Ruth's Diary - No. 20 (3.10)

[A Cousin]

Nice! This is such a pivotal episode for Ruth. You handled it very well.

A few things I particularly liked:

- The connection between Ruth's father and Danny's death/Fiona's birthday. It helps to explain the emotional Ruth reaction beyond just liking Danny.

- I had never thought about it before but this is the perfect place where Ruth really begins to internalize the idea that the job will leave them "all alone in the end." Is it worth even committing to any of the people she works with if they are just going to go away in the end? She can't help but care for them.

- I like that you didn't dwell on Harry apart from mentioning the chocolates as her tip off that something was wrong. There is a lot of H/R in that episode, but I don't think either one of them are at all conscious of it at that point. However, if I may suggest that I wouldn't have minded addressing Ruth's reaction to Harry when he comes back telling them that they won't do deals with terrorists. Not for any H/R reason but because Ruth is struggling at that moment with reconciling the personal with the professional.