[spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce 2.0

[A Cousin]

(02-11-2010 02:14 AM)BravoNine Wrote:  Why must the writers keep forcing these depressing storylines! I've cried enough this year already with multiple favorite characters dying, I really don't need another one!! Why can't poor Harry just have one series of being happy!!!

Because, my dear BravoNine, it wouldn't be Spooks!

PF was fantastic in 9.7. Simply fantastic. He was ever present but (for the most part) understated and generously giving over to both RA and NW the whole time.

I think Harry has found his equilibrium after his little crisis earlier this season. Maybe only because he has to as he is getting it on both sides now! He at least has managed to keep his individual humanity in tact enough. I think he gives the gun to Lucas with the betrayal line harkens back to the sometimes you have to give a man a chance to show you who they really are line in 9.3. Harry's basic decency comes out here: he is giving Lucas enough rope to either hang or save himself.

Harry, per usual, is the center of the crisis. You get rid of Harry, you get rid of the through-line of the programme. It ain't happenin'!