- DCI Ian Reed: If I could go back, I'd rather it was me that was dead. I'd rather be dead than go through this.
- DCI John Luther: That can be arranged.
- Alice Morgan: You're asking me to be your accomplice?
- DCI John Luther: Yes.
- Alice Morgan: Excellent. Where do we start?
- Alice Morgan: He swore he wasn't going to kill you. He thought the humiliation of prison would be worse. The beatings. The rapes. The incessant fear for your life, but I told him, "No, John, you're wrong. Dying would be worse." Because, well, honestly, it is, isn't it? Dying is just worse. So do I pull the trigger or not?
- [last lines]
- DCI John Luther: [seeing the police close in on him, Alice and Mark standing over the dead Ian Reed] Now what?
- DCI Ian Reed: If I was you, I would've killed me.
- DCI John Luther: There's nothing I'd like to do more.
- DCI Ian Reed: Do it, come on. I've come so far, I don't ever care. You know this is the end for me.
- DCI John Luther: [aims gun at his head] No.
- DCI Ian Reed: Why not?
- DCI John Luther: Because I choose not to.