Episode 4 Discussion

[Silktie]

Excellent episode. The Lucas storyline was brilliant and very well played by RA. I still don't like the Sarah character - even though they have made her more interesting by being evil. I just don't think the actress is delivering a good performance, there were many instances in this ep where I could see her acting and it took me right out of the scene. And also, I think we've seen enough scenes of Lucas and Sarah smooching, please. Oh dear, Harry, after throwing all your toys out of the cot when Tom dated Christine, all you say this time is that Lucas should have vetted her? She's an operative of another service - there is no scenario in which it is okay for Lucas to date her! Methinks this decision will come back to haunt Harry.

Brilliant scene where Sarah throws her boss over the railing. He clearly trusted her, despite telling her earlier that he trusted no-one. Fatal mistake on his part.

And I loved that it was one of Malcolm's old sources that provided the intelligence they needed, and that Ruth was the one that figured it out.

I enjoyed the Ruth/Harry scenes as usual, I agree with previous posters that Harry has put his cards on the table, first by indicating that he needed to talk to someone about Jo - a rare acknowledgement of struggling to cope with what happened from the great man - and then specifically choosing Ruth to do so. And then acknowledging that he would always have feelings for her, although doing so in their more usual indirect way of communicating. So next move to Ruth.