[spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce - Return of the Jedi (#3)

[Nixie]

Third time lucky (I hope). Trusting I have finally found the right thread for this comment. I can get a bit lost on here sometimes ...

Did anyone else notice that the rooftop scene in S8.8 with Harry and Ruth, where he is moved to tears after quoting Schiller's Ode to Joy, parallels the scene he has with his daughter in S3.4? In 3.4 he is moved to tears when his daughter reads from the Yeats' poem, and she then says: 'Dad, don't, Dad. (pause) We better go, it's too windy.' In 8.8 he responds to Ruth's concern for his tears by saying: 'It's just the wind, Ruth'. And, yes, they were both written by the same scriptwriter - Ben Richards. Coincidence? I don't think so! Has Harry cried anywhere else in the series?

I'd love to know what people think about this - Is a bit of poetry in the right context the chink in Harry's armour?