed his wife); even though his wife's murder led to his StartOfDarkness he's willing to inflict the same pain to get his revenge.
* IHaveYourWife: Does this to try and force a prison doctor to help him.
* NeverMyFault: When Marwood does something he himself acknowledges is bad he's quick to try and shift the blame to the police department, or anybody else he can think of.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: What he thinks he's doing and he holds to it until after trying to lynch a paedophile in front of an angry mob.
* {{Revenge}}: Aims to have it on the man who raped and murdered his wife.
* SadisticChoice: Tries to force Luther to choose between [[spoiler:Alice]] or Mary being executed.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Uses a shotgun as his WeaponOfChoice.
* StartOfDarkness: His wife's rape and murder, which makes his own kidnapping of a pregnant women and threat to kill her even more hypocritical.
* VigilanteMan: Realistically deconstructed [[spoiler:after the attempt at lynching a paedophile fails he targets one other criminal without killing him and ends up killing police, targeting loved ones of police and prison doctors. All because they're in the way of his moral crusade and can't see that he's right.]] During his final standoff with Justin, Justin flat out points out that if society does things Tom's way than inevitably innocent people will get hurt as well.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Killing Ripley triggers one as he starts to slide from his idealized, heroic, moral crusader to just a rampage killer with a desperate need for approval]]
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Plays this card after killing [[spoiler:Ripley]], blaming the police for confronting him.
* WouldHitAGirl: Goes after Mary [[spoiler:and Alice]], and kidnaps a prison doctor's pregnant wife.
[[/folder]]
!Series 1
[[folder:Owen]]
!!Owen Lynch
->'''Played By:''' Sam Spruell
An Afghan war veteran whose father was incarcerated for murdering a police officer in a brawl, Owen goes on a killing spree, targeting police men in an attempt at forcing them to free his father in the second episode of Series 1.
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* AbusiveDad: His father, Terry, emotionally and physically abused him, leaving him totally dependent upon his father's approval.
* AxCrazy
* BerserkButton: Insulting his or his father's military record.
* ColdSniper
* CopKiller: Specifically targets the police.
* DrivenToSuicide: Tries to kill himself at the end of the Russian Roulette game, but is stopped by Luther.
* FreudianExcuse: He was abused relentlessly by his father. He served in Afghanistan and was discharged due to mental health problems. This caused his father to step up the abuse, leaving him the ruin we meet.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Was discharged from the army due to mental health issues.
* RussianRoulette: Plays a game with himself and Luther.
* SerialKiller: With a double digit bodycount, all of them police officers.
* ShellShockedVeteran: His experiences in Afghanistan only further unbalanced his already damaged psyche.
* SociopathicSoldier: Sociopathic ex-soldier, anyway.
* VillainOfTheWeek
* WellDoneSonGuy: Owen is utterly dominated by his father, who he desperately needs to impress.
* WesternTerrorists: His case is turned over to the anti-terrorism unit.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Terry]]
!!Terry Lynch
->'''Played By:''' Sean Pertwee
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Burgess]]
!!Lucien Burgess
->'''Played By:''' Paul Rhys
An owner of an occult bookshop who was investigated for murdering a woman ten years before, Lucien Burgess was beaten by the police, and parlayed that beating into a successful autobiography. A decade later, he tries to repeat his success, kidnapping another woman to replicate the pattern in the third episode of Series 1.
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* BerserkButton: Being disrespected.
* BloodLust: Obsessed with blood, drinking it after draining it from his victims.
* ControlFreak: If Lucien isn't in control it bothers him badly, and he'll do anything to get it back.
* {{Cult}} Used to be the head of one.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He got his victims to come with him by threatening to murder their children. While it looks like he's going to kill them anyway he does in fact keep his word and leave the infants unharmed.
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* ItsAllAboutMe: Lucien wants to be famous and doesn't care who he hurts to get there.
* LackOfEmpathy
* {{Sadist}}: Of both the physical and psychological variety, draining his victims slowly of blood and feeding on their terror, while daring the police to come after him.
* SerialKiller: Albeit a very slow one, with three victims spread across thirty years.
* ShoutOut: To AleisterCrowley
* SmallNameBigEgo: Obsessed with getting respect.
* TheSociopath: Hits all of the requirements.
* VillainOfTheWeek
* VillainousBreakdown: After Luther outmaneuvers him.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Loves playing this card for the press.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Shand]]
!!Graham Shand
->'''Played By:''' Rob Jarvis
A former taxi driver and mechanic with erectile dysfunction, Graham Shand begins murdering young women when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him, using the rush he gets from the murders in order to get it up. His pattern of murder rapidly escalates throughout the fourth episode of Series 1, using his guise as a cabbie to locate victims.
----
* DropTheHammer: He normally kills by strangulation, but when prostitute Layla hides in the bathroom, he uses a hammer to break down the door. [[spoiler:His wife kills him with it in the end of the episode.]]
* EvilIsPetty: Graham is a fundamentally pathetic character, which his wife calls him out on in the end.
* LaughingMad: When finally arrested he gives off a series of insane laughs, that then collapse into tears.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Graham's prone to fits, mood swings, and violent breakdowns.
* MoodSwinger
* SerialKiller: Has five victims, plus his wife's lover, and the attempt on Layla.
* VillainOfTheWeek
* WouldHitAGirl: His entire MO revolves around killing women.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sugarman]]
!!Daniel Sugarman
->'''Played By:''' Ross [=McCall=]
A professional criminal from the USA, hired by Tom Meyer to kidnap James and Jessica Carrodus in episode 5 of Series 1. He proves to be completely without scruples, maiming Jessica to make a point, and threatening to cut her apart piece by piece until the police give him the diamonds he wants.
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* BoomHeadshot: How [[spoiler:Reed kills him.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: Of Jessica and later Tom Meyer.
* FingerInTheMail: Sends them Jessica's tongue in the mail.
* {{Greed}}: Money is Sugarman's primary motivation.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Why [[spoiler:Reed kills him]].
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: By Ian Reed]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Claims all he wants are the diamonds.
* PsychoForHire
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: He and his wife, Evangeline, are far more ruthless than their British counterparts.
* WouldHitAGirl: Cuts out Jessica's tongue, and subsequently [[spoiler:guts her for the diamonds when he finds out she swallowed them]].
* UnholyMatrimony: Married to one of his fellow kidnappers.
* VillainOfTheWeek
[[/folder]]
!Series 2
[[folder:Pell]]
!!Cameron Pell
->'''Played By:''' Lee Ingleby
An art student with a flair for the dramatic, Cameron Pell turns to murder in order to gain the publicity he wants, aiming to become a legend along the lines of Springheel Jack or Jack the Ripper. The hunt for him takes up the first half of Series 2.
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* ArcVillain: Of the first part of Series 2.
* AttentionWhore: Absolutely has to be the centre of attention, mugging for CCTV cameras, putting one of his murders on the internet, and undergoing a FreakOut when he's ignored.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Of Justin Ripley, whom he manages to kidnap.
* CoolMask: Wears a Punch mask and cannot bring himself to kill without it on.
* DirtyCoward: Ultimately revealed as a coward and a weakling who cannot kill without his mask on.
* EvilIsPetty: His ex-wife sums him up well, if ineloquently when she describes him as "a freaky little freak." For all his delusions of grandeur, Cameron is a pathetic, sad little man trying to gain notoriety.
* GloryHound: Looking to be famous, in the same way that his idols were.
* KnifeNut: Makes all of his kills with knives.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Was at one point seeing a psychiatrist for treatment of his obsession with "legendary" serial killers. He hasn't been fixed, and his obsession remains.
* SerialKiller
* SmallNameBigEgo
* VillainousBreakdown: Loses it when Luther ignores him during their last confrontation. It makes him less dangerous, rather than more, and he's practically sobbing by the time Justin knocks him out.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: If you believe his {{motive rant}}s to Luther and Ripley, Cameron believes that he is going to shock the city of London out of its malaise and fix all of society's problems by giving them something to be really scared of. It's ridiculous, but he's not a mentally well man.
* WouldHitAGirl: His early victims are all women.
* WouldHurtAChild: His master plan revolves around kidnapping fourteen children, [[spoiler:killing them, and dissolving the bodies, creating a mass disappearance that he hopes will become legendary.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Millberry Twins]]
!!Robert & Nicholas Millberry
->'''Played By:''' Stephen Robertson
A pair of identical twin killers engaged in a game to see who can kill the most people with the most primitive weapons. With each kill, the brothers earn experience points, which they use to upgrade their arsenals, graduating to more lethal weapons and greater massacres. The hunt for them takes up the second half of Series 2.
----
* ArcVillain: Of the second half of Series 2.
* AxeCrazy: Though quietly so.
* BadassBiker: Robert assaults three motorcycle couriers and steals one of their rides.
* BackUpTwin: The arrest of Robert leads to the reveal that Nicholas exists.
* BatterUp: Another one of the weapons they can use at the "starting level".
* ChallengeGamer: A very screwed up version.
* CreepyMonotone: When they do speak.
* CreepyTwins: Incredibly creepy twins.
* DeadManSwitch: The bomb on Nicholas' chest is rigged up to one. If he dies and releases the detonator it goes off, killing everyone within a hundred foot radius. Getting him to [[spoiler:deactivate the switch of his own free will]] is part of Luther's plan to stop him.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Robert is one within their arc, with his arrest serving to set them up for the appearance of Nick.
* DropTheHammer: One of the weapons they'll allow themselves to use as part of their game, using them to bludgeon people, smash windows, and vandalize cars.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: '''Robert:''' "When you do catch my brother, tell him I love him."
* FatalFlaw: Luther tries to use the twins' need to play games against them. It fails against Robert (who rolls a different result than what Luther was hoping for), but succeeds against Nicholas, letting Luther maneuver him into a position from which [[spoiler:he can be more easily taken out by snipers.]]
* FinalBoss: Nicholas is one for Series 2. He himself views Luther as one, who has to be defeated so that he can ascend to the "next level."
* {{Hikikomori}}: Luther references the term when describing the total emotional isolation the twins have inflicted on themselves.
* KnifeNut: Robert uses a knife to kill the three motorcycle couriers, and Nicholas uses one during his first attack in a shopping mall, wounding numerous people, and knifing one man to death onscreen.
* LackOfEmpathy: Totally void of any emotional affect.
* MadBomber: Nicholas straps a bomb to his chest to force the police to leave him alone.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Luther describes the twins as suffering from a "shared psychosis", and their total emotional withdrawal from society and unwillingness to make decisions without rolling their dice is indicative of something more than garden variety psychopathy.
* NiceHat: Both brothers favour baseball hats.
* {{Serial Killer}}s: Engaged in a twisted game of one upmanship no less.
* SiblingsInCrime
* SilentAntagonist: The twins barely communicate, and never speak while hunting.
* SingleMindedTwins: Robert and Nichoals come off as two halves of the same psychopathic individual.
* SlasherSmile: Nicholas cracks one out during his last confrontation with Luther.
* TheStoic: Show no emotion on their faces and speak in a CreepyMonotone when they do deign to talk.
* TrueFinalBoss: Nick for their arc and Series 2 as a whole, upstaging both his brother, and series BigBad Baba (whose defeat is comparatively anticlimactic).
* WaterGunsAndBalloons: Use plastic water guns loaded with hydrochloric acid as one of their starting weapons.
* WouldHitAGirl: Attack men and women with equal fervor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ellis]]
!!Paul Ellis
->'''Played By:''' Kevin Fuller
The son of a murdered prostitute, Paul Ellis grew up to be a deeply disturbed man, who apprentices himself to retired serial killer the Shoreditch Creeper, picking up where the older man left off. He targets victims Carney missed, as well as several employees from the nursing home before being stopped by Luther. The hunt for him occupies the first half of Series 3.
----
* AbusiveMom: His prostitute mother locked him in a closet so that he could watch her with clients. This left him ''very'' screwed up.
* ArcVillain: For the first half of Series 3.
* BaldOfEvil
* ClarkKenting: Wears a wig and glasses in civilian life.
* CopKiller: Kills retired DCI Ronnie Holland, who knew who he and Carney were.
* EnfanteTerrible: Had already started creeping on the neighbours as a child.
* FreudianExcuse: His mother made him watch her with her clients; he then saw the Shoreditch Creeper torture, rape, and murder her. This has left him with a fundamentally broken attitude towards women, sexuality, and the world in general.
* HeManWomanHater: Hates women due to his treatment by his mother.
* SerialKiller: Kills four people and tries for three more.
* SilentAntagonist: Never speaks in either of the episodes he appears in.
* WouldHitAGirl: All his chosen victims are female, though he's willing to attack Luther and murder Craig Lane when they get in the way.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carney]]
!!William Carney
->'''Played By:''' Ned Dennehy
An old man in a nursing home, who is later revealed to have been the original Shoreditch Creeper (a serial rapist and murderer active from 1979-1983). Arrested for an unrelated murder, he spent twenty-five years in prison, and is now using his apprentice, Paul Ellis, to kill those he missed back then.
----
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He does seem genuinely angry about Paul's mother forcing him to watch her with her clients.
* EvilCripple: Reduced to being on an oxygen tank in his old age.
* EvilMentor: To Paul Ellis.
* EvilOldFolks: In his seventies and still capable of being repulsive.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Paul Ellis.
* RetiredMonster: He was one, until Paul tracked him down and asked for his advice.
* SerialKiller: A retired one.
* SoftSpokenSadist
* WouldHitAGirl: Only targeted women.
[[/folder]]
!Series 3
[[folder:Marwood]]
!!Tom Marwood
->'''Played By:''' Elliot Cowan
A vigilante who attempts to gain public support for his campaign by murdering criminals on the internet, giving his audience the chance to vote on whether they should live or die. He is the final antagonist of Series 3, and the show as a whole.
----
* ArcVillain: His arc is the show's final one.
* AttentionWhore: Desperate for the public to love him.
* [[spoiler:CopKiller: Kills Ripley in Series 3's third episode. He then murders George Stark in episode four, and tries to kill both Gray and Luther.]]
* [[spoiler:CruelMercy: Luther saves his life so that he is denied martyrdom and trapped in prison with the very people he loathes.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: The murder of his wife, and the inability of the justice system to do anything about it. Though it ends up being quite subverted as he himself ends up with a very idealized view of the world that results in his rampage.
* DeathSeeker: Aims to commit SuicideByCop, becoming a martyr to his cause.
* EvilCounterpart: His actions echo Luther's own more morally grey choices.
* FinalBoss: Of Series 3 and the show as a whole.
* GloryHound: Alice comments that his desire for the public's adoration is driving him as much as his desire for revenge.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: By the end of the series, Marwood has become a deranged, hateful man, who is willing to threaten to rape and murder a pregnant woman if it gets him his revenge.
* Hypocrite: His threatening to murder a pregnant woman unless her husband murders Milan Knizac (the man who killed his wife); even though his wife's murder led to his StartOfDarkness he's willing to inflict the same pain to get his revenge.
* IHaveYourWife: Does this to try and force a prison doctor to help him.
* NeverMyFault: When Marwood does something he himself acknowledges is bad he's quick to try and shift the blame to the police department, or anybody else he can think of.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: What he thinks he's doing and he holds to it until after trying to lynch a paedophile in front of an angry mob.
* {{Revenge}}: Aims to have it on the man who raped and murdered his wife.
* SadisticChoice: Tries to force Luther to choose between [[spoiler:Alice]] or Mary being executed.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Uses a shotgun as his WeaponOfChoice.
* StartOfDarkness: His wife's rape and murder, which makes his own kidnapping of a pregnant women and threat to kill her even more hypocritical.
* VigilanteMan: Realistically deconstructed [[spoiler:after the attempt at lynching a paedophile fails he targets one other criminal without killing him and ends up killing police, targeting loved ones of police and prison doctors. All because they're in the way of his moral crusade and can't see that he's right.]] During his final standoff with Justin, Justin flat out points out that if society does things Tom's way than inevitably innocent people will get hurt as well.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Killing Ripley triggers one as he starts to slide from his idealized, heroic, moral crusader to just a rampage killer with a desperate need for approval]]
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Plays this card after killing [[spoiler:Ripley]], blaming the police for confronting him.
* WouldHitAGirl: Goes after Mary [[spoiler:and Alice]], and kidnaps a prison doctor's pregnant wife.
[[/folder]]
