Highly zeitgeisty TV observations
I've been watching old episodes of Spooks on a TV channel I didn't know existed (Sony? ...what?) and mostly what I am struck by is how terribly moody the lighting is in MI5 headquarters. I cannot imagine gloomy coloured spotlights meet workplace health and safety standards!
Ahem.
However, it should also be noted that the final sequence of s1 remains flat-out the best season-ending cliffhanger I have ever seen. It's a masterstroke in positive-negative flip. The episode's mini-drama is brought to a conclusion and the UK is saved from nuclear fallout! Everyone's happy and making chocolate buns! Yayyy! Oh, except there's a bomb in the laptop and everyone's going to die. In terms of pathos and tension, it's incredible TV.
Ahem.
However, it should also be noted that the final sequence of s1 remains flat-out the best season-ending cliffhanger I have ever seen. It's a masterstroke in positive-negative flip. The episode's mini-drama is brought to a conclusion and the UK is saved from nuclear fallout! Everyone's happy and making chocolate buns! Yayyy! Oh, except there's a bomb in the laptop and everyone's going to die. In terms of pathos and tension, it's incredible TV.