[spoilers] Recurring Themes in Season 8

[JHyde]

After episode 6, I'm even more convinced of these themes. Once again, it was about issues of inequality and economic injustice. I'm in no way justifying what Baisley did. But this is the slavery of the new century. It's the ugly side of capitalism that has only been acknowledged this last year.

I think once again Spooks has positioned itself brilliantly on the cusp of the public consciousness. Now it's not only people in countries like the fictional Tazbekstan who suffer, it's the beloved middle class of advanced, developed countries where the bridge between rich and poor is only growing. These two themes are linked, and not only on the show.