Episode 1 Discussion [Rewatch]

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I'm late to the party, but catching up!

I thought this was a great first episode to introduce a new show. I was grabbed by it when I watched it when it originally aired, and it still seems fresh and interesting- and appropriately intriguing. There was a nice balance between MI5 business and the private lives of the people who work there. I liked the normalcy of the tour guide showing people around the building, and Tom and Zoe heading for 'the coffee room' behind the innocuous timber door where the high tech grid was concealed.
And as a fan of John Le Carre, I loved the nod to George Smiley and his world too, which added the weight of all that had gone before to Spooks with just a line or two- brilliant writing!