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What I
See
Harry and Ruth, unfulfilled.
I just finished the 85th and last episode of
Spooks. Early on I began
seeing parallels with MASH. You know, where the dominant
left-wing
nutters (Alan Alda) came to dominate the scripting. SPOOKS
episodes began to feature almost
hilariously bizarre plots, premises and other nincompoopery, in
order to accommodate the vision.
The last
of these were the final episodes.
Brit and Russian governments worked feverishly to
enter into a strategic partnership; the villainous CIA the
foil working to
stop it. I admit that I have very little faith in our CIA, believing it
was decisively turned by the Clinton regime into a political tool that
visibly worked to sabotage President G.W. Bush's foreign policy
in league with leading Democrats. Nevertheless, it is galling to
see us pummeled by the Brits, whose own secret services have
harbored so many of the Philby ilk.
Anyway, this is entertainment, and the final episode achieved what MASH
did not, a finale that had some sweetness and poignancy. Have
there been any sereis that took such delight in killing all of the
leading characters? I liked it. I could have done better
though. I'd have done Harry.
Now. I've
reached that age (or maybe I'm singularly blessed) where I can
look at any woman, of any age, and see inherent beauty. There are
for me then,
no ugly women. Well, who weren't born ugly. And even
then, inner beauty and
personality can overcome. (Conversely,
women who are nominally beautiful become ugly shortly after voting
Democrat.) Of all the girl agents in Spooks (MI-5),
I'm saying that Ruth Evershard (Nicola Walker
) is the winner, all things considered. Go figure.
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