Series 10 - Episode 2 Discussion

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Wow! What a marvellous episode! My heart was in my mouth the entire time! Fast paced with lots of twists - this was like the Spooks of old. Forgive me if you are a fan of seasons 8 and 9 but they just didn't excite me. There's only one thing wrong with episodes as good as this one and that is, if the quality remains as high through to 10.6, we are all going to miss Spooks all the more.

Ilya is a wonderful villain: so cool, so gentlemanly and so utterly evil! How terrifying to be sitting across the room from him!

I love Harry and Ruth but did not mind the lack of tender scenes because the pace of the plot and the terrific acting held me spellbound. I noticed the plot holes already mentioned but did not let them bother me because I think you need to suspend disbelief anyway to enjoy Spooks, where the same five or six people save Britain every time Just imagine if a flu virus went around the Section D office!

I was gutted by Tariq's death, the more so because I feel as though his character development has been very slow, so it's as though I've only lately been getting to know him and now he won't be in the last four episodes - it is not fair!

I loved how the writers had me guessing all along about who knew what and who was plotting with whom. More to look forward to next week!

To Nitrus - the name on the file was "Bill Crombie"