[spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce 2.0

[Silktie]

I don't know that it's out of character for Harry to use JJ. As I've also said in the episode thread, he made that decision purely on an operational basis, as he did not know at that stage that JJ had the codes in his head and could therefore also save Harry's career. If Harry was portrayed as having decided to use JJ purely to save himself, I would have found that totally unforgiveable. But Harry has shown before that he can be absolutely ruthless in defence of the realm, and this is what he did here. He was given an order to steal Firestorm and JJ was the only option available, so he used him. So in that sense, I found it totally in character.

I do have some sympathy for Harry. At this point in his life his career is the only thing he has, so I can understand him trying to save it. And once again, he was willing to give it up to save the operation when he thought there was no other option than getting the codes from MI6 again.