Episode 1 Discussion

[JHyde]

I suspect that Ruth will return to Cyprus to tidy things up, initially planning to stay with Nico, but then not wanting to jeopardize his safety, as well assauging as her guilt. So I think he will be left either with the mother if she's still around, or with remaining relatives, and MI6 in the mediterranean will help her spin whatever story she has to about why they were kidnapped and taken to Britain. Plus deal with the house etc and return to England.

I loved that shot of her as she's walking toward the phonebox in the rain and cold weather clothes, back in england. You can almost see her resignation. And when she says to her husband "how much you have to learn", I think she's already accepting then that this life they knew is gone. She can't even get the lie out about their new safe house being homely and "much nicer".

To people who've expressed concens about her not having a legend: I think it quite possible she had a different surname. But as has been suggested already, keeping her first name may have been her hanging on to what vestiges of herself remained upon fleeing.

I've just been reading some press about episode 2. For those of you concerned that Ros isn't quite herself in episode 1, apparently she's back on form this time round.