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**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?

Simone · (This post was last modified: 23-03-2010 10:04 PM by Simone.)

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.

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!

**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 Tongue

Simone · 23-03-2010, 10:31 PM

Definitely deserved better! If you think that

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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!

**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.

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.

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.

spooksdreamer · 25-04-2010, 05:56 AM

I think it's a bit too straight forward to have ben placed in jo's office..