Oh I just don't know what to think!

I mean, we all know that MALCOLM WYNN-JONES IS IMMORTAL. Or rather, his character is one that should and could well have been timeless. His retirement left Harry being the last surviving member from series one! :O
And there's more. I mean, I understand they had to get rid of him sometime. And if he had have been killed, there would have been a riot. On the few times that Malcolm has ventured out of the grid, there's always been someone or something to help him be magnificent, and realistically (despite what I never want to admit), his luck was bound to run out.

So in that respect, i'm glad he got out whilst he still could.
Having said that, the kid that replaced him is barely old enough to put on a t-shirt! and that is apparently all he can put on since he looks like he's been hurled straight out of school and trampsed into MI5 out of sheer dumb luck!

And this is, respectfully, quite a harsh thing to say. I do quite like the new guy, Tariq Masood (yet another hint that he might just have been more suited to albert square ). I actually think he's quite cool. But I loved Malcolm so much and no one will ever understand the technology of sector 6 like he did, and Ipso Facto, before I know it, i'm resenting a guy in a TopMan t-shirt who I do actually like..

Is anyone else feeling a similar dilemma?

Yeah, I completely agree with you. He was the type of person who would never leave MI5, would always be there... until he retired... But I'm glad he's still alive

I'm not really sure about Tariq - I don't really know enough about him to make a proper decision, but Malcolm was so much cooler - how many other techies quoted Shakespeare and other people?

xD I know. Or offer Zoey their camp bed? Or Or-- oh there's too much to quote! I loved him too much!

D:

I thank the writers for retiring him rather than the other thing that Spooks does every 3 minutes. lol.

(24-11-2009 05:59 PM)Nitrus Wrote:  I thank the writers for retiring him rather than the other thing that Spooks does every 3 minutes. lol.

Yeah, I'd rather have him retired because that means he can always come back to save the day. And I actually do like Tariq! They're not the same, but since no one could really have replaced Malcolm, it was good to get someone totally different to fill that place.

I agree with lwhite53, I'd love to see him once more

Althought we don't know much about Tariq, he made a very good first impresion to me He seems a friendly guy

Indeed he does; to me, its just a Bittersweet situation. I'm always going to resent the guy who replaces Malcolm because I don't believe anyone ever could.

I think maybe if they'd brought in Tariq to replace Colin in series 5, then we'd get to know him a bit better, he'd work with Malcolm and then he'd be a bit less out of the blue, no real spook experience.

He's just.... a bit young. But I do like him.

I think spooks without Malcolm will just take a bit of getting used to.

Id prefer it if Malcolm hadn't gone, but Tariq is okay I suppose

I would have preferred Malcolm had stayed, Tariq is OK BUT he is sitting far too close to Harry's office door, how is Ruth going to feel at ease when she goes to visit Harry

Maybe we need to move his desk? Hehe