Series 10 - Episode 2 Discussion

[Silktie]

(27-09-2011 05:02 AM)A Cousin Wrote:  The Greek tragedy continues, doesn't it? Shade of Oedipus trying to avoid taking down his father by...well...taking down his father! Perhaps a little Medea too? Time will tell. I thought it was Elena in Tariq's CCTV too.

We can already class Elena as Medea, as she is betraying her husband to the English. But I suspect you meant it in the sense that she may also be leading Harry around by the, er, nose.

I do hope we soon get more information about why she became an agent for MI5 - was it just Harry's irresistible sex appeal (which I can totally believe ) or did she have a deeper motivation? That is if she isn't playing Harry and MI5 at their own game, of course. The jury is still out on that one, but at this stage I continue to lean towards her being honest with Harry and being a pawn in a greater unknown scheme.

Quote: Happy that the ensemble feel of the programme has gone through to the second episode.

Liking Erin. A lot. A new kind of spy, wanting it all, in contrast to Harry. Nice touch there KUDOs.

Interesting slight moral dilemma for Dimitri when Harry tells him to set up the agents murder as a suicide. Remember Lucas telling him "Walk before you can run"? Dimitri passed it on to Calum. lol!

Agreed on all these points. I like how we see little things about these characters through how they handle what is being thrown at them - Erin trying so hard to be the hard, badass spy she no doubt believes Harry to be, but failing at the final hurdle when it comes to the possiblity of sacrificing her family life for the job. And Dimitri's little reactions to his colleagues and with what he's asked to do with the dead asset - slowly realising how distasteful this job can really be. And Calum, of course, learning so tragically that every mistake can have the highest cost - in this case the life of Tariq.

Quote:I don't know about Coaver being the impersonator. The evil American? Done already. Several times. Not that he isn't involved. They all are. Maybe he is the impersonator but that is not all there is to it?

I'm definitely leaning towards this view. I don't think the identification of the impersonator is the endgame here, it's going to be the key that unlocks something much darker and more threatening.