Richard Armitage in Spooks

[cupcakesandbunting]

I definitely would.

Maybe twice.

How gorgeous and vulnerable does he look when he's stressed

Just told DH that mumsnet is swooning over Richard Armitage and all he could come up with is 'Well, he'd never be home' and 'I bet he hasn't emptied many dishwashers lately..'

Hugely. He definitely looks better when he's being bad!

Maud - Didn't I meet you recently on a Guiding thread?

Would that be gorgeous and vulnerable as he's letting a young woman die? I'm traumatised by that and will have to go and look at some Mr Thornton vids.

Just13 - def no dishwashers. He's far too busy with kitchen tables!

Flowers - probably - I spend far too much time on MN

I'm trying to overlook the allowing a young woman to die bit and focusing on him being troubled and in need of some looking after

Maud - she'd taken a bullet to the jugular - I don't think she stood much of a chance anyway.
Can't imagine how they're going to resolve it all in the next two weeks.

And he did talk very soothingly to her and held her

Yes, all the better to let her bleed to death. She was applying pressure to the wound until he said he'd do it for her. And didn't.

Is there any way back for Lucas now?

I have to say I feel cross with him now. If he were mine I would be withholding sex this evening as punishment.
He's off the rails.

Ah, but if he were yours you wouldn't know about it.

hmmm, this is true.

In that case I can get my good pants back on!

I don't think he'll be back for series 10, although i'd love to be proved wrong.
If Ros was still there she'd have sorted him out and kicked Vaughn's arse.
Wonder what's happened to Malcolm?

at Lotster's pants-changing.

I'm thoroughly confused and perplexed.

The clips of next week's episode make it look so dire that I can't see how he'll hang onto his job. But then, my reservation about Lucas has always been that I think he'd have been sent home on a medical pension, diagnosed with PTSD, as soon as they got him back from the Russian prison and he'd never have set foot in the Grid again, so what do I know?

Don't you think, though, that Ros would simply dispatch Lucas and Vaughn with one bullet, raise one eyebrow, tuck her gun back into her leather trousers and then continue on her way?

At least you lot got to see him on TV.. Still, I do have my series 7 DVDs I am liking Ros already, ever since Harry was asking her about regrets, and she said ''Too few to mention''
Flowers, perhaps Mr Thornton might read you some Keats, that would settle you

Oh oh oh, Flowers have you seen
Extra bits from a key North and South scene

Oh, that would be so lovely, Theresaholeinyourmind, especially as we are in the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Or perhaps, as she's pretty much his contemporary, Emily Dickinson? Of course, what I'd really like is for him to play Elgar's cello concerto for me. I understand he has some talent in that direction.

Are you sans TV? Or simply unable to kick family members out of the room for unimpeded drooling watching?

Ah. The beauty ... the passion ... the eloquence ... that idiot girl.

I felt sorry for him last night, even with the loose fingers. Does that make me a bad person? Or just shallow and easily swayed by a handsome face.
Also, when Dimitri and Beth went out to the decoy meeting, why did they not send Lucas a text if they were so desperate to get hold of him? Even if they had to buy a PAYG phone? Would have saved a whole lot of trauma~!

Nice to see Malcolm last night - I've always loved him but obv not in the same way as Lucas.

What was with Malcolm's house being cleared? How did Malcolm manage to walk onto the grid (in next weeks trailer) when the grid was blown up by Dimitri?

My brain hurts thinking about it all. I think [huge caveat: am old and dotty so my analysis is not be relied upon] that Malcolm (who called Lucas John, remember) had some inkling that All Was Not As It Should Be when Lucas asked for the file, gave him a dummy file and fled his home. Very wisely, as Lucas later turned up with a big gun. And I assume that Harry called in some ultra-efficient builders to repair the Grid.

But, of course, Nothing Is Ever As It Seems, so that is probably the most superficial, predictable interpretation and we shall learn something different next week.

One for Lucas/Spooks fans:

... have completely fallen in love with this song too - had to download it last night!

Theresahole - the above is a pretty good preview of Series 8 but stop it at 4.25 seconds if you don't want to know about something crucial happening!

Lots of interesting Spooky stuff to eavesdrop on! I am sure RA would never be short of volunteers to help him with his washing up when he was home. Lucas OTOH would just sweep it all off the kitchen table.

Flowers, I am outside the UK and have to rely on the Beeb's international channels. They are awful stingy with new programming and IIRC we are only up to Season 2 with Spooks, hence the need for DVDs.

They are showing RH season two though. I must say I do prefer to have the room to myself when I watch it. Swooning, drooling etc can be camouflaged behind one's delicate laced-edged hanky. It's the involuntary little noises occasioned by a scene of ahem-- skilful camera-work that cause the trouble.

''Mum, are you all right?''
''Just a touch of heart-burn, be a love and fetch me the Milk of Magnesia''

pmsl theresahole!!!