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

[beatrice4ruth]

(20-07-2011 06:08 AM)Silktie Wrote:  A few thoughts based on the season 10 promo doing the rounds:

Series 10 promo Spoiler: show

I kind of hope that when Harry says that line we can hear in the promo "I don't know who I can trust anymore, and that includes myself" that it is linked to the events of season 9, rather than the secret from his past that will come out.

They have established the character of Harry in season 9 as having reached the stage where he is really feeling the weight of everything that's happened, so I don't want them to gloss over the events in season 9 in terms of his reaction to it. Will he feel guilt over what happened - both Lucas' death and the giving away of the state secret? I think he should, if they want to be consistent with the character development.

I hope that you are right. Spooks glossed over the events of 8.1 in the whole S8. It was only in S9 that they decided to deal with the guilt of Ruth over the death of George. I do not think that Harry should feel guilty about Lucas’s death. After all, Lucas betrayed him and was ready to kill Ruth. The state secret was an empty one, otherwise Harry would never have given away Albany.

Series S10 Spoiler: show

Perhaps we were meant to think that Harry’s words were related to a possible betrayal in his past. Harry’s enemies might have framed him. They wanted him to believe that that he gave away a Cold War secret, even though it was not true. After 30 years, memories get blurred and that is why he is no longer sure of himself.