Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

[BravoNine]

(12-11-2010 04:06 AM)Quill Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 12:12 PM)tyme4t Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 06:15 AM)JHyde Wrote:  Is it just me or does Vincent Regan look like Gerard Butler?

It's just you....LOL!

But he was on "300" too. Maybe osmosis can explain the likeness.

LOL! Osmosis? Now we're getting into scientific territory!

[Quill]

(12-11-2010 04:08 AM)BravoNine Wrote:  

(12-11-2010 04:06 AM)Quill Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 12:12 PM)tyme4t Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 06:15 AM)JHyde Wrote:  Is it just me or does Vincent Regan look like Gerard Butler?

It's just you....LOL!

But he was on "300" too. Maybe osmosis can explain the likeness.

LOL! Osmosis? Now we're getting into scientific territory!

It was the only way to get biology into my head: put the book under the pillow and pray that its knowledge seep through pillow into my brain.

[BravoNine]

(12-11-2010 05:18 AM)Quill Wrote:  

(12-11-2010 04:08 AM)BravoNine Wrote:  

(12-11-2010 04:06 AM)Quill Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 12:12 PM)tyme4t Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 06:15 AM)JHyde Wrote:  Is it just me or does Vincent Regan look like Gerard Butler?

It's just you....LOL!

But he was on "300" too. Maybe osmosis can explain the likeness.

LOL! Osmosis? Now we're getting into scientific territory!

It was the only way to get biology into my head: put the book under the pillow and pray that its knowledge seep through pillow into my brain.

Wish that worked for me! Would have made my life easier!

I wish I had Lucas's photographic memory thing! Maybe then everything would have made more sense!

[BoHenley]

I wish I had Lucas...alive, that is.

[BravoNine]

(12-11-2010 09:35 AM)BoHenley Wrote:  I wish I had Lucas...alive, that is.

Well......technically....I still have that cookie jar with Lucas safely in it......

[HellsBells]

(11-11-2010 05:43 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 04:20 PM)A Cousin Wrote:  But the reasons I think he is going to make it into S10 at least for a while is that they bothered to set up some back story for him and he and Beth clearly have history or at the very least an immediate connection.

I thought they were trying to make it look like Alec and Beth had known each other previously. I can't quite see that being in a romantic way though. Maybe he had something to do with her training, back in the day. Also, poor Tariq having to put up with Alec putting his feet on his desk.

I just assumed Beth was giving Alec a hard time because she continued to Lucas Lucas, and he told her not to. She still believed in Lucas as a good person at this point.

[BravoNine]

(12-11-2010 12:58 PM)HellsBells Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 05:43 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 04:20 PM)A Cousin Wrote:  But the reasons I think he is going to make it into S10 at least for a while is that they bothered to set up some back story for him and he and Beth clearly have history or at the very least an immediate connection.

I thought they were trying to make it look like Alec and Beth had known each other previously. I can't quite see that being in a romantic way though. Maybe he had something to do with her training, back in the day. Also, poor Tariq having to put up with Alec putting his feet on his desk.

I just assumed Beth was giving Alec a hard time because she continued to Lucas Lucas, and he told her not to. She still believed in Lucas as a good person at this point.

I want to hug Beth just for believing in Lucas, and smack Alec for being an idiot!

Ohh goodie, something to do for my fanfic!

[GrendelKhan]

(11-11-2010 05:00 PM)femaleBertieWooster Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 04:20 PM)A Cousin Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 03:58 PM)GrendelKhan Wrote:  Vincent Regan is a good actor (I sobbed uncontrollably at his episode on The Street) but another thing Spooks has a history of is eye candy.
He's just not cute enough.
I am shallow.

I am just as shallow and I agree. He is not cute. He is ruggedly handsome. More to my taste than cute.

You took the words right out of my mouth. What is wrong with kids these days!

Oh petals, my kid days are long gone.
I'm a granny for heaven's sake.

But over 9 seasons of Spooks you can not deny they've had a succession of stunners.
Vincent Regan is indeed ruggedly handsome but not in the same class as previous section chiefs.
Like I said he's a good actor and I wouldn't have a problem with him. Although how you work a former IA officer into MI-5 will take some juggling.

But that would be the least of my problems with this season.

[Logsie]

I am looking forward with trepidation to series 10. As others have posted, Kudos have a habit of dispensing with their previous series' cliffhangers in the first episode so we may not get an in depth retrospective of Harry's career. However, if we do, I hope they shoot new material and tell us things we didn't know, using interesting guest actors rather than dishing up a montage of old footage in a lame attempt to save money. We don't want Spooks on the cheap. Either do it properly or not at all!

Anyway back to 9/8. I thought the dust had settled on John/Lucas's death but now I'm finding new straws to clutch at. Someone pointed out things to me about the rooftop scene which I hadn't noticed before. After we hear the scream and the car alarm there are clearly audible hurried footsteps and they don't sound distant like the other sounds drifting up from 26 storeys below. They sound close - very close. Also when Harry looks over the edge, he frowns, then looks to one side and then the other as if to say "where'd he go?" We don't know what Harry saw on the ground. I wonder if they have left things open so that John could turn up at a later date, or he could stay dead, depending on scripts and availability of RA.
I had already tried to conjure up a scenario where he could have survived this scene but all I could think of was that someone else crept onto that roof, possibly to take out Lucas in order to save Harry, and that L/J despatched him and threw him off the roof before making his escape. I couldn't see how he had the time though, because the other man would have to be dead or unconscious or else he'd scream all the way down. Then it dawned on me! Lucas was already on the roof, lying in wait for Harry, so there is no reason why he couldn't already have a convenient body stashed on the roof ready to chuck off. The body would be pretty messed up after a fall from that height, and L/J could have rearranged his face a bit before the drop; and nobody who knew him was on the ground, the rest of section D were still at London Bridge station. The mistake would show up at post-mortem, but by then John would be long gone.

One other thing. I'm not convinced Albany is a fake. I think the real one was in Harry's desk safe all the time and he switched it with the fake one in the church. The Chinese now believe they have a useless weapon which they will merely exploit for its deterrant value, but the British still have the real deal. Harry will have retrieved the real Albany file later and removed it to a safe location.

[A Cousin]

(12-11-2010 02:22 PM)GrendelKhan Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 05:00 PM)femaleBertieWooster Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 04:20 PM)A Cousin Wrote:  

(11-11-2010 03:58 PM)GrendelKhan Wrote:  Vincent Regan is a good actor (I sobbed uncontrollably at his episode on The Street) but another thing Spooks has a history of is eye candy.
He's just not cute enough.
I am shallow.

I am just as shallow and I agree. He is not cute. He is ruggedly handsome. More to my taste than cute.

You took the words right out of my mouth. What is wrong with kids these days!

Oh petals, my kid days are long gone.
I'm a granny for heaven's sake.

LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just goes to show you that the personal touch is a bit lacking on-line. My kid days are long gone too, but am not a granny. I started late. So I just feel like one!

You are correct though. Spooks has had a parade of the kind of eye candy that would never have been actually hired at MI5.