Poll: Will Harry and Ruth get together by the end of the show?

cateau1 · 01-09-2011, 01:05 PM

CAPTION CONTEST
Ruth: you know if we're caught on surveillance, this is going to be plastered all over the Forum, Harry.

beatrice4ruth · (This post was last modified: 10-09-2011 11:23 AM by beatrice4ruth.)

I posted my speculation about Harry's past on the thread Speculations.

loladom · 12-09-2011, 03:57 PM

Ruth: I know you want to get my attention Harry, but did you have to kiss that Russian transvestite?

beatrice4ruth · (This post was last modified: 12-09-2011 04:20 PM by beatrice4ruth.)

(12-09-2011 03:57 PM)loladom Wrote: Ruth: I know you want to get my attention Harry, but did you have to kiss that Russian transvestite?

Thanks for the laughter. We need it!

Naivety · (This post was last modified: 18-09-2011 09:18 PM by Naivety.)

Series 10 Spoiler: show

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SPOOK91 · 18-09-2011, 09:26 PM

Series 10 Spoiler: show

watchstrap · 19-09-2011, 11:19 AM

Series series 10 Spoiler: show

beatrice4ruth · 19-09-2011, 12:17 PM

True, true about early love.

These flashbacks of Harry really put me off. Imagine if we had to witness the kissing between Ruth and George. You bet that the relationship of Ruth and George as a young and fit man must have been very physical. I hope that we will be spared more of those lovey-dovey moments in Episode 2.

I really do not like the character of Elena, the ex-KGB spy or even current Russian spy. A former KGB spy can only be very devious and cold. After all, they were the best and most merciless spies. Elena was no innocent young woman like Ruth in S2.

But I do not criticize the actress. She is doing her best under difficult circumstances. To play an unpleasant character must be very challenging. She is elegant but it is not her fault if she looks so ghostly. I wonder whether Kudos is sending us a message with Elena's looks.

loladom · 19-09-2011, 01:13 PM

(19-09-2011 11:19 AM)watchstrap Wrote:
Series series 10 Spoiler: show
I'm not anti Elena and I don't think that Harry will fall back head over heels in love with her. This is a brave move for Kudos, giving us a story about past love with mature actors. The way Harry reacted to his past relationship with Elena is pretty realistic. The thing about past lovers is that they are in the past, you don't think you will ever see them again. So when Elena resurfaces, so do Harry's memories of how he felt all those years ago.

S10 seems to be providing Harry with a sexual identity, particularly in the eyes of Ruth which is no bad thing IMO. She was definitely brought up a bit short when Harry told her that he and Elena were lovers. Ruth didn't look madly jealous, but there was a reaction, maybe a teary eye look or was that just my imagination? Ruth seems to have thought about her willingness to unpick things with Harry, and I liked this reference back to her conversation with Lucas. Would have liked to see how her and Harry have resolved things but am happy to just go with it because there is a limit to how much can be fitted into 6 eps.

Just as a footnote, I would like to say that Alice Krige is fab as Elena, and is pretty damn fit for an actress in her late forties/early fifties. Hope people will be respectful when commenting on her character.

I agree totally with everything you say. I think it's been done so well, rather beautifully in fact. I wish we'd seen the conversation between H&R during the recap of S9, because they have made a giant leap. I loved the 'unpick it together' reference too.

richliga · 19-09-2011, 01:17 PM

Series series 10 Spoiler: show

Poll: Will Harry and Ruth get together by the end of the show?
	I don't think so - a happy ending for them probably isn't in keeping with the show's philosophy.
	Please yes - one happy ending won't being back all the others who didn't get one.