Tja, die Leute auf den Spooks-Forum haben so gewettert, wie sehr sie Ben in Staffel 6 und zu Beginn von Staffel 7 gehasst haben (was ich nie verstanden habe), dass die BBC wohl angenommen hat, Bens Tod sei der Wille des Volkes.

Colins Tod fand ich auch überflüssig und vor allem sehr konstruiert. Aber von Connie und allen was sie tut bin ich gerade ein großer Fan. Überhaupt wollte ich mal gesagt haben, dass Connie und Ros zwei ganz großartige weibliche Charaktere sind!

Aber ich finde sie ja gerade deshalb so toll! Was für ein baddie! Bevor sie ihr wahres Gesicht gezeigt hat, fand ich sie zwar nicht schlecht, aber doch eher farblos.

Bit more Spooks stuff, Christmas, and Twittery goodness
Let's have a couple more Spooks links while I'm milking it: Mark Lawson enjoyed the episode, and so did Leigh Holmwood, both of them from the Grauniad.

While I'm on the subject, I've answered this in the comments, but it keeps coming up in various other places, so I may as well address it here. The thing everyone wants to know is: Why all the fuss when arresting Harry? I mean, SAS dudes through the windows? Bit over the top, no? Why did you do that, you monstrous buffoon? Simple, really. Because it's Harry. Harry fucking Pearce. Harry is ultra cool, old school, and a supreme badass. He's been in the service for *years* - and made it through 7 seasons of a show that quite happily kills off characters all the time. In the context of the show, if he actually *had* been a traitor, and he knew that they'd found out, Christ only knows what shenanigans he'd have set into motion to get himself out of it. He knows all the tricks, and the best thing to do is to take him down as fast and hard as possible. If it was my job to arrest him, I'd bring the army, the SAS, the Royal Marines, and some sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads. If anything, considering who he was, it was a fairly low profile, simple arrest.