Series 10 - Episode 6 Discussion

[Silktie]

(30-10-2011 03:42 PM)beatrice4ruth Wrote:  To me the only final ending that made sense was the dying of Harry. Spooks would have ended without any ambiguity. Because Ruth became a better spy than Harry in the last two episodes, it would have been more logical for Ruth to live. We are left to believe that a distraught and burnout Harry can carry on and his judgment mistakes ae forgiven because the love of his life died. How more soapy can that ending get?

Actually I thought Harry was allowed to come back because he and his team had prevented the Russian ultra nationalist group from scuppering the partnership. I don't think they forgave him everything just because Ruth died.

Re Harry's state of mind and the mistakes he made this season, a lot of that is due to the emotional baggage he was carrying over the way he lied to Elena about her parents and his guilt about not having had contact with his son. When you think about it, he was still extremely effective where the threats of the week was concerned this season. He made the hard calls when Erin's daughter was in peril, etc. It was only where Elena and Sasha were concerned where he screwed up. And since he is now absolved of the guilt he carried around about them, I am comfortable that he is up to doing his job effectively once more.