Luther as a flawed Anti-Hero.

• Luther is an anti hero as he chooses not to follow the law completly in his work. The first time we see this is when he doesnt save the criminal (Madson) when he is falling to his death. A typical hero would have saved the man but instead, Luther decides to let him hang there untill he gets what he wants from him and this causes Madson to loose grip and fall.
• Another reason for the beleive that Luther is an anti hero is that he brakes into Alices flat to try and find evidence to use against her. He has produced a very personal relationship with alice which generally shoudnt happen between a cop and a suspect.
• He also gets involved with fights. When he got into the fight with his wifes new partner he uses his authority to stop the police from breaking up the fight.
• Similarly he tends to prioritise his personal life other his professional life. We see this when he blackmails Alice to leave his ex wife alown and in return he will arrest someone else for the crime she had comitted. This is obviously not right as he is letting a cerial killer free.
• Also in some cases he chooses not to report things that he should. for example he found the crime scene in one episode and because he wanted to out smart and catch the criminal himself, he didnt report it and instead tryed to frame the criminal.