Episode 8 Discussion

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This was Ros' episode -- amazing work by HN. If she's actually gone, she certainly went out on a high note. Particulary good bits:

Ros: Which annoyed you more -- Twitter or the fact that he went to Cambridge?
Harry: Actually, it was when he said the PM got on the blower to the President of the United States.
Ros: Of course.

Lucas: Can't think of why Nightingale haven't tried to recruit you.
Ros: It's been gnawing at me, as well.

Ros: (re Sarah) She's a silly little showoff.

Ros: Get Miss Reagan or whatever she's calling herself today to a clinic.
(BTW, in answer to an earlier question, Lucas turning and moving away from Sarah on the bridge was Ros' signal to take the shot. He was well aware that Ros was there.)

Price: Well, this is the lesser of two evils, we can control it.
Ros: No, you couldn't even control Iraq.

Ros: (to Price) I'm going to find my Home Secretary even if it is completely useless. I really don't want your face to be the last thing I see.

Final scene in the hallway with Ros and the HS -- absolutely superb acting by both HN and TM. Ros: "You see that light. That's our way out of here. Just keep moving toward the light, ok." Echoes of both "Look at all the cake and presents, Fiona" and "A Dog So Small." Just a wonderful scene.

Liked the nice patter and easy camaraderie between Lucas and Ros in this ep.

Cat fight between Ros and Sarah -- damn!

Sarah was already waiting for Lucas at Lindemann's -- how did she know he was going to be there? And why didn't she know Ros was there too?

I wasn't bothered by the HS's obvious attraction to Ros. I found it both funny and endearing, in a puppy-ish kind of way, like a teenager with a crush on a teacher. Also, I thought his being so obvious was part of his plan -- he knew that she knew, etc.

Lucas seemed to have finally figured out Sarah -- "You're a liar, a murderer, a self-serving traitor, not just to your own country but to humanity, in general. You disgust me!" But he still mourns her. Oh well, at least she's dead and can't mess with his head anymore.

The mystery of the opening screen shot of Ruth is finally solved -- it's when Harry leaves the grid at the end of the ep to go to the hotel and she's both pissed and worried in equal amounts. Great H/R moment in Harry's office -- Ruth: "That's called the 'availability error' in psychology, most common cause of irrational thought." She basically tells him that he isn't thinking clearly and all he can do is look at her adoringly (as well as look her up and down) . . . awwww.

Did anyone notice that there were myriad great shots of Ruth's eyes throughout this ep? And that the lighting was much better than previously? And no pink lips!

Russell Price -- terrible accent (no great surprise), an obnoxious pig, self-satisfied and smarmy. BTW, no CIA guy, especially one who was Head of CIA European Operations, would have hair that shaggy. And Sarah, with a hole in the middle of her forehead and no blood on the pillow -- c'mon, be serious!

Sorry for the length -- had to catch up with all of you!