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Spooks finale – an ending befitting the series

October 23, 2011 - Staff@seenituk

Pictures shows: (L-R) MAX BROWN as Dimitri Levendis, NICOLA WALKER as Ruth Evershed, PETER FIRTH as Harry Pearce, GEOFFREY STREATFEILD as Calum and LARA PULVER as Erin Watts. Image: BBC/Kudos
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Watching the “last ever” episode of Spooks I found myself experiencing some very mixed emotions – on one level it was a shame to see such an iconic series come to the end and yet, deep down, I know the show isn’t quite what it used to be.

When Spooks first started it was genuinely inventive – every week it would present stories shocked and amazed the audience.

In more recent years it’s become just that bit more predictable and safe.

As tonight’s finale drew to a close I sensed – and hoped I’d be wrong – that a major character wouldn’t make it to the end.

I was disappointed to be right. I’d wanted a happier ending. Or at least I thought I did.

But happy endings in picturesque cottages was never what Spooks what was about.

In my annoyance at Ruth’s death I was about to dismiss the entire finale as a waste of time, a betrayal of an loyal audience.

Then, as the Home Secretary mentioned Harry having enlisted an outside agency to seek revenge, I hoped for a reward, something which gave us a long-term viewers a very Spooks-like lift.

The re-appearance of Tom Quinn was exactly that.

Those few seconds made this a sad but fitting farewell to one of the best British drama series ever.

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