Series 9 Episode 2 discussion

[Silktie]

Watch and discuss.

[almh]

What on earth was with the three sections?! It was seriously unnecessary, although it did cut out the amount of time we had to hear Lucas yapping about his latest (/previous) love interest. How many women can that man love?!

Anyway, other than that I really enjoyed it And if anyone involved in the production of Spooks is reading this, my sister has requested that Dimitri wears tighter shirts. Although as I already have a headache, and do not wish my sister to gush any more about him, I'd recommend that they didn't!

[deebab]

I loved it. I loved the double thread (Lucas/Beth points of view) - Thought the Chapman bit didnt add much though.

Loving Lucas at the moment - Lots of smiles coming through this series.

The end was a bit spoilt for me because for months I had been seeing the Foxhills photos on this site so instead of my heart racing as it normally would, I actually wasn't nervous at all for Harry.

[Nia M]

deebab Wrote:I loved it. I loved the double thread (Lucas/Beth points of view) - Thought the Chapman bit didnt add much though.

I agree.

What was up with the completely un-Spooksy font though?

More thoughts coming up in a bit - need to type them up

[Naivety]

It got me going for a minute!

I wasn't sure about the three angles, I thought it was an exercise in making a shorter film stretch further. I hope the other episodes won't all be like that.

I'd like to see some interaction between Ruth and Beth in the flat, sharing that bottle of wine perhaps. Laughing and gossiping.

I thought that Peter Firth was superb as usual, he is slimmer in this series and has lighter hair which has made him look younger. I love it when he goes out and speaks to the diplomats and business tycoons. Diplomatic but deadly!

On the whole, speaking as a H/R fan, it wasn't as good as last week, although there is still some angst. It's still the best thing on British TV.

[nothingisasitseems]

As a one off I loved the triple angle and enjoyed the episode overall.

And Harry to Lucas " There's no room for betrayal in this team!!!!"

Do NOT like Dmitri's moustache - still don't like the way he has just appeared on the Grid with no explanation.

And what about next week's preview? Something caught my eye

Spoiler: show

surely Tariq doesn't get killed?

[Tea Lady]

First point, I may have missed this last week, but the re-cap bit at the start of 9.2 showed Dimitri on the Grid in a sling. Did I miss that bit last week??

Well, I thought the format worked really well. I loved the Beth and Lucas sections. The Chapman bit was quite short but that was ok too. I thought it was very clever.

I think Beth showed two sides to herself here. Her tradecraft is good. Especially when she thought to take the mobile phone, but she is still quite naive. Trusting that Chapman bloke and thinking she could just delete security service records like that, without getting found out.

Liked the Harry bit at Foxhills when he took the bag off Westhouse. Class act, that he booked him and his wife a dinner table. I assume that went on taxpayers expenses.

I do agree though that the release of the Foxhills photos did spoil the ending a little, and I guessed they would not be able to carry another storyline of Harry getting shot.

The Lucas thing is getting a little more interesting and I loved the Harry handshake moment. I am still not totally convinced Harry trusts him though. Clearly Lucas wants "A" clearance to look at files for his own ends.

Not much of Dimitri or Tariq this week although I liked the Tariq shark joke. That's two jokes about sharks in two weeks !!

[Nia M]

(27-09-2010 09:38 PM)nothingisasitseems Wrote:  And what about next week's preview? Something caught my eye

Spoiler: show

surely Tariq doesn't get killed?

Which bit of the preview did you get that from????

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(27-09-2010 09:41 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  First point, I may have missed this last week, but the re-cap bit at the start of 9.2 showed Dimitri on the Grid in a sling. Did I miss that bit last week??

I didn't recognise that either. I don't remember Lucas telling him not to call him 'sir' either, so it could just be I missed that whole section

[Aria]

A solid if unspectacular episode, I feel. Liked the differing perspectives, especially the Lucas and Beth scene on the grid - him trying to find out about his past and her trying to delete it. Loved the Harry and Westhouse scene with PF being all subtle and the use of double entendres. Beth certainly has an interesting past, hope they will explore that more.

TL - I wondered the same thing about the Dimitri in a sling scene, maybe it was cut from 9.1 and they forgot

[Nia M]

- Lucas seems to have had a haircut? (* but in some scenes he doesn’t? Continuity error?)
- ‘live in the Surreys Hills’ – big grin from me down here in said place
- Two lifts at the top at once? That was lucky :/ Nice touch though
- Harry off the Grid!
- ‘TLC?’ Uh, is that really necessary? I’m sure she can handle not being shot, given that she’s a former mercenary and all. Please please don’t let this morph into him falling for her :/
- ‘Given what you said re what I said, I don’t think we should be sharing late night tete-a-tetes’ – Nooo!! The promise of this was so great, but it fizzled out into just ‘This is work’
- Nice to see the meeting room (*meeting room or briefing room? I never know which one they call it) is looking so full again
- ‘Surrey Hills Police control room’ – okay, made up police service but never mind because Ruth’s doing and accent and being brilliant at it. Someone should just give that woman a medal (or, you know, just give NW a BAFTA and be done with it ). She really is a born spook, desk or not!
- ‘Wakey wakey Tariq, bug in place’ / ‘I’m like a shark, Lucas, I never sleep’ -
- This POV thing is a really good idea. Very good way to reveal new info to us (*anyone seen the film Vantage Point?) Not sure Chapman's was really necessary though - didn't seem to reveal much else
- VXD – VX and the EERIE exercise memories anyone?
- ‘Just this once, then she’s gone. There’s no place here for betrayal’ – Ahem! Ros! Twice! And Adam was ready to sell you out to journalist Ben... Why so different for Beth?
- So that’s how B get to keep her job? Saving Harry’s life?
- ‘Westhouse is white, in his early 50s, wearing a long dark coat’ - !!! NO!! HARRY!!! OMG
- ‘Did you trust Ros?’ / ‘Implicitly’ – Aww, she gets a mention, gone but not forgotten...

Overall not sure how I feel about this episode. Not a patch on last week’s, but I don’t dislike it. Just not sure about it.