[spoilers] Harry and Ruth Strike Back

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I totally understand what you're saying but sometimes an unexpected twist happens in a long-run show and the writers/producers have to allow it to run it's logical course. NW and PF may have instigated the H/R relationship; however, it's now an established (and writer recognized) sub-plot and you can't just let it drop out of existence or those characters cease to make sense to the audience.

If spooks had stayed on it's original path, Harry Pearce would still be a minor character and the show would have lost its (arguable) mainstay.