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Ben & Jo - Nitrus - 23-03-2010 03:06 PM
What did you all think about the Ben/Jo on/off relationship? The only reason Ben was dragged into MI5 was because he got together with Jo.
Sometimes I think Ben was just doing it for the story and kinda suspected Jo as a spy, but on the other hand they made quite a cute couple.
What do you think? Could they have had a future outside of MI5?
RE: Ben & Jo - Simone - 23-03-2010 10:01 PM
I thought they were making a cute couple at first, although I was never really feeling it, to be honest. The only thing I didn't like about Ben was that he often seemed unable to close his mouth.
But then when she found out he was a journalist, Jo was hurt/offended? However, she did later forget about that, didn't she, she even confided in him about her "feelings" due to the job before they were all dragged in by Harry in S06E09. I can't remember her ever being that "close" to him ever again in following episodes. Did she feel guilty? I don't know, anyway, I feel like she let the job take the first place in her life and she shut him out. She didn't allow herself to explore the possibilities of a real relationship between them.
RE: Ben & Jo - lwhite53 - 23-03-2010 10:19 PM
I thought Ben was a stiff and didn't add much to the spooks group. As for Ben and Jo -- she deserved a lot better!
RE: Ben & Jo - Nia M - 23-03-2010 10:30 PM
I didn't think they were great together, although that's probably because I loveds the hints of Zaf/Jo
RE: Ben & Jo - Simone - 23-03-2010 10:31 PM
Definitely deserved better! If you think that
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RE: Ben & Jo - lwhite53 - 23-03-2010 10:40 PM
(23-03-2010 10:30 PM)Nia M Wrote: I didn't think they were great together, although that's probably because I loveds the hints of Zaf/Jo
Yes, Zaf and Jo --that would have been a great pairing. Forget Ben!
RE: Ben & Jo - Nitrus - 23-03-2010 11:58 PM
@Simone - She might've had happy/long relationships before joining MI5, we don't know much about her pre-MI5 life.
RE: Ben & Jo - allanah - 24-03-2010 05:22 AM
I didn't really like them as a couple cos Ben was Mr No Personality, Zaf and Jo would have been much better.
I thought it was fairly obvious that they had a bit of thing going on in series 6 (though not a strong relationship, more of a casual flirtation kind of thing) but then with the events at the end of series 6 Jo wan't really in a state to have a relationship and things cooled off betwen them because they would have had to have had a fairly robust kind of relationship to withstand that.
I think Ben picked Jo up because he wanted a scoop but they did also seem to care for each other its just their relationship wasn't really my cup of tea as I didn't think the actor playing Ben could act.
RE: Ben & Jo - Beatriz - 24-03-2010 10:09 AM
I never liked Ben, he was like the no feelings man, so... stiff (that's the perfect word to describe it, lwhite53).
I agree with allanah it was just a casual relationships with no feelings involved, and it ended up in a sort of friendship.
RE: Ben & Jo - spooksdreamer - 25-04-2010 05:56 AM
I think it's a bit too straight forward to have ben placed in jo's office..