[spoilers] Ruth

[Forever Secret]

(14-11-2010 02:30 PM)Naivety Wrote:  In this series though, we saw quite a lot of her running the operations from the grid. We also got to see her running the board room briefings. Towers is also aware of her, with him using her as an advisor. So maybe she is the obvious choice for the final series. We may even see her uncovering parts of Harry's past that she is very unhappy with. Kudos are bound to dream up another series of angst for us. Look at Ashes to Ashes, Gene and Alex weren't brought together until the final episodes and then only for the blink of an eye!

Thats true, I could imagine her finding bits and pieces of Harry's past that could cause her to question him and that would put a lot of pressure on poor Harry...there's bound to be things in his past he doesnt want even her to find
I agree too, S8 Ruth was more like the old Ruth she just changed slightly in S9, in a way its character development so its a good thing, but I too hope we see the softer side of Ruth, the less 'dead' side emerge again in S10 I miss that side of her

Ooooh don't mention that ending... after 3 years of tension all we got was a tiny moment, it was a brief encounter for Gene and Alex... ahhh!

I really don't want that kind of ending for Ruth and Harry

(14-11-2010 07:18 AM)Silktie Wrote:  Also, I think it makes a difference in Ruth's mind whether the person in danger is a civilian or not. The MI5 officers are not civilians, and it is part of the job description to sacrifice your life to save others. But George and Nico were civilians, and innocents caught up in events.

She expects Harry to save the innocents, but she doesn't expect him to save the non-civilians at the cost of other lives, perhaps?

I think thats why she feels so guilty about everything that's happened, she feels its her responsibility to have given up her own life to protect George and Nico and she couldn't, and she's feels guilty that if Harry didn't love her they would still be alive, I don't realy think in S9 that Ruth still blames Harry for anything, all along she's blamed herself for happened, and in S8 the guilt hadn't really struck her yet, not really until 9.1 when Harry asks her to Marry him, then the guilt comes crashing back down, and its caused her to feel 'dead inside' ect

I actually hope the whole George and Nico thing doesn't come up again in S10 though, it'll cause pain for Ruth, and I just want to see her move on