Spooks

[altariel]

So Spooks appears to have moved on from being merely extremely good to become ABSOLUTELY FRICKING BRILLIANT.

It was a near-future dystopian headfuck! It was so cool! It's what the inside of my head is like!

Wicked, wicked corporate and bureaucratic interests! Brave, brave civil liberties protestors!

Damn, I so wish Robert Glenister was Home Secretary. And, best of all, two characters were forced to call their fathers to account - welcome to personal and societal ADULTHOOD - extra nice touch that Harry was out of commission for most of episode 2.

They even managed to find something for Zaf to do, and they've struggled with that for... ooh, about a season.

Comments

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Gah! I can't wait to see it. The thought of John Castle and Robert Glenister in the same show is almost enough to make me spontaneously combust.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I was John Castle and thought of you (and he's damn good).

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yay!!! :D I'm not surprised, of course, but it's lovely to hear!

I don't think I can wait until this hops the pond and makes it to US TV. (We've got almost a year's lag. Augh, the injustice of it all!) I may have to see if I can find it somewhere online to tide me over until then. I'm so glad to hear it was so good!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Do you have a way to play PAL videos?

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Alas, I do not. (Woe is me!) Thanks for asking, though.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ah well, it was definitely worth asking.

[metamorphosa.livejournal.com]

ABsolutely!!!

(couldn't think of anything else to say - you said it all already :) )

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I might just add - YAY!

[metamorphosa.livejournal.com]

And..and...and...I got given a free sky box and card, so got to watch both episodes with my nice new shiny BBC3 :)
*bounce*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Hurray!

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

squeeeeeeeee!!!

just watched both episodes together tonight.

It seems I still have that kiss of death thing going on with my favourite characters though. the crossword! *sniff* *sob*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

The favourite book! *sob*

I watched both episodes together last night too, then stupidly didn't realize I could switch over and watch the next one on BBC Three. However, I had got very excited, so perhaps it was better I watched something else to send me to sleep.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I found out about the third ep by reading someone's LJ, but I couldn't find it last night... hopefully won't have to wait too long.

I'm wondering what my other favourite character's chances of survival are now. I always knew she had a thing for Harry (who doesn't, after all?) but drawing attention to it like that means it's a Plot Point.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'll be hideously depressed if they bump off Ruth. But then this one of the brilliant things about Spooks, there's real jeopardy about the characters.

Peter Firth did enjoy doing his bit of Walt Whitman, didn't he?

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

He did it so well! I must watch it again and look up that poem, I want to see it written down. I find Walt Whitman a bit hit and miss with poetry but I liked that one.

[gfk88.livejournal.com]

Watch out for Malcolm taking cold revenge on the new lady in about 8 episodes' time.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

That would be exceptionally cool.

[gfk88.livejournal.com]

He's dangerous now he knows how to smile :-)

[jmswallow.livejournal.com]

Here's a linky (http://www.sundayherald.com/57962) to an interesting piece by writer Zinnie Harris, who joined the [spooks] crew this season. All you Ruth/Harry shippers may find yourselves atwitter at an aside made towards the end of the piece...

I watched episode 3 last night - "Leave the rat-catcher to the rats..." Great stuff.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Very interesting piece, thanks for posting that link. Guilty as hell of Ruth/Harry shipping so can't wait to see her episode! (And good for her - first woman writer on the show!)

I stupidly forgot that BBC Three would show the next episode straight after the Monday BBC 1 ep., and only realized when flicking through channels quarter of an hour in - dammit!