Series 10 - Episode 2 Discussion

[Naivety]

This episode had it all, didn't it?

We had Harry playing mean and dirty with the cover up of the death of that agent, then the manipulation of Martha for the sake of information on Ilya. Then we had the softer side of him with the interactions with first Elena and then Sasha. He is so out of his comfort zone when tackling personal relationships. We had Harry and Ruth bickering with their voices while simultaneously looking at each other with such yearning. The death of Tariq was done with usual Spooks brutality. If you're not looking at spoilers then it was pretty much unexpected. It reminded me of Colin's death, very sad.

The woman on the CCTV receiving the briefcase was Elena, I'm sure of it, but perhaps she thought at that point that she was acting on communications from Harry, she may not have known then that she had been duped by the impersonator. I don't necessarily think that's true, but it is another theory.

As for Ruth being a baddie, NO WAY!! She is worried about Harry, she is not confident he is acting rationally because of his personal history with Elena and Sasha, and so she is trying to prepare for the political fall out when all this comes out in the open. Harry should be keeping her better informed. She is also upset/annoyed that harry has not considered her feelings with respect to the revelations of last week. I'm looking forward to next week, because by then she should have revealed some information regarding the Jim, Harry, Elena triangle. I reckon Jim was also running her. The reaction by Jim to Harry when he asked for help with identification was very sharp, wasn't it? I wonder if that that was all professional, or more personal spite because he knows Harry has met Elena.

I must be one of the few who finds Sasha annoying and immature for an FSB agent. He is an emotional loose cannon and not like Harry at all.