[spoilers] Adam or Tom?

[Elphie]

I prefer adam because when he started he already had something to lose whereas tom didnt. I think to might have wanted something to lose or fight for.

It also has nothing to do with the fact that adam is hotter

[Kazters]

haha i find tom is angsty at times for no reason where as even in s3/4 adam has reasons to be angsty fiona, wes etc memorys of things that have happened.

but yes i def haev moved from tom to adam, both are good but adam is great and yes both are pleasing on the eye!

[aintthatpeachy]

It seemed like Adam had more control over his team, even when he was a bit loopy, he always new what to do and Tom was kinda, more raw? He was good but not as epic as Adam. Yes I said epic

[Kazters]

^ i agree even in the hight of his ptsd he was able to comand his team, they had faith in him but when tom went rogue the lost respect in him as a leader.

i think both adam and tom are flawed you see this with adam more if you read adam carter uncovered, but both have reall proper issues, that said i think in order to do what they do and still carry on a normal life you have to be slightly different!

i would have said tom when i started watching it 9 weeks ago, but now im an adam girl! that said both are rather pleasing on the eye and lead there teams well! there is just something more about adam,

[Mrs Pearce]

So difficult to choose, Tom seemed so real and could so easily be one of us, Adam always seemed more polished.

Both of them lead the teams well, although differently. I feel so indecisive about this, a bit like choosing between appples and oranges both good but which do I prefer?

I'll choose Adam as the team developed most under his leadership

[HellsBells]

I agree that Tom was a far more real person, whereas Adam seemed so incredibly perfect and capable of anything. Having said that the whole feel of Spooks changed when Adam joined becoming much more polished and glossy.

[bertowud]

I liked the show better when Tom was on the show. The ops felt more realistic.

[redlyn]

I loved Tom's character. He was so cold and in charge and then we gradually got to see him coming apart. Adam never really grabbed me the way that. I know it's probably heresy on here but I really never cared for Adam. He seemed a bit wishy-washy.

[Silktie]

Nah, how boring would it be if we all liked the same characters? Feel free to express a different opinion. I like Adam best for the fact that I found him the most empathetic of all the team leaders. Under that happy-go-lucky exterior, he really cared, not only about his team, but also about innocent bystanders, as he did with Tash, and on more than one occasion with Malcolm in the field.

[Fred]

If I could vote, I'd probably choose Tom. It's hard to explain, but I like the ambivalence of his character. We can share his scruples. The way I see Adam is more a Jack Bauer lookalike.