Series 9 Episode 1 discussion

[praxis]

Thanks for the clarification, TeaLady- I was too frightened by Nitrus' earlier post not to put the spoiler thingies in!!

That poisoning scene was really good- both Harry and the old h/secretary made it completely believable. Yes, I imagine you wouldn't want to look into the eyes of the person you were killing, and Harry hiding his face from his victim was very convincing. What a contrast with Dimitri struggling to the death with the AQ terrorist- they really looked as if they were fighting for their lives.

I think the acting and scripting in this episode was really fantastic. I liked the look of Beth, who is coming from an unconventional background, just as Ros did. Lucas wasn't very nice to her, though. I used to be an insurance investigator and met with rather a lot of Lucas-type-reaction from 'proper' coppers (although thankfully I didn't ever have to pretend to be a prostitute!). I am not sure there are any 'private sector' spooks in real life, though!