Episode 8 Discussion [rewatch]

[Silktie]

The Riff/B part of the episode dragged for me, but I loved seeing our heroes so totally out of their comfort zone. Harry and Adam especially clearly have no idea how to deal with such shallow, self-absorbed people, and it leads to some wonderful scenes. Oh, and that first scene between Harry and Mace is priceless - the way Harry says "cuddly" makes it seem as though he has no idea what the concept actually entails.

But I absolutely loved the B-plot with the politician and the girl. I thought it was very well set out and the way it displayed the differences between Harry and Mace was brilliant. The thing about this storyline is that one can easily believe that something like this could happen, and that there would be attempts to cover it up.

And Malcolm with his obsession over call-signs is classic.