Last season of Spooks was really thoughtful and savvy. This season is dumb. Sticking in a retired agent called Connie doesn't count as being clever. Has there been anything with the understated power of that episode where Ruth left?
On Judge Deed: The BBC website dutifully supplied me with a truly awful summary: "Martin Shaw stars as Judge John Deed, a man who is not afraid to question the establishment in the name of justice." Yes, it is exactly as bad as that sounds. Every week, the judge (serial philanderer BUT THAT'S OK because he is a grammar school boy and stands up to the Establishment) battles unlikely career politicians and the wicked, wicked big pharmaceutical companies.
Why do we watch it? Rage can be cleansing. Also, we have a running sweepstake on how early in each episode one of us shouts, "This is PREPOSTEROUS!"
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Date: 2007-11-10 08:12 am (UTC)On Judge Deed: The BBC website dutifully supplied me with a truly awful summary: "Martin Shaw stars as Judge John Deed, a man who is not afraid to question the establishment in the name of justice." Yes, it is exactly as bad as that sounds. Every week, the judge (serial philanderer BUT THAT'S OK because he is a grammar school boy and stands up to the Establishment) battles unlikely career politicians and the wicked, wicked big pharmaceutical companies.
Why do we watch it? Rage can be cleansing. Also, we have a running sweepstake on how early in each episode one of us shouts, "This is PREPOSTEROUS!"