[spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce 2.0

[A Cousin]

(18-10-2010 10:03 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  Not much Harry action in 9.5 compared to other episodes this series but he certainly did seem in a reflective mood. I was a little confused as to why he seemed so uneasy in the first briefing in the meeting room. Especially when Beth asked him whether he knew the Cohen family. I just wonder whether it was because the story was quite similar to his and Ruth's.

Some of the words coming out of Levi's mouth felt like words Harry had said to himself a million times. He even told Levi that Anna would forgive him one day. Did he really believe that?

I felt he was possibly reflecting on his decision to let George die. I also felt that there was some regret there, maybe, that he didn't go to Ruth, after she left.

Sorry, moving into the H/R thread here, but most of this week seemed to concentrate on Harry's attempts to rationalise in his head what happened in 8.1 and how he let the person he most loves down, when they really needed him. Levi had a second chance with his daughter at the end. Will Harry get a second chance?

Not much face time, no, but what their was was loaded! To all the above I would add:

In the exchange with Levi re: Anna forgiving Levi one day, I think Harry really did meant that. I also think that when Levi mentions that he was not "there" for his daughter when she needed him, Harry has a moment of epiphany.

In the exchange with Lucas at the end, I don't think that it is a coincidence that Harry has been reading (or is at least aware of) Kierkegaards The Sickness Unto Death. Talk about loaded! If it is possible to nut-shell an Existentialist, I will just say that this is one of Kierkegaard's most accessible books. It is a later piece which means that it has more of a Christian bent, which surprises me a bit. As I am a very bad Christian indeed, I will only pose that Harry is dealing with his own humanity and how that relates to his higher purpose. This particular book deals with Kierkegaards thought that "humanity" is the tension between, as he states it, "the possible and the necessary," the self and the higher purpose. If one cannot align themselves with their higher purpose, they are in "despair" and lose one or the other or both.*Phew!* I'll shut up now....