Series 9 Episode 3 discussion

[JHyde]

I'm going to start with what I hated. I HATED that we didn't get more from Lucas in those last few minutes. For a minute, I really thought we were going to find out how he was caught in Russia. I really thought we were going to get more and that pissed me off.

Having said that, I *really* enjoyed this episode, my fave so far this season. Very clever, lots of great personal moments and great acting, especially from the very well cast Azis and Meg Kirby (I can't find credits for them but they were both excellent.).

This episode mostly worked because Azis remained a mostly sympathetic character, right up until he was shot that final time. That scale kept tipping one way and another all episode and made it genuinely suspenseful, also combined with the excellent action sequences. Train stations work for them.

And this time it was Harry who had the honesty and the line that ended the conversation. Nice bit there. I am enjoying the softly spoken Harry who is nonetheless totally menacing.

I'm sticking to my gins about Towers. Fussy, predictable politician to his core. I think he's there this season to be the guy Harry gets one over, in the same spirit as Mace or Juliet.