Series 10 - Episode 6 Discussion

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(25-10-2011 06:44 PM)neuro Wrote:  

(25-10-2011 12:27 PM)MI4½ AGENT Wrote:  OK I'm back to wall again (last time I promise).... why was Ruth's name up there anyway. I thought she was Advisor to the Home Secretary and didn't work for MI5.

Well would you try and stop Harry and the rest of section D putting Ruths name on the memorial.

Hah, yeah, I wouldn't want to be the one to tell a grief-stricken Harry Pearce that Ruth's name couldn't go up on that board.

But she was a very recently retired Officer, who was killed on an active operation, in the line of duty. That would definitely qualify anyone. If Malcolm had been killed by Lucas last season, his name would have been on there for the same reason - he died in the line of duty. The fact that he was retired by then does not take away his right to be there.

(25-10-2011 10:52 PM)Nitrus Wrote:  I mocked you because you spent the last 10 series thinking the show was about one thing when it wasn't...

I don't agree with this sentiment. Why MUST the show be the same thing for everyone? In my view, the aim of entertainment is to allow you to connect with something emotionally. We all connect with different aspects of what we are presented with, based on our own life experiences and the emotional baggage we all bring to the table. Just because other people don't connect with the show emotionally for the same reason I do, does not mean their view is invalid.

So I think it's great that so many different views have been expressed. It shows that Spooks was a layered, multi-faceted, high class drama that offered fans many ways to connect emotionally with it. I'd rather have that than something which only offered one thing.

Re Sasha, I struggled throughout the season to work up much sympathy for him, despite everything he has gone through. So yeah, he is on my 'Bad Man!' list for stabbing Ruth. I honestly thought when he picked up that shard he was going to kill Ilya. If only.

So Harry telling Jim Coaver in episode 5 that they'd lied to Elena and then abandoned her was a reference to the fact that they made up that story about how her parents were killed, rather than lying about the extraction. Neat.