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November 06, 2008
We don't have to understand them. We just have to stop them.
Spooks (MI5) season 7 is off to an extraordinarily promising start. Three episodes in and nothing blamed on the CIA, Mossad or global warmening. The villians? Russian and Pakistani intelligence services and - wait for it - Muslim suicide bombers. Somewhere I hear the quiet sound of a worm turning.
Pic related. Is Ros Myers (Hermione Norris), the hardest character on television.
Update: Bit of a cheat updating before posting but have now seen S07E04 and things have taken a turn for the silly. Apparently, al Qaeda's aims are "justice for Palestine" an end to the corrupt government of Saudi Arabia and America out of the Middle East; the same aims as the Guardian editorial board, in other words. Actually scratch that, this is BBC One. I meant the Independent's editorial board.
Also, it turns out al Qaeda field operatives are second rate Bond villains in off Bond Street tailoring. Even so, Spook's writers managed not to blame the Americans and that is still a great leap forward for UK state television.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 6, 2008 05:24 AM
