30 Days of Telly Meme - Day 02

[thisbluespirit]

Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching: Spooks

I think I'm supposed to pick something relatively unknown, but the amount of people who aren't watching Spooks when it's on seems to be shocking. Not non-UK people, obviously, but Brits when it's on TV every autumn. I mean, if you like your TV relatively fluffy, fair enough, but otherwise why not?

(Of course, this is totally hypocritical, given the things I miss through laziness, forgetfulness, addiction to writing fanfic, and scheduling that's too late for a morning person like me.)

But the meme did ask.


Days of Telly Meme:
Day 01 - A show that should never have been cancelled: Blake's 7
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching: Spooks
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season):
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series: BBC North & South
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death

Comments

[stellastars]

I suspect that if I read your entries for this meme, I am going to end up watching a lot of new television. ;-)

(Also: I might have to do this meme myself.)

So... Spooks! Tell me more! How many seasons are there? Are there episodes that are critical to understanding the show? What is the single best reason why people should watch it?

♥

[thisbluespirit]

Heh, well it does depend. It can getquite dark in places, and stuff. It's known as MI5 generally abroad, but Spooks here, and it's about MI5's counter terrorism section. There are 8 series so far with a ninth in production currently. (There are 10 eps per season, except for S7 and 8 which have been cut down to 8).

It likes to begin each season as a kind of reboot, even though much continues. Significant episodes? Well, 1.01, 1.02 and 2.5 are probably the ones I'd go for, but there are plenty of people who've never seen the early seasons. I think I posted a Spooks-love post with non-spoilerish posts a while back, so I will see if I can find it.

Plus, the whole weirdness & wonder that is Harry Pearce/Ruth Evershed is definitely a selling point. In fact, both Harry Pearce and Ruth Evershed are selling points... :-)

[stellastars]

That's interesting, that each season reboots the series a bit. 70 some episodes, hmm... Well, maybe I'll have to look for a few of them.

Thanks for the link to the Spooks Love Post! It was very helpful!

[thisbluespirit]

Spooks love post here. Much sarcasm is involved.