Season 10 - Episode 4 discussion

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(12-10-2011 10:17 AM)beatrice4ruth Wrote:  No wonder that Ruth looked so hurt when she learnt that Harry had tried to extract Elena and save Sasha 30 years ago. She must have felt that she had sacrificed herself in vain for Harry. True, he went to jail to try to save her from Cotterdam, but he could have done so much more to find her in Cyprus without compromising her. Harry knows that he has hurt Ruth so much over the years and the "Russian family" is the last straw. It might explain why Harry wants Ruth to join the HS staff.

What do you mean by this? How does what Harry tried to do thirty years ago invalidate everything that's happened between Harry and Ruth since? How does it make her sacrifice in vain? And would he not have endangered Ruth by trying to find her? And would she have wanted to be found - since she was happy in her 'simple and elegant' life?

When you say Harry has hurt Ruth so much over the years - are you referring to her going into exile (her choice); or the loss of that life and the death of George, which Harry was powerless to stop? These things happened because they do the job they do, and not because of any negligence on Harry's part.

I can fully understand Ruth's hurt over him not wanting to talk to her about Elena and Sasha, and her fears that their reappearance may have rekindled old feelings. But let's not be blind to the fact that there are always two sides to everything, and that in all honesty Ruth has never truly allowed Harry in, which somewhat limited his chances to share all his deepest secrets with her.

I have never got the impression that Harry and Ruth blame each other for what happened with Cotterdam, and Ruth realises the events surrounding her return is not Harry's fault. So why do fans keep on harping about these things? If Ruth really felt so strongly about these things, she never would have returned to work on the Grid with the man who's caused her so much hurt?