Series 10 - Episode 1 Discussion

[beatrice4ruth]

(19-09-2011 01:34 PM)Zaf Lives! Wrote:  beatrice4ruth, fair enough. I'm just mystified by the viewpoint of some H/R shippers (not necessarily claiming you among them!). But as you say, the forum's not boring... :-)

One question - did I miss the part where they said Elena was KGB? It seemed to me that they said she was simply an MI5 agent. I.E., she was turned by MI5 because she was married to KGB man Gavrik, like both Sasha and Harry said - I don't recall them saying Elena was a KGB agent herself. Hey ho, suppose it's not too much of a hardship to watch it again to find out!

Please double-check for me. I had the impression she was a double agent.

Even if she had not been then a double agent, the fact she got married to a KGB man is very suspicious. The KGB would not have allowed this marriage to go ahead. Spouses were vetted and a British agent would have been discovered, either turned over as a spy, sent to gulag or worse.

Yes, it's Spooks and anything is possible, even an innocent Elena. Perhaps Le Carre had a point re the veracity of Spooks. Who cares, we are having fun. It's entertainment as PF said.