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Iran seems to be the "crisis du jour", again
What "peace process with Iran" ?
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is now female, but "Spooks" refers to "him", so, presumably this was filmed before Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minster and John "not fit for purpose" Reid resigned as Home Secretary
"Must have been hit by electromagnetic pulse weapons, and knocked out the electrics"
Really ?
8-)
A genetically modified version of a US bioweapon supplied to Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, is magically exploded on a train in Teheran in Iran today ??
How plausible is that ?
Germ Warfare threat in London ??
"You wouldn't blow an MI6 asset ?"
"I would if it were worth it"
"£30 million is not a problem"
"The vaccine is, it doesn't exist"
"Give them a fake one"
"the fake vaccine is loaded with SmartDust transmitters"
"Only alife of 3 minute"
"Until they inject themselves,it won't work ?"
Aaaaaargh !
Dear Memetic Engineer.
Honestly mate, find something better to do than posting nine 'sarcy' comments on Spooks.
If you find it so naff, just switch off.
@ Msky21 - the next episode, continued the Ebola haemorrhagic fever like genetically engineered "Virus that mimics Pneumonic Plague" (which is bacterium) bio-weapon plot. It also had MI5 kidnap and torture the top spooks resident in London from the USA, Russian and French intelligence agencies.
This second episode was even more cringeworthy and implausible than the first, however I did not have the chance to live blog it.
It is a shame that the current series has degenerated to such an extent, compared with some of the earlier episodes, which , although they were still full of technical howlers, did not distract from the suspension of disbelief, and get in the way of the drama.