Episode 1 Discussion

[JHyde]

The conversation would probably run more along the lines of:

I'm so sorry you were hurt.

I really would have died if it meant you didn't lose him, or I could have spared you this.

I know you had another life out there, but there is one here for you if you want it. I've spoken to the Home Secretary. Ruth Evershed will remain dead but Ruth [George's last name] is someone the Service would be proud to employ. And there are people there who care about what happens to you.

Or something like that. I'm tipping this to be the conversation that takes place in front of the Tate Modern...maybe right at the end of episode 2.

almh, catch 22 is a wonderful book written by Joseph Heller that I highly recommend - honestly, it's something I think you'll really enjoy, and definitely a book everyone should read. As to the use of the phrase here, describing something as a catch 22 means that it's an unwinnable situation. Whichever choice you make will get you and everyone else stuffed. I disagree that this was a catch 22 - there was clearly a right choice, it was more like the lesser of 2 very evil evils.