Spooks Rewatching: Episode 3.6
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melwilAnother day, another rewatch . . .and I'm crying again
3.6
Oh Sob.
You just know from the start that this isn't going to end well. The doomsday music. The cold corridors. I love Zoe's cool answers to the 'Do you speak German?' 'Yes' 'Fluently?' 'Yes'
This is such a set up. I really hate that guy.
I really love the scene between Will and Zoe and the way he understands - sorry![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sangerin, I think I'm starting to like him.
This episode is making me remember the Tom/Ellie storyline and how we're so sympathetic to Tom in that case because we 'know' him. Are we more sympathetic with Zoe because we know her? How would we react if we were the 'people', seeing the nice, young wife and hearing about the nasty, secretive security services and their 'temptress' - Officer X? What conclusions would we jump to? In some ways it also reminds me of the death of Jake Kovco (though of course without the screw up with repatriating the wrong body . . .)
I wonder if the wife has been led in some ways by her husband's colleagues. Obviously there was a screw up, where different forces didn't talk to each other. The wife has a choice of questioning the whole system or placing her blame on the shoulders of a single spy.
Keeley Hawes can say so much in a look.
I adore the way Adam comes in when the wife is talking to Danny. Again, a fair bit of that speech was removed when the ABC showed it, but it is wonderful. I like the way that the theme "question our methods, not our motives" continues for Adam throughout the series, and the way he never really stops looking for answers.
Oh, Ozal is so coached. And cynically, I wonder if the wife has also been coached on how to behave in court.
Harry looks really wrong in Zoe and Danny's flat. I still love the line 'go tidy your room Danny'. Makes me laugh *g*
"The truth is a highly elastic concept"
"No, we make it elastic"
That's completely Zoe - has been Zoe all the way through, since Season 1. She's highly principled, too highly principled for the service really. She's smart enough to understand the shades of grey but she hates stepping into them. It's the same Zoe that wanted to teach the children when she was pretending to be a teacher, the same Zoe who turned Tessa in, rather than following a sweeter smelling path.
There's still tension between Danny and Zoe at the 'beginning' (time line wise) of this episode - a nice follow on from 5.5
As I think I've said before, Adam reads people well, especially in regards to their strengths and weaknesses. He knew that Tom was a weakness of the whole crew when he first arrived. He knew how to work Danny. Now he knows to trust that Zoe will 'get it done'
I wonder who picked up Zoe? There's a story in there . . .
Putting aside the grey areas. The problem with this, of course, is that most the time the security forces operate within the grey areas. And there's no clear definition of how grey is acceptable. Who can be killed, and who can't? When does 'persuasion' become torture?
(That makes me think about the stories of Brittney Spears music being played as a form of 'torture'. When I worked in the Myer Centre, we were subjected to the worst possible Christmas music, 8 hours in a row. We had to be there for work, so we had to listen to it. . . .)
Danny understands and steps into the grey areas better than Zoe. He was able to kill and get away with it. I think, when he processes what she's been through, that's when he lets the barriers between them to crumble.
The shadows on Zoe's face when Celenk threatens to have Sam killed are just wonderful. Actually the filming throughout the whole episode is excellent.
"I love you"
"I know"
Still makes me teary . . .
Danny's really there for Zoe in a way she couldn't be in 3.5. There's a certain unevenness in their relationship - probably comes for one person loving in the way another can't.
The reactions as the verdicts are read out are excellent. So is the jury foreperson with his three word part.
"We know where the bodies are buried . . . remember?" The way Harry says that is chilling
"What is your real identity, Zoe?" Oh, the link to 2.3 is so strong here. And I'm crying again. That end scene between Danny and Zoe has to be one of the strongest scenes ever in Spooks.
3.6
Oh Sob.
You just know from the start that this isn't going to end well. The doomsday music. The cold corridors. I love Zoe's cool answers to the 'Do you speak German?' 'Yes' 'Fluently?' 'Yes'
This is such a set up. I really hate that guy.
I really love the scene between Will and Zoe and the way he understands - sorry
sangerin, I think I'm starting to like him.This episode is making me remember the Tom/Ellie storyline and how we're so sympathetic to Tom in that case because we 'know' him. Are we more sympathetic with Zoe because we know her? How would we react if we were the 'people', seeing the nice, young wife and hearing about the nasty, secretive security services and their 'temptress' - Officer X? What conclusions would we jump to? In some ways it also reminds me of the death of Jake Kovco (though of course without the screw up with repatriating the wrong body . . .)
I wonder if the wife has been led in some ways by her husband's colleagues. Obviously there was a screw up, where different forces didn't talk to each other. The wife has a choice of questioning the whole system or placing her blame on the shoulders of a single spy.
Keeley Hawes can say so much in a look.
I adore the way Adam comes in when the wife is talking to Danny. Again, a fair bit of that speech was removed when the ABC showed it, but it is wonderful. I like the way that the theme "question our methods, not our motives" continues for Adam throughout the series, and the way he never really stops looking for answers.
Oh, Ozal is so coached. And cynically, I wonder if the wife has also been coached on how to behave in court.
Harry looks really wrong in Zoe and Danny's flat. I still love the line 'go tidy your room Danny'. Makes me laugh *g*
"The truth is a highly elastic concept"
"No, we make it elastic"
That's completely Zoe - has been Zoe all the way through, since Season 1. She's highly principled, too highly principled for the service really. She's smart enough to understand the shades of grey but she hates stepping into them. It's the same Zoe that wanted to teach the children when she was pretending to be a teacher, the same Zoe who turned Tessa in, rather than following a sweeter smelling path.
There's still tension between Danny and Zoe at the 'beginning' (time line wise) of this episode - a nice follow on from 5.5
As I think I've said before, Adam reads people well, especially in regards to their strengths and weaknesses. He knew that Tom was a weakness of the whole crew when he first arrived. He knew how to work Danny. Now he knows to trust that Zoe will 'get it done'
I wonder who picked up Zoe? There's a story in there . . .
Putting aside the grey areas. The problem with this, of course, is that most the time the security forces operate within the grey areas. And there's no clear definition of how grey is acceptable. Who can be killed, and who can't? When does 'persuasion' become torture?
(That makes me think about the stories of Brittney Spears music being played as a form of 'torture'. When I worked in the Myer Centre, we were subjected to the worst possible Christmas music, 8 hours in a row. We had to be there for work, so we had to listen to it. . . .)
Danny understands and steps into the grey areas better than Zoe. He was able to kill and get away with it. I think, when he processes what she's been through, that's when he lets the barriers between them to crumble.
The shadows on Zoe's face when Celenk threatens to have Sam killed are just wonderful. Actually the filming throughout the whole episode is excellent.
"I love you"
"I know"
Still makes me teary . . .
Danny's really there for Zoe in a way she couldn't be in 3.5. There's a certain unevenness in their relationship - probably comes for one person loving in the way another can't.
The reactions as the verdicts are read out are excellent. So is the jury foreperson with his three word part.
"We know where the bodies are buried . . . remember?" The way Harry says that is chilling
"What is your real identity, Zoe?" Oh, the link to 2.3 is so strong here. And I'm crying again. That end scene between Danny and Zoe has to be one of the strongest scenes ever in Spooks.