Spooks - Episode 2

Riding high on the opening episode of Season 7, part two came with dramatic effect as the Spooks team were still reeling from Adam’s death. With his true identity as a spook having to remain hidden and the media reporting that it was the bomber that died in the car explosion i.e. implicating Adam himself, the grieving process in Spooks is always made that much harder. Harry drunk and plotted revenge, Ros let out an unusual but private burst of emotion before she returned to a colder version of her former self exclaiming “People die all the time” when she was asked how she was, and Malcolm took to examining minute differences in sounds waves on his computer (it must be a thing that Spooks do!).

 With the Russians at the centre of the Adam’s death and Ros appointed to unit chief, it soon became apparent that Lucas North was not to be trusted. One minute he was meeting with Harry, the next the main Russian collaborator, and then his ex wife, who also turned out to be a recruited Russian Spy. Once again the Ruskies were back on the scene as our prime adversaries, hooray! Malcolm’s seemingly pointless efforts in the office in fact established that a stray Ruskie sub was patrolling British waters and intent on causing a “tsunami of information” through seafloor internet cables that would bring Britain to a economic standstill. And here came the leap of faith, they needed an insider, someone that could contact and betray if necessary, a Russian spy. How convenient, North was back, ready, able and wanting to return to work, but could they trust him?! It seemed so, albeit after an ice hearted Ros had stunned him with a taser, that yes, he was working for the Russians, but only to get their trust before he handed everything he knew over to our dear old Spooks team. The sub was stopped and stranded in British waters, Britain was saved once again, and Harry got his revenge after initially imprisoning the leader of the Russian spies only to then shoot him in the chest and end it once and for all.

 It’s great to see the team back in action. With ice bitch at the helm and North fitting in nicely after proving his worth and killing a few people it’s back to the Spooks we know and love. It remains to be seen whether Season 7 will live up to the expectations after Season 6, but its well on his way.

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