Series 10 - Episode 6 Discussion

[Beatriz]

OMG! I thought I would never get to the end of this thread

A Cousin, I loved your post and you made teary, again.

My feelings haven't calmed down, yet. And I apologise because I'm going to talk about feelings here, not technical and deep plot-wise observations. I have watched this episode and then went to sleep and I my head kept thinking about the ending, this morning I woke up and it was still in my head...
I thought it was BRILLIANT! A wonderful way of ending this amazing series, for me it worked, it fitted perfectly, just the way Spooks is, just the way Spooks has been, a drama in every sense of the word.

I am a HR shipper, and I want to keep my HR membership card (as A Cousin put it) after I say what I am writing, I had liked them to have a happy ending, partly, but deep in my heart I know I wouldn't actually liked that, I would have probably felt cheated in some way, this episode and the show itself wouldn't have made such impact on me, like it did. Maybe a HR happy ending could be possible, killing another character (a death of an MI5 officer had to appear) and let them live happy; but for me it wouldn't have worked.

Ruth has been my favourite character of Spooks, I agree Harry is Spooks and I loved Spooks withouht her, but I felt attached to her for nearly the very beginning, and of course Nicola Walker has a lot to do with it. I cried a lot with her death, I felt totally devastated, I couldn't believe what's happened to her... It was so sad, emphasised by Harry's reaction and his visiting this house with the green door (as her lovely green phone) and then the memorial wall. I couldn't stop crying for the last 15 minutes (muffling my sobs because it was 1am and the walls are like paper in this flat, I didn't want to wake my flatemate)

And what to say about Harry, I feel so very sorry for him, all his life is a sea of sadness... And back to work, what else could he do?? Mourn Ruth in the house she was going to buy for ever and ever?? I'd love to give him a hug

I respect other opinions but I don't feel betrayed one bit by this final episode, I even thought Tom's appearance, though short, was a homage the very beginning of Spooks, as someone mentioned before, like a circle closing it self.

Brilliant and heartbreaking ending! *smiles bitterly*