Series 9 Episode 6 discussion

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(28-10-2010 06:36 PM)Naivety Wrote:  When the grid were listening to Lucas's calls, Ruth sounded triumphant when she realised that Lucas had twigged that the kill order didn't come from Harry. I also caught a note of pride when Beth asked if Lucas would carry out the kill order and Ruth said 'He might, because it came from Harry'. She looked towards him with a look of respect at this moment.

I really think that Ruth doesn't want Lucas to go bad, because she doesn't want to heap another load of trouble on Harry's shoulders. She cares too deeply for Harry to ever be pleased when he is betrayed by one of the team. It's probably one of the reasons she didn't tell him - she wanted to have some proper evidence first.

I still cannot see how Ruth would betray Harry, her country or MI-5. I truly hope that there is too little time left now for me to be proved wrong, because it would be a heart breaking end to a great series.

I thought Ruth looked rather proud when Lucas figured out that the order didn't come from Harry, she had this look on her face that seemed to say that she was grateful and very proud that Lucas, despite the pressure and circumstances, was still able to figure out that it wasn't Harry making the call. In fact, I would go as far as to say that the whole entire team was proud that Lucas came through.

I can't really see how Ruth can betray MI5 or Harry just as I couldn't see Lucas doing the same. But you never know, they gave Lucas a pretty damn strong reason to, I wouldn't be surprised if they gave Ruth one too.

And even if Ruth is a traitor, I think, just like with Lucas, it's not all black and white. A mix of choices and circumstances brought Lucas into this mess, he didn't just wake up one day and decided to do traitorous things, so if Ruth is betraying her country, then I'm sure it's not as black and white either.

(28-10-2010 11:25 PM)lottie1993 Wrote:  I don't suspect Ruth at all what motive would she have for betraying Harry? And she sounded shocked when Tariq told her the grid had been compromised and she wanted to get evidence for Harry before she went to him about Lucas/John and she seemed upset and hurt and scared when he didn't believe her.

Well, the issue is that the scenes can be interpreted in many different ways. For all we know Ruth could be acting shocked, she could be putting up a front that matches what we normally know about Ruth.

This is Spooks after all, ANYTHING can go.