Episode 6.4 [Re-watch]

[Silktie]

I confess that it's by this episode that season 6 became really hard work for me. The whole Yalta thing loses me completely. I know it's just a story and one has to suspend disbelief, but I simply cannot take any global conspiracies seriously. Am I supposed to believe that the mysterious Yalta is suddenly better able to gather information than the combined intelligence capabilities of the US and UK?

And then Ros, who is now so angry with the Americans that even though Harry instigates Operation Zebra to get to the bottom of Zaf's disappearance, she still chooses to betray her team by helping Yalta.

There's an interesting contrast between Adam and Ros in this episode: Adam stays focussed on the job despite his personal feelings for Anna, while Ros loses hers and is so focussed on getting at the Americans that she lets the terrorist get away.

I did enjoy the old-timers trying to outfox each other, though. Like HellsBells said, Harry, Connie and Bob Hogan are consummate old school spies and I enjoyed seeing them at work.

I wonder if part of Adam's attachment to Anna is that she looks a bit like Fiona with the dark hair and eyes?