Storylines for series 9

[mools]

Reading through this thread, I notice no-one has mentioned one thing that will have an affect on the team - the election! Because the new series is not going to air until the end of the year the writers cannot ignore the fact that there is an election, I can't believe they are doing the new series without knowing the outcome - unless they are ignoring it, which would seem strange since they wrote the American change of administration.

So if they are going to take into account the election and a (possible) change of Government I think the first ep needs to move on to a couple of months after the previous series, after wrapping up the nightingale storyline.

I also think that S9 should do a return to the core of what MI-5 is about in domestic threats, and perhaps have storylines about internal threats to the UK, instead of looking outside to the big external threats which is really MI-6's purview. Maybe they could even bring in the election by having a storyline around the election, and less bombs and shootouts in London!! I would like to see some more about the characters trying to deal with what they do, dealing with problems like alcoholism or violence in their personal life, or a string of one-night stands (maybe Lucas, and then we could see him a lot with his shirt off )

I would like to see some more politics coming into play as well, maybe a review of the set-up of the Intel organisations, this will of course create a lot of tension on the grid, and maybe between Harry, the DG and the new HS. And maybe some cooperation between MI-5 and MI-6.

And there is of course the whole fake passports that could be used to create the said cooperation between MI-5 & MI-6.

Just a few ideas.