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Episode 1
The team is shaken following Ros’s funeral but a boat rigged with explosives by Somali terrorists focuses the minds and reveals a new ally. Meanwhile, Lucas’s past comes back to haunt him and unveil some dark truths.
Episode 2
The Grid’s newest recruit, Beth, must face her mercenary past during an undercover mission involving Britain’s top oil dealers. At the same time, Harry must step to the fore to prevent a vicious chemical attack in Nigeria and Lucas is further taunted by faces from the past.
Episode 3
The team is forced to work with the Russians to prevent an ex-Soviet state unleashing a deadly nerve agent but controversy abounds when the two sides demonstrate their very different approaches to national security. And when the plan goes awry the team from The Grid must find a way to prevent the nerve agent falling into the wrong hands without losing political favour with Russia.
Episode 4
Lucas’s past comes to the fore as he begins to crave a normal life with Maya, his long-lost love who is now back in his life. As Ruth becomes suspicious she must also unravel the mystery of a delegation of Chinese security agents who arrive in the UK with a secret and potentially deadly agenda.
Episode 5
The team faces a diplomatic and national security nightmare as they balance the US president’s first state visit with delicate Middle Eastern peace talks. But when an assassination plot is uncovered, everyone at The Grid must pull together to find the source of the threat – is it closer to home than they could ever imagine?
Episode 6
MI5 is thrown into a cyberterrorism nightmare when an American Predator drone on loan to the UK in Afghanistan is hacked by the Taliban and turned on a US army camp, killing American soldiers. Lucas is tasked with protecting a young ex-hacker who can secure the situation but when his own issues get in the way, how far will he go to protect his secrets?
Episode 7
Ruth must decide if an imbalanced MI5 applicant is telling the truth about a supposed dead drop he has discovered, a decision that puts her own life in jeopardy. Elsewhere an horrific truth about Lucas’s past is uncovered by Harry when they come face to face during a compelling interrogation.
Episode 8
The team faces its toughest challenge yet when it is forced to track down Lucas North and prevent him reaching his goal. Calling in a specialist former Internal Affairs specialist to assist a team far too close to its target, Harry himself must nevertheless risk everything he holds dear as he confronts Lucas in a final face-off.
Special Features:
Episode 1
The team is shaken following Ros’s funeral but a boat rigged with explosives by Somali terrorists focuses the minds and reveals a new ally. Meanwhile, Lucas’s past comes back to haunt him and unveil some dark truths.
Episode 2
The Grid’s newest recruit, Beth, must face her mercenary past during an undercover mission involving Britain’s top oil dealers. At the same time, Harry must step to the fore to prevent a vicious chemical attack in Nigeria and Lucas is further taunted by faces from the past.
Episode 3
The team is forced to work with the Russians to prevent an ex-Soviet state unleashing a deadly nerve agent but controversy abounds when the two sides demonstrate their very different approaches to national security. And when the plan goes awry the team from The Grid must find a way to prevent the nerve agent falling into the wrong hands without losing political favour with Russia.
Episode 4
Lucas’s past comes to the fore as he begins to crave a normal life with Maya, his long-lost love who is now back in his life. As Ruth becomes suspicious she must also unravel the mystery of a delegation of Chinese security agents who arrive in the UK with a secret and potentially deadly agenda.
Episode 5
The team faces a diplomatic and national security nightmare as they balance the US president’s first state visit with delicate Middle Eastern peace talks. But when an assassination plot is uncovered, everyone at The Grid must pull together to find the source of the threat – is it closer to home than they could ever imagine?
Episode 6
MI5 is thrown into a cyberterrorism nightmare when an American Predator drone on loan to the UK in Afghanistan is hacked by the Taliban and turned on a US army camp, killing American soldiers. Lucas is tasked with protecting a young ex-hacker who can secure the situation but when his own issues get in the way, how far will he go to protect his secrets?
Episode 7
Ruth must decide if an imbalanced MI5 applicant is telling the truth about a supposed dead drop he has discovered, a decision that puts her own life in jeopardy. Elsewhere an horrific truth about Lucas’s past is uncovered by Harry when they come face to face during a compelling interrogation.
Episode 8
The team faces its toughest challenge yet when it is forced to track down Lucas North and prevent him reaching his goal. Calling in a specialist former Internal Affairs specialist to assist a team far too close to its target, Harry himself must nevertheless risk everything he holds dear as he confronts Lucas in a final face-off.
Special Features:
- The Cost of Being A Spy
- The Downfall Of 'Lucas North'
- Episode Commentary
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42 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
There were things to enjoy and things to regret about this latest series. Let's talk about the positive aspects first!Spooks was back in providing action packed, sitting on the edge of your seat episodes and that was a great relief considering how bored I had been watching season 8. I was never bored once this time. Maybe for the first time Richard Armitage came into his own and made an utterly convincing section chief with all the brooding charisma he is known for as an actor.In a few words his presence filled the screen and the always excellent Firth and Walker were as good as they had always been.( Maybe even more, Ruth played by the fantastic Nicola Walker has always been my favourite) The problem for me was the nail biting but somewhat confusing twists of the last episodes.It is going to be difficult to explain what I mean without saying too much but I suppose that people interested in buying the DVD have seen the series anyway. If you haven't, stop reading now!Well,as a viewer I couldn't reconcile myself to the fact that you know who proved to be someone else entirely, a ruthless killer and a man without any moral conscience. How could he then take his new identity and lead the life of this agent as an efficient, caring and self sacrificing officer. How could he care so much about saving lives for several years if he had been so carefree about killing before? How did his new conscience come about and why? It just doesn't make any kind of sense. And as for the Albany file, after all the fuss made about it, that it should get resolved in the way it was, was taking the audience somewhat for granted and was easy, not at all convincing and also slightly insulting towards all those who had watched waiting for an explosive denouement.
20 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Recently a well respected motoring journalist wrote regarding the launch of a majour manufacturers replacement for a best selling model that was "not very good" that no matter what was written the faithful would still go out and buy and hey presto! another best seller..
..Forward to Spooks 9 ,this is also "not very good" but the faithful who must make up 99% of the target market will buy regardless - and that includes yours truly.
My overwhelming sensation of "9" is that the new writers wanted to make their mark by re-inventing the series paying little attention to what had gone before..
...The sinster organisation that has been the main story arc recently was hastily and ludicrously dumped in the opening scenes by claiming one of the series sympathetic characters was to blame,no evidence,and bumped off.They decided to ramp up the "love angle",make Sir Harry more "human" and error prone and then have us believe Lucas was a totally different person who would go completely off the rails over somebody he had a colledge fling with..beggars belief really.
The first half is lazy cliched plotting,2 bombs threats averted in the nick of time plus a "magic bomb" that saves the day,seemingly impossible situations solved by "hang on I have an idea!"everything micro controlled by a just out of uni' whizz kid (to appeal to a younger audience ?),countless times you hear "48 hours ! we need it now - hang on I can do it 2, I have an idea !",first heard I think uttered by Scotty in Star Trek,they also seem to have perfected Trek's matter transporter as they travel effortlessly from place to place in busy London ,to arrive usually in the nick of time,again.It also features in episode 1 what must be the worlds fastest submarines as they exceed the motorway speed limit up/under the Thames.The 2 newbies have had character bypasses especialy Dimitri who appears to have graduated from the school of wooden acting (Grade A pass) etc etc.
The second half dealing with the de constructon of Lucas ,if related back to previous episodes is complete nonsense,none of it makes any sense,the main reactions being "what""why"to the attempt to create an alternative reality to justify the plot.
All said and done it is not without its excitements and at least one truly shocking moment but should be viewed as an average stand alone drama.
Spooks 9 should carry a "Faithful Beware !" warning,on this performance I am dreading the next one,would I buy it ? Well I am of the Faithful,but maybe for not much longer......
..Forward to Spooks 9 ,this is also "not very good" but the faithful who must make up 99% of the target market will buy regardless - and that includes yours truly.
My overwhelming sensation of "9" is that the new writers wanted to make their mark by re-inventing the series paying little attention to what had gone before..
...The sinster organisation that has been the main story arc recently was hastily and ludicrously dumped in the opening scenes by claiming one of the series sympathetic characters was to blame,no evidence,and bumped off.They decided to ramp up the "love angle",make Sir Harry more "human" and error prone and then have us believe Lucas was a totally different person who would go completely off the rails over somebody he had a colledge fling with..beggars belief really.
The first half is lazy cliched plotting,2 bombs threats averted in the nick of time plus a "magic bomb" that saves the day,seemingly impossible situations solved by "hang on I have an idea!"everything micro controlled by a just out of uni' whizz kid (to appeal to a younger audience ?),countless times you hear "48 hours ! we need it now - hang on I can do it 2, I have an idea !",first heard I think uttered by Scotty in Star Trek,they also seem to have perfected Trek's matter transporter as they travel effortlessly from place to place in busy London ,to arrive usually in the nick of time,again.It also features in episode 1 what must be the worlds fastest submarines as they exceed the motorway speed limit up/under the Thames.The 2 newbies have had character bypasses especialy Dimitri who appears to have graduated from the school of wooden acting (Grade A pass) etc etc.
The second half dealing with the de constructon of Lucas ,if related back to previous episodes is complete nonsense,none of it makes any sense,the main reactions being "what""why"to the attempt to create an alternative reality to justify the plot.
All said and done it is not without its excitements and at least one truly shocking moment but should be viewed as an average stand alone drama.
Spooks 9 should carry a "Faithful Beware !" warning,on this performance I am dreading the next one,would I buy it ? Well I am of the Faithful,but maybe for not much longer......
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Spooks may lack the incisive political edge of earlier series, but it has not lost its ability to produce tense, entertaining thrillers which keep the viewer guessing. On the downside of series 9, the new spooks are a bit bland in comparison to previous characters and whilst Richard Armitage is good, I don't think he's strong enough to carry the show as Section Chief in the same way as Hermione Norris or Rupert Penry Jones. Also, a couple of the stories in the middle of the series, whilst pretty good and better than average television, are a little disposable by Spooks own standards.
On the positive side, Spooks still knows how to spin a good yarn and is willing to take risks, the story arc for this series is truly shocking (and finally brings the best out of Richard Armitage in the later episodes), and Peter Firth continues to be monumentally brilliant as Harry Pearce! The day they get rid of Harry may be the day I stop watching Spooks.
Not the very best its ever been, but still better than most of what's on television.
On the positive side, Spooks still knows how to spin a good yarn and is willing to take risks, the story arc for this series is truly shocking (and finally brings the best out of Richard Armitage in the later episodes), and Peter Firth continues to be monumentally brilliant as Harry Pearce! The day they get rid of Harry may be the day I stop watching Spooks.
Not the very best its ever been, but still better than most of what's on television.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Another Great Buy!!! Superb
A further great series and the price was just right. I have every series of spooks and never been disappointed and neither will you...buy it.
Published 3 months ago by J. Grant
Implausible behaviour by the key characters
I have watched Spooks from the very first episode and I think that this series is by far the weakest so far. Read more
Published 3 months ago by George Dyson
M I 5
I have seen all these and love them.I bought this for a young lady I know who wants to be a spy!!!!!!!This will either make or break her.
Published 3 months ago by DeeDaw
Quite a mixed bag, not as sure-fire as previous series
Having already read some of the reviews on here, I approached this series with some trepidation. But, I am obsessive about having complete collections, and having followed Spooks... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. SM Humphrey
Not up to the earlier series
For me, something happened at the close of series 7, which resulted in the following series 8 and 9 being inferior (I've not viewed 10). Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. C. Harris
BRILLIANT SPOOKS DVDs
We never saw any of Spooks on TV but just saw it advertised somewhere (probably on Amazon) and we bought the complete set. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Friends fan
Scary Spooks
I have been a Spooks fan since the series began and series9 does not disappoint. I love the drama,the plots,subplots and the wonderfully dramatic music which has my heart racing... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rosiek
Best of the Best
I have been mesmerised from the 1st Series of Spooks to the very last! British film making at it's best. Edge of your seat, gripping and brilliant acting. Read more
Published 5 months ago by hellyp57
spooks
One of the best series to have been shown on telivision, and even better to own the complete series, a shame this has now finished
Published 5 months ago by snowman
Clever, fresh enough for another round
Spooks 9 was entertaining, if a bit short on quantity. The main plot was very well thought out - tailored to my sense of the main actors characters. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Barry Hatfield
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