[spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce 2.0

[Silktie]

So in the end, Harry probably sacrificed his career and his reputation to save Ruth, but didn't endanger any lives because Albany didn't work. I'm a little disappointed with that pat explanation. It would have been much more interesting had Harry had to make the choice with a working Albany.

I thought this episode highlighted Harry's isolation quite well. Even when he's trying to connect with his daughter, he only gets voicemail to talk to. And Ruth didn't exactly thank him for the sacrifice he made for her. Granted, at that stage she didn't know that Albany doesn't work. That image that the episode ended on, with Harry standing alone in the dark, looking over the lights of London, was very symbolic for me. It showed a man who sacrificed everything to keep the people he is watching over safe, until all he had left was his job and his reputation. He decided that his love for a woman was big enough to sacrifice even that in an attempt to save her life, and who now really has nothing left, and is all alone, facing an uncertain future. Sniff.