[Spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce

[lwhite53]

Harry's Irish sojourn was at the beginning of his service career. Even though he had been in the military previously, spooks don't operate like soldiers. They play a waiting and watching game and feed their intel to others to act upon. I think maybe H found himself in a terrible quandary in the Crombie situation. Did he rescue his friend and blow the operation and their other assests? Did he stand by, keep his cover, and watch his best friend kidnapped by the IRA? A terrible situation for a young, inexperienced officer to be in. It probably all happened very quickly and he needed to make an immediate decision . . . and he stuck to his training which taught him not to blow his cover. And, btw, MI5 officers were not supposed to be carrying guns -- if he had one he would have been in a world of trouble.

Tessa's use of the truth against him is her ace in the hole, she thinks. But I'm not sure that her game is to show he was a coward once upon a time, as much as to let the team know that Harry had lied to them in his explanation of why he was opposed to working with McCann. She wanted them to know that H was manipulating them -- if she could get that across then the damage would be longer lasting than just one op. He needed to get rid of her.