[Spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce

[JHyde]

My argument is that it was a terrible thing to do, with several good reasons for doing so. It did make me pause - I did think a little less of him for it. But there have been other things over the course of the show that have also sat uncomfortably with me about Harry. Jez in Season 2 probably being the biggest example.

It was a very personal act of revenge, and I think Harry took some solace in performing it himself. Particularly given how much Adam meant as a leader to the team, and he'd been around for a long time, the morale issue of cutting the guy loose to the interrogators is a big one. And by not exacting revenge on Kachimov they would set a nasty precedent for outright attacks on their team. Remember that in the 8 months prior to Adam's death, the team had lost Zaf under harrowing circumstances, lost and regained Ros, Jo had come very close to death 3 times, not to mention being held captive, and Lucas had just returned from Moscow very much the worse for wear. Harry has genuine affection for Lucas, as we've already talked about on this thread. It may well have been the final thing that pushed him over the edge in acting against those who attack his team.

I do wonder whether he would have done so had Ruth been around. That niggled at me at the time, and season 8 has only made me wonder anew.