Spooks = Reality... Sort of?

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I wouldn't say that it's been getting worse, I would say that it was getting better. They may have been closer to the truth in the beginning, as you say, 'enhanced for production constraints,' but I think that the more recent series have a bit more oomph, and I have to admit I love explosions. I would say that the sliding scale that Spooks is on is the one between completely believable non-fiction and utterly non-believable drama that purely exists for people who love romance, explosions, and no real plot. The best tv programs have to lie in the middle of that scale, to have a believable plot, and also the romance, etc. It's getting the balance that's hard and something that I feel that Spooks have been getting better at. Occasionally, I agree, it does lurch a bit far over towards the superficial, but overall I think it's still getting better and better, instead of sliding back down.