Office Politics/One Last Dance
Season 1, Episode 3. Cast Matthew MacFadyen as Tom Quinn Crew Series Creator: David Wolstencroft
Summary The Good The Bad Back to the Beanbag
While on a routine undercover mission at the Turkish Embassy, Zoe is one of almost twenty people taken hostage by Kurdish terrorists. Not only is Zoe undercover but she also has identifiable equipment on her. While Tom and the team race to end the siege, Tessa discovers that the siege may be a cover for a more sinister plot involving MI5 security and a supposedly ‘deceased‘ agent.
Poor Tom is called into work on a Saturday which is also his birthday and Ellie is not impressed. The entire team spends some time camping out in a surveillance van outside the Turkish embassy.
There is good character developement and background for Tessa in this episode. The final scene between former lovers Tessa and Johnny Marks was bittersweet.
The other hostages are interesting but not of much help to Zoe. The main Kurdish terrorist, Leyla, is impressive and convincing. By the end of the episode, I felt sorry for her.
The three mercenaries that work for Johnny Marks were rather faceless characters that were very easily taken out. The same can be said for the rest of the Kurdish terrorists. Leyla's brother, Chalak, was suppossed to have a long history of terrorist actions but seemed to be slightly stupid.
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