harry and Ruth at the Ball/party together and Harry with short hair....Happy happy happy

A loss of faith between Harry and Ruth because of Elena does make more sense to me than a renewed romantic involvement between Harry and Elena. I do not understand why Harry and Ruth have to go through so much to enjoy a true love story. As a regular Spooks fan, I do not expect "Ruth riding in on a unicorn to marry Harry in a white suit". I know that the writers have a wicked sense of humor, perhaps even more so when one thinks of the urban definition of "unicorn" (one learns a lot on Twitter and in looking for synonyms).

Interesting point about the promotion. Since Ruth has gunned down an assassin, I hope that Towers will not promote her as a field officer. We know what that would lead to.

In the BBC credits there is a mention of a young Sascha. How old is young Sascha? It might give us a clue whether young Sascha was conceived or born at the time of Harry's stay in Berlin. Before DNA testing, young Elena could have pretended that young Sascha was her husband's child if Harry was indeed the father. Young Harry might not have realized the truth, only "old" Harry got the shock of his life. It is interesting to note that there is a young Harry, a young Elena and a young Sascha but no young Ilya.

It shows that Harry and Ruth are at this glamour event together after all. Of course, it looks as though Ruth is STILL wearing black, but never mind, at least we get to see her dressed up.

Has anybody thought that Harry might be a victim of his past? Young Gavrik might have asked his wife Elena to spy on Harry by seducing him.

The regimes of the former Eastern Bloc forced their citizens to spy on each other. Spouses, children, colleagues or professionals were monitoring each other. The movie "The Lives of Others" ("Das Leben der Anderen") explores this theme and perhaps Spooks is doing the same. I wonder whether the possible seduction of Harry by Elena was documented in the German Stasi archives at the request of the KGB. East Germany and the Soviet Union were close allies. The archives were open to the public after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Perhaps Ruth will be able to track this information and help Harry defend his reputation.

Anyone else seen the new trailer on BBCOne? from what the Twitter world has heard its not looking good for Harry and Ruth in 'that' department since someone said "Is Harry kissing some one else other than Ruth"... ew.... I think I'll be over here... being sick *waves* )

How can Kudos do that to their faithful fans? I really don't feel like watching Spooks anymore if it is true. The only hope is that trailers do not always reflect the episodes themselves. Boy, was I wrong in my speculations, if that is true!

trailers can be misleading.... but I hope to God that Harry has NO interest in Elena what so ever, perhaps she's trying to seduce him. If they make so sort of love triangle then that is a mockery of Spooks and of Harry and Ruth's relationship!

I bet the trailer is misleading - just think of the trailer last year for the episode in which Ruth gave Harry the message about the Grid being compromised, everybody thought or hoped there would be movement in the H/R story but none of that.
And Elena is "still" married to the foreign ambassador, I suppose this has all to do with her thinking Harry has asked her again to spy on her husband and she maybe thinks Harry has still feelings for her...oh I don't know whatever. I'm just awfully excited for episode 1

Harry kissing someone else, as mentioned in the new ep1 trailer which could be found on the bbc1 webpage this morning. It is thought this "someone" might be Elena

Russian people is greeted by being kissed, either men and women!

the kissing, I had the same thougth as you. I asked my husband, who has a M.A. in Russian, whether Russians kissed on the mouth when they met each other. He thought not, but I know that they greet each other by kissing. However, Harry is in England, not in Russia. Perhaps, it was just a Pavlov reflex for Harry...