I really love this programme from Series 1 to 8. Then for 9-10 it just seemed to lose its soul and its way. They should have stopped it after Ros died.
i really hated the way the made Richard Armitages character so ambivalent, ambiguous, traumatised, and confused. The guy should have been in a loony bin, not in charge of section D.
How is Spooks MI5 supposed to manage the 1001 threats to NatSecurity when its head of operations is running around with his own aghenda(s)?
In fact IMHO Series 9 was almost entirely about Richard Armitage's Lucas North, and hardly at all about the plots and story lines It just got ridiculous in the end.
Then Series 10 was just plain...dire. I'm struggling to get through it.
After Series 8 I just couldn't empathise with any of the characters. Harry and Ruth were constantly 'on and off'. When Lucas North finally died i almost cheered! That's how far Spooks had descended into a confused mess.
I shall remember Spooks from series 1-8 with fondness, and maybe get te DVDs in. The rest I shall ignore. I give it 10/10 for 1-8. Then a 3 or 4 for 9-10. So 8 as a compromise.
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