Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

[fusey007]

So here is my first post on the forums...

On first appearance I was extremely let down by the finale, especially with there being no trademark Spooks twist at the end. But then maybe the 'twist' is that there is no twist? certainly a diffent route to previous season finales.

For all the speculation of Maya having greater involvement she turned out to be a bit of a nothing character, but honourable in her actions of luring John-Lucas into the trap.

Still no explanation of why the chinese had the photo of Luca, I can only presume that Vaughn had told them that Lucas was the chap that would deliver Albany.

Is John-Lucas dead? To be honest I would say he is. by his own admission he would do anything to avoid going to prison again.

I was surprised not to see Malcolm popping up for a cameo.

Alec should be really be in a position to take over as section chief, despite his acomplished record of spotting 'liars'. surely a role in internal afairs is vastly different to that of a field agent?

Harry has always put Crown and Country ahead of everything. Its always about the greater wellbeing, therefore to hand over Albany in exchange for Ruth is going aaginst all he has ever stood for. We all know that love conquers all though so the options are either Harry has put his love for Ruth ahead of everything else in his life....or he knew Albany was a fake (and can prove he knew this in order to clear his name).

Harry was convinced that there was a strong possibility he would not get out of his meeting with John-Lucas alive. "It's my turn" he said to Ruth. Also the phonecall to his daughter points towards this as well. With this realisation has Harry now seen the lure of a life away from MI5?

I am fairly convinced that series 10 will be the last and as such it will be heavily focused around Harry. This may involve a lengthy investigation into his history as indicated by the Home Secretary but I am sure it will also be the making of Harry and Ruth as a couple (but i am not convinced of a happy ending).

The next series will end will Harry leaving his post either as a result of the investigation, of his own accord to start a new life with Ruth or, and this is my guess, he will die in the line of duty. Good guys very rarely get to walk off into the sunset.

Thats my initial thoughts but I still need to digest last nights episode.