Series 10 - Episode 3 Discussion

[Sparky]

Just got round to watching Ep 3 and felt (like others) that it was missing something! Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the episode but the story of the week (which in the past I've enjoyed way more then the series arc) for some reason this year seems to be just getting in the way of the main story. It didn't help that the story had huge gaps in it, and Dimitri must be the most gullible Spook of all time - the fact that he believed Johnny `didn't ring true to me at all! On the plus side for him, I did enjoy his obvious discomfort at having to sleep with someone just to gain information, and I thought this came across well.

What I did really like though were the snippets around the bigger picture. I loved the scene with Harry and Ruth in his office where there seemed to be so much more going unsaid from both of them plus Harry's scene with Sasha on the Embankment. However the 2 standout out scenes for me were Ruth and Elena in the art gallery where again, so much was said without being verbalised, and Ruth's scene with the HS. Harry to me was the main character in both of these scenes, without actually being in either.

I'm hoping from here on in, the story of the week becomes less, and the series arc more as that is truly gripping at the moment!

Oh, and Calum is growing on me more and more. It's a shame he'll only ever get a max 6 episodes as I think he's becoming way more interesting to watch than Erin and Dimitri!