Series 10 - Episode 6 Discussion

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I felt sorry for him even though I hated that he was the one to kill Ruth. He went through emotional hell in a very short period of time, so I wasn't surprised that he snapped.

Let's see:
- Sascha comes to London on security detail for his parents, also, he wants to find out about Harry, who he has learned had turned his mother as an MI-5 asset.
- in order to protect his mother, he kills one of his best friends, a fellow FSB agent.
- figures out there was something more to his mother's relationship with Harry
- learns from his mother the 'story' of her parents' deaths
- bugs Harry's car to get info on Coaver, breaks into Ruth's car to get Coaver's laptop
- finds out on said laptop about his parentage (Harry as Dad)
- learns of his mother's betrayal and the fact that she nearly sacrIficed her son had Harry not been so noble
- finds out that Ilya really is his father, though I have a feeling his reaction towards Harry not being his father was interesting...I think Sascha was beginning to respect him.
- witnessss his father kill his mother with enough force to crush her windpipe.

He'd reached he breaking point, literally and figuratively.