This is my least favourite Spooks episode in s1 ironically - it seems to take awhile to take off and I find it a little slow. Things I noticed and/or loved
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God. This episode. God. It still hurts. It is still one of Spooks best. Over a decade later.
I wanted to tie Tony Abbot to a chair and make him watch this. He's not far off being an Osbourne. And as for the the government response at the end, it shames me to say that this is the summation of current Australian politics in relation to asylum seekers.
Helen was so naive and beautiful. It is still shocking. Still.
Tom and Danny running together is kind of nice. I had forgotten how new Danny was in this series.
Zoe being stolen in that manipulative way by Tessa and yet I can't hate her... I still remember that episode with her ex lover and feel only pity...
Maisie and Ellie - God this is pitch perfect. I've never understood why people hate this story line. It was the perfect story to help us see Tom unravel. The more Tom wants to be with Ellie the more lies he tells.
I hate that Tom can't tell Ellie about Helen. I hate that he is sitting alone with their faux wedding ring silently wracked with grief. That scene was so sad
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Re: Spooks 1.3 dweomeroflightAugust 5 2014, 13:06:04 UTC
This episode is actually one of the ones I find myself coming back to more often, mainly because of Tessa - Spooks first ever example of the wasted casting opportunity. I never remember much about the plot of the week (average) but I do remember an awful lot about the way Tessa looked in those final scenes with Johnny.
- Wow - I am currently reading The Spy Who Came in From The Cold and though I haven't finished yet, the similarities to this episode are a little scary. I wonder what Le Carre thought of the very early series? - There is a harsh authenticity to this episode in particular with the way everyone gets screwed over, MI6 fights with MI5 and no one really knows what's going on. Even Tessa's phantom ops felt real. God damn it spooks why did you get rid of her so soon?- I found it interesting that the plot of the week took up maybe half of the episode max. Instead, we got solid characterization for Tom, Harry, Tessa, Zoe and Danny
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Re: Spooks 1.4nightbulbsAugust 5 2014, 13:26:30 UTC
I KNOOOOOOW I JUST HAVEN'T FELT LIKE WATCHING SPOOKS at all BUT I'M MARATHONING S1 BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK. (I offered a Skype joined rewatch to Nia but I let her down after that because last week was busy as hell :/)
Haha I sympathise - but the early series are really great plus I am excited to rewatch how Ros and Connie entered the fray as I've completely forgotten.
I do think that after this proper re-watch I'll just re-watch the series that are actually good. Life's too short to waste on bad tv ;)
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I'll make episode threads now!
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I wanted to tie Tony Abbot to a chair and make him watch this. He's not far off being an Osbourne. And as for the the government response at the end, it shames me to say that this is the summation of current Australian politics in relation to asylum seekers.
Helen was so naive and beautiful. It is still shocking. Still.
Tom and Danny running together is kind of nice. I had forgotten how new Danny was in this series.
Zoe being stolen in that manipulative way by Tessa and yet I can't hate her... I still remember that episode with her ex lover and feel only pity...
Maisie and Ellie - God this is pitch perfect. I've never understood why people hate this story line. It was the perfect story to help us see Tom unravel. The more Tom wants to be with Ellie the more lies he tells.
I hate that Tom can't tell Ellie about Helen. I hate that he is sitting alone with their faux wedding ring silently wracked with grief. That scene was so sad ( ... )
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Though it was fun seeing Zoe in the field...
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- There is a harsh authenticity to this episode in particular with the way everyone gets screwed over, MI6 fights with MI5 and no one really knows what's going on. Even Tessa's phantom ops felt real. God damn it spooks why did you get rid of her so soon?- I found it interesting that the plot of the week took up maybe half of the episode max. Instead, we got solid characterization for Tom, Harry, Tessa, Zoe and Danny ( ... )
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(I offered a Skype joined rewatch to Nia but I let her down after that because last week was busy as hell :/)
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I do think that after this proper re-watch I'll just re-watch the series that are actually good. Life's too short to waste on bad tv ;)
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