[spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce - Return of the Jedi (#3)

[HellsBells]

I have always thought that Harry should always be in Spooks, but your question, binkie, has made me think more about that. I haven't seen PF in anything else and therefore can't comment on his acting ability. But I think having Harry always there is just 'comforting', when so many characters leave it is good to think he will survive. But maybe Spooks is becoming too much about Harry, he doesn't seem to have anyone to whom he answers to within MI5 and seems to run his department with complete autonomy. We didn't see anything of the JIC in series 9, and when Harry is battling these people he is at his best.
Considering how Spooks like to shake things up, perhaps Harry leaving isn't so inconceivable, but at the moment the other characters aren't strong enough to keep to viewers watching.