Episode 5.10 [Rewatch]

[Silktie]

This is probably the only time that a Spooks season ends on a happy note.

RPJ is fantastic in this episode, I really enjoy his performance.

I feel sorry for the older guy, the one whose daughter was killed during the Katrina storm. He, at least, had pure intentions here that was ruined by his daughter's boyfriend, who clearly had suicidal tendencies. In fact, I find the parallel between this character and Adam intriguing. Both had lost the women they love and as a result didn't care any more whether they lived or died.

It's also interesting to see Harry and Ros' reactions to Adam's psychological evaluation. Clearly neither of them knew that he had contemplated suicide, and both are deeply affected by it. Also great acting from PF and HN.

Loved Malcolm as well, and the interaction between Malcolm and Harry. Malcolm probably fulfils the role here that Ruth would have done, had she still been there, of Harry's confidant in spying on the Deputy PM.

One moment in this episode that always amuses me is when Harry throws that secret report over the table at the environmental scientist advisor of the government, and nearly knocks her glass off the table. I'm sure that was accidental, but all the actors keep straight faces quite admirably. I would have cracked up at that.