Spooks/MI-5 3x09-3x10

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3x09 Frequently Asked Questions

Oh, oh, Fiona's part of the team now! This was such an awesome episode, from Harry's interview questions and practicing with Ruth to Adam's ruthless side resurfacing again, despite his softer side when it comes to Fiona (relatively softer, that is).

And I would write more about it, because I very much liked it, but I have seen the series finale and I absolutely must talk about that as it has wiped all rational thought from my head.

3x10 The Suffering of Strangers

OMG they killed Danny!! Oh, ow ow ow ow. I was sobbing through the episode, and they had me on the seat of my chair through the entire thing, and oh, Danny. Oh, my god.

It still hurts.

And because I know the show, and because they did what they did to Helen in the second episode, and because of what happened to Tom and to Zoe and to Riff and B and all the other people that the spooks interact with, I had no idea what was going to happen, because I knew that the show would not hold back, no matter what.

I actually started watching and seriously believing that they were going to kill Fiona, particularly after the previouslies and the cute sappy scenes between her and Adam. And it would of course maximize Adam angst, and I thought Danny had gone through enough in the season already. But oh, they went there, and oh, he chose to, and he's just lost so much, Tom and Zoe and not having killed before and his conscience. And Ruth's face, and Adam's, and Harry's and Sam's. And Ruth, at the very end, staying there with Danny.

(ok am crying again)

I adore Harry and Ruth so much, particularly when Adam tells Ruth about the chocolates and she knocks, and Harry knows something is wrong. And I love that he absolutey trusts her when she says it's serious.

And oh, just... oh.

I continue to love Adam and Fiona, not just the cool shiny spy bits, but the dark hints underneath.

But oh, Danny.

Comments

[riemannia.livejournal.com]

I had to fastforward through Danny's last scene. I thought I would go back and watch it later, but I never could.

[rilina.livejournal.com]

Oh, 3x10 made me weep and weep. What's really amazing about that episode is how much it manages to maintain its dramatic tension even after Danny has died; quite a bit of story still happens after that. I think Ruth's reaction particularly broke me, but the acting of Rupert Penry-Jones (Adam) throughout the episode was amazing.

[vonnie-k.livejournal.com]

Danny's death broke me. And Ruth's reaction broke me further. "Look at all the cake and the presents, Fiona." Oh, Danny *sob*

Season 3 is probably my favourite of the all four, for the gutsy and pitiless and believable way they decimated the original cast. Now, THIS is the way you do a cast change.

Much love to Harry and Ruth. And Adam and Fiona continue to be an interesting couple in season 4.

[cofax7]

Oh, Danny!

I knew something bad was coming, because of the way they took Danny from lightweight in S1 to The Angst Guy in S3, but not THAT.

[gwynnega]

Danny!!!

[oyceter]

Gah. It was SO PAINFUL. I was cowering on the sofa with Fool-rat, and just hunched over and half bawling the entire way through.

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Oh my gosh, that was such a painful, painful episode to watch. Just... ouch. I spent nearly all of it curled up in a ball on the sofa, even the very beginning, because I was so sure that they were going to kill Fiona. And I was amazed that Danny was killed only 39 min. in, and that I was still hunched over for the rest of the episode, because I honestly could not tell what was going to happen with Fiona.

And oh, the way he went, how fast it was, how there wasn't long dramatic music. It was so brutally and so well done.

Adam rocks. I adore Adam, particularly seeing Adam breaking and at the complete end of his rope. The entire scene after Danny's been shot is amazing (the montage).

And Ruth.... oh... Ruth. I love Ruth so much.

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Oh I know! The "Harry's left us for a while, but I'm still here" had me bawling.

I love S3 SO MUCH. SO MUCH! I am so amazed that they took out almost all of the original cast and have me even more involved with the show than I started out with.

I'm so looking forward to Adam and Fiona in S4 (I seem to like them a lot, though I seem to be the odd one out in that...). And I just adore Harry and Ruth.

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Oh, I know! Especially after Zoe had already left and he'd basically gutted himself by sending Will after her.

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*hugs Danny*