I do worry that apparently MI5 only have a team of six people to handle security for the whole of the UK though :)
It used to be so good, back in the day of the infamous "arm in the deep fat fryer" episode.
Now they are just trying to be too cool and have lost me.
Burning through the cast...
My last post was just as ****** **** ***'s ******
Blimey.
*still stunned*
Anyone else seeing "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" references?
Anyone else seeing "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" references?
Like the retired analyst who is brought back being called Connie, that sort of thing?
more similarities to TTSS than it had to
I need to know now!
(anyone else rush to switch off at the end, before they do the "next week" bits?)Of course! (well, I use the remote actually)
Please STFU.
I can't see this 'til I'm home on Thursday (assuming that I programmed the box with lights correctly- there's never a 12 year old around when you need one).
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Well don't read the f-ing thread then. It says SPOILER in the thread title. ::-)
Berk! ;D
I'm in Scotland. The last 3 episodes have been on Saturday nights, not Mondays. So I've seen the end of the series now.
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Hope Harry can breathe in there o.k. untill the start of the next series :demon:
Hope Harry can breathe in there o.k. untill the start of the next series :demon:
Looking forward to this though I'll be in the pub when it's on.;D
I'll avoid this thread 'til I've seen recording.
I don't want Tony calling me a berk again :P ;D
the fact that they don't flinch from killing people off. Keeps you well and truly guessing.
Who else shouted "why the fuck are you wearing a caving helmet, you Hoxton tit ?"No, but I was thoroughly irritated and not a little baffled that a (presumably) low paid civil servant would be so cheerful at having his bike written off (no flesh wounds, bruises or torn clothes either come to that) by a moton and would just wander off without stopping to educate the aforementioned moton in the error of his ways...
and then smiled when he T-boned the car ?
Just me ?
No details as it would spoil for thise who haven't seen it...........
Well yes, but that is why it says spoilers in the thread title. I still contend that anyone reading this and NOT wanting to know what happened is a detonator short of a basement bomb
I missed last night's and can't work out when it'll be on a BBC channel again. Surely it is repeated like Dr Who? I don't understand the website...
(Old fogey disease)
I was impressed by the makers' judgement in the honey-trap scene.
I reckon any other post-watershed 'modern' drama would have had Jo get a lot further in her seduction of The Bad Guy before the distraction/cavalry arrived. Shows you don't need nudity for a scene to work.
I missed last night's and can't work out when it'll be on a BBC channel again. Surely it is repeated like Dr Who? I don't understand the website...Last night was the repeat. The first showing is BBC3 on Friday nights. Wednesday nights on BBC1 is the repeat. You'll have to use iPlayer.
(Old fogey disease)
Good one tonight.
How many references to 80s music can Ros get in ? I've got REM and The Daintees so far :)
Sadly, I agree. Good ending though.
Grr, I was irritated by the bomb countdown sequence - classic film stuff where they pack way too much activity into the countdown time.
Aside from that part, a very good episode.
Spooooooooks! Back on Monday!
Very good. Just a tad implausible towards the end, perhaps ;)
It amazes me, when I watch this, just how fast and loose they play with protocols, until it suits them, just so a storyline emerges.I think we need to explain to you the concept of telly time vs real time. Lucas actually spent ages being debriefed *little moment* but they skipped the story ahead to when it was all finished so as not to hold the story up for months. Also, that man has the most magnificent thighs.
Ep. 1, for instance, operative (Lucas/John) meets civvy contractor on boat, they escape to Spain, he returns to UK. Next thing you know she is on an op with Lucas to arrest an extremist. Just would not happen, no way, no how. Similar happened when Lucas returned from Russia, one minute he is being handed over by the Russians, the next minute he is on ops....
I think we need to explain to you the concept of telly time vs real time. Lucas actually spent ages being debriefed *little moment* but they skipped the story ahead to when it was all finished so as not to hold the story up for months. Also, that man has the most magnificent thighs.
I am not a _complete_ idiot, but TBH little things like that irritate me :)
Also, that man has the most magnificent thighs.This is a *cycling* forum, I'm sure we could provide some competition.
Confused now ???There was quite a lot of confusion dotted about this episode. Felt like a lot of stuff got left in the editing suite.
Confused now ???There was quite a lot of confusion dotted about this episode. Felt like a lot of stuff got left in the editing suite.
Still, pretty good episode overall.
Do we approve of the encroachment of Story Arcs into this series? (We've got the Lucas-back-story and Harry-Ruth now). Or did I just notice it less in previous series?!?
Good tense episode (iplayer lastnight) I thought. Lucas is being a very naughty boy.I'm very worried about him. If he'd gone to Harry and told him what was going on, Harry would have tried to help. But now he's being deceitful and Ruth is onto him and when those Chinese people try to set him up, nobody will believe him. :(
One for the Fictional Events that Make Me Cringe thread:
Passwords typed in readable format :facepalm:
Other than that, a good episode!
One for the Fictional Events that Make Me Cringe thread:
Passwords typed in readable format :facepalm:
Other than that, a good episode!
I assumed he read it from the keyboard.
Good tense episode (iplayer lastnight) I thought. Lucas is being a very naughty boy.I'm very worried about him. If he'd gone to Harry and told him what was going on, Harry would have tried to help. But now he's being deceitful and Ruth is onto him and when those Chinese people try to set him up, nobody will believe him. :(
Lucas is though.
Hello John! :-\Ha - that was a pretty good twist, wasn't it? (And I don't mind if we only get 60 seconds of the Lucas saga every week.)
Hello John! :-\Ha - that was a pretty good twist, wasn't it? (And I don't mind if we only get 60 seconds of the Lucas saga every week.)
Really good episode, I thought.
p.s. Kirst: do we now have clearance to comment on female pulchritude in Spooks? (Not that I was planning to just yet, but it's nice to know the ground rules :P )
Yes, good episode. IMO the sniper's self injury to appear as an 'emergency' was a tad extreme, given it looked like he was after a femoral artery!I assumed that was a somewhat unsubtle narrative hint*:
I presume you mean Ruth?
I reckon Lucas would be a really dirty shag.Apparently he's up to play Thorin Oakenshield in the Hobbit movies. I guess he's got a suitably deep voice.
What a pile of old cock. What's worse is they must have a plant in here.But bloody entertaining old cock!
At 13:28 - "No we can't risk the either, they could be monitoring everyone, GHCQ, Six, CTC"
What a pile of old cock. What's worse is they must have a plant in here.But bloody entertaining old cock!
At 13:28 - "No we can't risk the either, they could be monitoring everyone, GHCQ, Six, CTC"
I heard the CTC thing too - what did they actually say, anyone?
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*waves to Lucas*
I think he's going to be a dwarf.
Which is strange.
I think he's going to be a dwarf.
Which is strange.
Now this is interesting - apparently Spooks fans aren't generally Tolkien fans/geeks.
Harry was quick to slap Ruth down when she started talking about Lucas. Maybe he is doing something for Harry that we don't yet know about or Harry is using him to do something.
One thing I noticed was that Lucas was using a modern flip-cover mobile phone in 1995. Do you think the next plot twist is that he'll be revealed to be a time lord?
One thing I noticed was that Lucas was using a modern flip-cover mobile phone in 1995. Do you think the next plot twist is that he'll be revealed to be a time lord?
Mmm
I'd got that one too :)
Did they really have a digital network in Dacca in 1995 ?
:)
:o :o :'(
This exit is proving far more entertaining than the Ros or Adam versions, though Tom's was probably still the best.
One thing I noticed was that Lucas was using a modern flip-cover mobile phone in 1995. Do you think the next plot twist is that he'll be revealed to be a time lord?
The thing is, he could have just used an old-skool radio detonator thingy, and we wouldn't be having this conversation. Odd prop choice ...This exit is proving far more entertaining than the Ros or Adam versions, though Tom's was probably still the best.
One thing I noticed was that Lucas was using a modern flip-cover mobile phone in 1995. Do you think the next plot twist is that he'll be revealed to be a time lord?
they existed - I had a flip down motorola phone in 1995. It was crap.
It looks like the Ruth story was just to highlight Harry's emotions about his occifers (treacherous or loyal), which was a bit naff - I prefer it when that stuff is told more subtley.
...Ah of course - I hadn't twigged that bit.
been turned down many times
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John being firmly in the latter camp, but never having formally been accepted...
I hope him and Ruth hurry up and get married.
I hope him and Ruth hurry up and get married.
Oooh that was so good. I think they have really put a lot of thought into this last season :thumbsup:
I'm of a similar mind to yours Joggers.
Ahhh… Torchy the battery boy. That takes me back.
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I'm of a similar mind to yours Joggers.He missed his vocation as a spy, he should have joined an indie band.
Ahhh… Torchy the battery boy. That takes me back.
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But it would be too awful.
If you've got the right security clearance, BBC1 11.05 tonight.
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Aw, Dmitri.
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The new lot they've got in for this series could make their jobs a lot easier by going to spy school and learning how to do things secretly and out of sight.
The new lot they've got in for this series could make their jobs a lot easier by going to spy school and learning how to do things secretly and out of sight.
Last episode moan.
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I thought that the Borg Queen was a bit under-needed for this part, but now she's ace ;)
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From wiki re. TQ...Yeah, we knew that. The Home Secretary was on the phone to Harry when Harry was in the car, and he said something like "Harry, you said you've outsourced dealing with [that Russian bloke with the beard] to an outside agency so you'd better give me the details, on second thoughts, never mind." So that person was the outside agency.(click to show/hide)
Lt. Col. Larrington (retd.) reckons "Spooks" is absolute bobbins too, but the Official Secrets Act prevents me from telling anyone why ;)Prevents you, or should have prevented him telling you?