Included here are not just the punches above and below the belt, but swollen eyes, and bloody noses and mouths (their depiction isn't excessively violent or gory). An angry Luther gets into a major brawl (punching and kicking) in a drug den. Later, he throws a chair across a room.

Jackie orders and drinks a wine cooler at a bar. Drinking is part of the atmosphere at a strip bar and an after-fight party. Among typical secretarial duties, Jackies boss has her restocking his alcohol supply. Drug paraphernalia litter the place where viewers first encounter Luther. After springing Luther from jail at their initial meeting, Jackie asks him he wants to go out for coffee, a beer or a milkshake. Luthers trainer smokes a cigar. An incidental character smokes in Luthers neighborhood.