Series 10 - Episode 6 Discussion

[daphne]

.. possibly consoling words for spooked Spooks who sobbed/shed tears?

.. the role of an artist is to inoculate the world from disappointment
- Arthur Miller
(probably a mangled paraphrase!)
ok, so Miller is not Shakespeare or An Ancient Greek Great. but. for what it's worth-

just so my last thought is a simple and personal one.
simply personal..

my experience of life has been that happy endings are rare.
life throws curve-balls. they hit hard and deep. as deep and fatal as any shard of glass cut through flesh.

by giving us an ending that mitigates great victory with great grief, Spooks feels more 'believable' (to me).

but I am no less a dreamer for this!
I held my breath, wistfully, for the happy ending, too- just like many here- and just like Harry and Ruth may have, for that matter-- !

may you all be inoculated (!) for a little while- continue to do what's right in the face of.. whatever it is you're facing.

ENOUGH, eh?
the thread is l-o-n-g--
glad I'm not alone in responding in TV-land to some terrific storytelling!

but I feel the inappropriate, uh, jokes/humor coming on--- punchiness setting in after tears-
so I oughtta bow out!