Series 10 - Episode 2 Discussion

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(26-09-2011 07:56 AM)Nitrus Wrote:  I loved this episode, much more than the first one. Ruth annoyed me a bit by being so needy and needing to be told everything by Harry about everything, I think Ruth was being a bit selfish in this episode and she was acting strange all episode.

I don't understand why Tariq went home? That seemed to be done just so we had the classic Spooks scenario of someone finding something out but being far away and in an unsafe location so noone else finds out before they die.

(25-09-2011 09:44 PM)picard1109 Wrote:  Oh, poor Tariq. But some annoying plot faults:

* Sasha seems to have left his and his mother's finger prints and DNA on that mobile phone
* Why on earth would Calum walk to MI-6 with a secure laptop? He should have gone in a car - he'd have been driven out of MI-5s secure car park into MI-6's gated entrance.
* Why didn't Harry make sure neither he nor Elena were followed?
* Why would MI-5 allow a secure link at Tariq's home and let him phone in a request? Secure links should be done through online encryption.
* Why didn't he have a spare mobile phone so he could talk to Harry in the taxi and get to a hospital?

And they really should have pulled all the assets as soon as the laptop was stolen...they never learn, do they?

Ok, too nerdy...but a bit of common sense wouldn't have gone amiss!

Completely agree with 2, 4 and 5 of your points. All of that just seemed to be to feed the storyline instead of being what is a possibility. The only explanation I can give for not having a spare mobile would be that maybe Tariq didn't have the same training as a normal field officer?

I think Ruth is jealous of Elena, and also, let's not forget she is curious. She's an analyst, she has this need to know things, to get to the bottom of it all.

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(26-09-2011 09:19 AM)Nitrus Wrote:  I liked the interaction between Sasha and Harry in this episode, nothing like quality father son time, murdering an FSB agent and hiding the body. That's all most of us can hope for.

The other thing I forgot to mention is that I am in love with Lara Pulver at this point. (sigh)

You're right. It was funny that at the same time Elena was telling Harry how Sasha reminded her of him, Sasha was busy killing someone.