Episode 5.5 [Rewatch]

[A Cousin]

(13-05-2011 05:41 PM)Silktie Wrote:  I'm with Mr AC. By the time Harry has to go and identify the body, he knows it's not Ruth. They may have organised it all whilst he was in jail, but by the time he gets that call, he knows what's what. His reaction to the call is, to my mind, him mourning the loss of Ruth. Because even though she is still alive, once the fake dead Ruth is found and 'identified' by him, the real Ruth MUST leave and the process is irreversible. Thus the real Ruth is also in effect dead to him from that point on.

Doggonit, Silktie! Why do you always explain things in a way that makes so much sense but requires me to re-evaluate my position!?!

I love Adam's reaction to Harry when Harry says something to the effect of, I hope you have a good plan in place. Adam looks at him as if to say, We do, but you're not going to like it.

So do you think there is a missing scene when Adam briefs him after they leave the prison? Or, does Harry only know they have "a plan" and fully twigs when the phone call comes in? As in an, Oh sh**, I was afraid of that. Maybe I am just being stubborn, but I tend to go with this one because there is no scene written where Adam tells him their specific plan.

Another question is, is the "Malcolm's contact in the morgue" in on it? The morgue attendant appears twice, once after Ruth asks Malcolm if he still has his contact and once when Harry is identifying Ruth. Harry's reaction in the morgue confuses me. Mr AC thinks that Harry is playing up his reaction when he identifies her. He isn't putting on a show for Adam because Adam knows. So is it for the attendant? However, back in the office after the phone call, when Harry says, They found her, he is not referring to Ruth but rather the unidentified corpse? So Malcolm's connection must be in on it?