Series 9 Episode 4 discussion

[A Cousin]

I'm just going to be rude and barge in with my opinion and read the 6+ pages later!

Filming: Back to basic Spooks camera work this week. It was simple and predictable filming. The steady cam is back. However, just as I would become hyper-aware of it, it would stop, so I didn't get too sea sick. I did notice that they were using the split screen trick well though. They used it only when necessary and not as a matter of course because that is the "look" of Spooks.

Plot: Well, I'm going to have to watch it a couple of times to catch it all. I felt like I had just gotten off the bumper car ride at an amusement park by the end. I felt kind of beat up - but in an entertaining way.

Character:

Loved Kai. Can't beat a sympathetic asset - triple agent or not.

Lucas - stiiiiiilll waiting....

Harry - He's back! Yea!

Ruth - was she just the tits in the field, or what!?!

Beth - great development through Kai. Well done Kudos.

Tariq - I don't understand most of what he is saying but he sounds convincing.

Dimitri - Better development but I would still like more. Loved his line about melting the bomb trigger. Handy that he had a lighter on him. I have been waiting for the motorcycle race through London too.

Towers - I am greatly enjoying the pissing match between Harry and Towers. The expression on Harry's face after Towers says that if your roll over sometimes you get your belly scratched made me laugh so hard that I almost spit water out of my nose.

New CIA dude - Just to get this out of the way - good accent. That out of the way, I didn't buy it when this guy showed up with an audaciously large bag of Fish & Chips and was gobsmacked that it is served with vinegar. I thought, has this guy been living under a rock?!? This is one the strongest cultural stereotypes we have in the US about the UK - Fish & Chips with vinegar and not ketchup! At first I thought it was messy writing but as events unfolded it all became clear. A little surprised that Harry fell for it - or did he?