Spooks - New Series 4/11/9

[TheHoodedClaw]

you've got to love the way that Ros barely bats an eyelid when the guy she's interviewing at gun point next to her in the car get's shot by a sniper...

I used to really dislike Ros when she started on this, but I've come to admire her. You'd really want her to have your back in a crisis.

 

[free spirit]

Got blown up not quite getting far enough away from a car with a bomb in it that he drove to a deserted building site.

oh yeah, I vaguely remember that now

 

[London_Calling]

The great achievement of the writing seems to be in contriving situations in which the USA is not the enemy.

Is it too late to suggest Roz's sticky-out-elbows running style as an event for 2012?

 

[ViolentPanda]

you've got to love the way that Ros barely bats an eyelid when the guy she's interviewing at gun point next to her in the car get's shot by a sniper...

Well, she's probably seen (and made) more corpses than the rest of her team put together.
And anyway, the sniper's victim was MI6, no decent MI5 officer is going to flinch at a sixer dying.

 

[ViolentPanda]

MI5 not 9-5.

Poor Malc.

I love it when Malcolm comes over all "field agent" rather than techno-boffin.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I don't remember Ruth, I don't think I watched it back then.

Ros is cold as ice

Halfway through series one, up until (IIRC) end of series four, so unless you saw them, you wouldn't know her (or Danny, Zoe, Sam, Colin or Tom ).

 

[ViolentPanda]

someone remind me... what happened to adam in the end?

Turned into human hamburger after finding a car-bomb and driving it to an unoccupied area.

 

[ViolentPanda]

The great achievement of the writing seems to be in contriving situations in which the USA is not the enemy.

Odd, since they've had episodes in just about every series so far, where Harry's section have thwarted US machinations.
Perhaps you missed those episodes?

Is it too late to suggest Roz's sticky-out-elbows running style as an event for 2012?

Careful, she might not take too kindly to mockery.

 

[starfish]

I love it when Malcolm comes over all "field agent" rather than techno-boffin.

The episode where they uncovered the American Aurora Spy Plane/UFO thingy was his best.

 

[spitfire]

Turned into human hamburger after finding a car-bomb and driving it to an unoccupied area.

finsbury square IIRC.

Ros is so cold, her face just gave off this look of "oh, not again, brains in my hair. What's a girl to do?"

 

[ViolentPanda]

The episode where they uncovered the American Aurora Spy Plane/UFO thingy was his best.

He did the whole "stiff upper lip" thing, too!

 

[ViolentPanda]

finsbury square IIRC.

Ros is so cold, her face just gave off this look of "oh, not again, brains in my hair. What's a girl to do?"

Bet she carries a packet of wet wipes for just such emergencies.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I want Malcolm to stay And I wish I was Ros, cold and

 

[Epico]

Am rather liking the sly American woman.

Anyone else watching?

 

[BlueSquareThing]

Bloody internet - great

 

[nightowl]

the government couldn't write a better piece of pro-secret services propaganda if it tried

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Am rather liking the sly American woman.

Anyone else watching?

I don't like her at all. I think Ros should arrange to have her shot

 

[starfish]

Am rather liking the sly American woman.

Anyone else watching?

Its been a while since one of them had it off with the Yanks. Tom did in series 1-2.
Nice to see Jo stop being so wet as well.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

Bloody internet - great

Yeah, I thought of Urban at that bit

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Its been a while since one of them had it off with the Yanks. Tom did in series 1-2.
Nice to see Jo stop being so wet as well.

ah you see, I liked that, total opposite of Ros

She's soft, but she's hardening up. God, we may end up with two cold-hearted, hard bitches

Nah

 

[free spirit]

bit of a shitly researched plot tonight IMO

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

Halfway through series one, up until (IIRC) end of series four, so unless you saw them, you wouldn't know her (or Danny, Zoe, Sam, Colin or Tom ).

I saw Tom (I liked him) and caught that stuff with Connie. The traitor

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

bit of a shitly researched plot tonight IMO

You don't seriously take it seriously do you?

 

[Tacita]

American woman

I don't like her at all. I think Ros should arrange to have her shot

ooh yes - she is irritating in the extreme

 

[starfish]

ah you see, I liked that, total opposite of Ros

She's soft, but she's hardening up. God, we may end up with two cold-hearted, hard bitches

Nah

Dont think she'll quite get to Ros's level of psychotic menace. Too nice for that but did need to toughen up a bit.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

American woman


ooh yes - she is irritating in the extreme

Maybe we should send in some storylines for the BBC?

Dont think she'll quite get to Ros's level of psychotic menace. Too nice for that but did need to toughen up a bit.

Yes, but if I were a dodgy enemy of the state, I'd straightaway guess worked for MI5 as she's a hard bitch that you wouldn't want to know, whereas Jo is more approachable

I mean, who would you want to cross, Jo or Ros?

 

[starfish]

I mean, who would you want to cross, Jo or Ros?

Jo, definitely Jo.

 

[Bakunin]

Jo, definitely Jo.

Does anyone else think that Jo is actually very cute?

 

[starfish]

Does anyone else think that Jo is actually very cute?

She was looking rather nice in that Tazbeks hotel room tonight.

 

[Bakunin]

She was looking rather nice in that Tazbeks hotel room tonight.

Yep, I'd risk being shot by a political dissident anytime. I think I'd be too terrified of Ros to even say 'Hi', to be honest.

But we digress. Spooks is perfectly enjoyable as long as you don't take it too seriously. It's meant to be a bit of fast-paced, slick and decent midweek entertainment and, as such, it does that very nicely.