Spooks - Series 2

In the second season of BBC spy series Spooks Tom, Zoe, Danny and the rest of MI5 are dealing with terrorism of various forms – Irish, Serbian, Islamic –, war criminals, computer hackers, anarchists, money laundering, Russian organized crime, a visit from then-president Bush, petty thieves (except they stole the MI5 bossman’s suitcase that contains highly classified information), arms deals, military insurrection, uranium transport, a Columbian drug cartel moving into London with the protection of a British oil corporation, and whatnot! Last season ended with a cliffhanger, when Tom Quinn’s girlfriend Ellie was trapped inside her home with a time bomb. Even though it turns out to be a dud, Ellie can no longer face the complications of her relationship with Tom. New faces appear, wonderful new characters. A new MI5 employee, Sam, seems to have a thing for Danny. Then there’s doctor Vickie, who flirts so hard with Tom, he decides to date her, but after a severe test at work he decide to break things off. At the office, there’s also Ruth Everglade, who’s replacing Tessa (who was fired because she was running phantom agents), but we eventually learn she is actually a mole reporting to Downing Street. Tom’s CIA liaison Christine Dale also has a crush on Tom, but he’s ordered not to fraternize with foreign liaisons. Some Italian banker Carlo has the hots for Zoe, but thinks she’s called Emma; at some point he was helpful enough to assist MI5 with a money laundering scheme; but Zoe has to break things off. On his part, Tom is slowly unraveling, sympathizing and identifying with those he comes into contact with during his field ops. At long last, he is set up, framed for assassinating the minister of defense, pushed into a corner, and shoots his boss Harry. There’s nothing left for him then to swim to his death...