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{{work|wppage=Spooks (TV series)}}
'''''Spooks''''' is a series by [[The
It provoked some controversy over an episode where a woman was killed by having her head shoved into a deep fat fryer (the victim, played by Lisa Faulkner, was being set up as a major character, and this was in the show's second episode) and also for one featuring suicide bombers.
The show ended in 2011 after ten seasons. In a show where [[Anyone Can
[[The Movie|The series continued with a
For more information, go [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/
A [[Spin-Off]], ''[[Spooks: Code 9]]'', aired in 2008. Poor critical reception and ratings means it's not likely to be coming back.
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* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]: The show ends on a particularly bittersweet version of this.
* [[Anyone Can
** A quick rundown of the dead: {{spoiler|Helen, Danny, Fiona, Colin, Zafar, Ben, Connie, Adam, Jo, Ros, Lucas, Tariq and Ruth}}. Most of their names (plus a few extras) are seen in the final episode on [[MI 5]]'s memorial wall.
** It's theorized that the one character who has been in it since the beginning (Harry) is still in it because the show would lose a lot of viewers if it did; the series seven finale, when he {{spoiler|gets kidnapped by}} [[Fan Nickname|Russian Alan
*** Of course, the previous season cliffhangers which put Harry in life-threatening danger had other characters in even more danger - as in, one character appeared to [[Driven to Suicide|drown himself in the
* [[Back for the
* [[
* [[Bittersweet
* [[Blonde Republican Sex
* [[Bottle
* [[Break the
* [[Broken
** Adam Carter, his replacement, went almost as spectacularly off the deep end after {{spoiler|the death of his wife}}.
** And finally, {{spoiler|Harry himself in the finale}}.
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{{quote|'''Lucas''': How'd Tom Quinn work out?
'''Harry''': Took early retirement.}}
* [[Clumsy Copyright Censorship]]: One episode was temporarily pulled because visible Apple logos on the back of the computers had to be digitally airbrushed out, advertising not being allowed on [[The
* [[Combat
** Ros also kills a Russian dude ''with a fork'' and threatens another one with a pen to the eyeball. In the same episode. [[Lady of War|Without significantly messing up her hair.]]
* [[Compromising
* [[Crapsack World]]: Terrorists around every corner, corruption in every rank of the government, allied governments not giving a damn about Britain's survival, Russia openly slaughtering British agents in the street, and [[Anyone Can
* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: Several.
* [[Defrosting Ice
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: A lot, including one episode using the term "zero day attack" for {{spoiler|turning a denial of service attack back on a Russian submarine}}.
** A common example is to use terminology that was accurate at one point but is now outdated, perhaps due to issues with classified information. For example, the Alternative Seat of Government base under the Cotswolds is known as "TURNSTILE" in the series, that code name being one used some time in the past (and in any case the base has been decommissioned since 2004).
*** To be fair, the episode in which "TURNSTILE" is referenced (''I Spy Apocalypse'') aired in 2003, when the base was still active.
* [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?]] / [[Mugging the
* [[Dirty Coward]]: How Adam describes a rival agent {{spoiler|who was helping rogue Mossad agents to take hostage and kill Saudi officials}} for this when he kills himself rather than face the team.
* [[Driven to
** {{spoiler|Subverted with}} Tom in the Series Two finale. After being forced to shoot Harry while trying to avoid capture, Tom wades into the ocean and lets himself slip below the surface. {{spoiler|Partway through the series three premiere, he resurfaces while trying to track down Herman Joyce to prove his innocence in the assassination of the Chief of the Defense Staff}}.
* [[Dropped a Bridge on
** Also, to be fair, his goal was preventing civilian casualties; only after the car was stationary in middle of an empty square could he look to saving his own life. He didn't know exactly how long he had left, of if the trigger would be delayed for some reason. Had he jumped out of the side while it was moving, the car might have gone careering into the side of a building and caused civilian casualties.
* [[Dying Moment of
** {{spoiler|Connie. Motherfucking. JAMES. "I'm not scared of bombs."}}
* [[Eagle Land]]: The US is generally portrayed as a somewhat corrupt country, with [[Strawman Political|the CIA not being nice
* [[Evil
* [[Face Heel
** {{spoiler|Lucas in Series 9}}.
* [[Faking the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Ros, briefly, in Series 6 Episode 8. Unusual in that ''she'' didn't know the nerve toxin she was injected with wasn't going to be fatal...}}
* [[False-Flag
** In fact, the majority of the episodes of the fifth series involved these.
* [[Fictional Political
* [[Groin Attack]]: Ros takes the phrase "put the squeeze on him" VERY literally.
* [[The Hero
* [[Heroic
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Several agents have issues with maintaining a stable reality. This [[Freak-Out|does not end well.]]
* [[Hide Your
** Olga Sosnovska (Fiona) in Series Four.
** Nicola Walker (Ruth) in Series Five.
** Hermione Norris (Ros) in Series Six.
** In each case, the actress' pregnancy [[Real Life Writes the Plot|forced her into maternity
* [[High Heel Face
* [[Idiot Ball]]: This may come very ''very'' close to [[Too Dumb to
* [[Improbable Aiming
* [[Interservice
* [[Kill the
** What makes it even more awful is that {{spoiler|Colin, expecting to be shot in the head, relatively calmly told the rogue officers to get it over with. He only starts begging when they take the noose out and he realizes that his death isn't going to be quite as quick as he expected}}.
* [[Lady Drunk]]: Connie has elements of the type. Turns poignantly hilarious in her last episode when she demands a bottle of gin {{spoiler|as part of her bomb-disarming kit}}.
* [[Lady of
* [[Left
* [[Location
* [[Locked in a
* [[The Lost
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|Mad Dictator's Beautiful
* [[Make the Bear Angry
* [[The
* [[Moment
* [[Moral
* [[More Expendable Than You]]: An interesting variant is Series 8. {{spoiler|The British Home Secretary and Pakistani President have been left paralyzed in a room rigged to explode. When Ros and Lucas show up for the rescue, Lucas is heart-breakingly forced to leave Ros and the Home Secretary behind. If the President dies, there could be nuclear war, and Lucas is the only one strong enough to carry him}}.
* [[Mr.
* [[Murder.
* [[Never Mess with
* [[Our Hero Is Dead]]: Noticeable for subverting this rather harshly. There is a very good chance in this show that if it looks like the hero is dead, they [[Kill Them All|probably
* [[Overt
* [[Power Walk]]
* [[Psycho
* [[Put on a
** The only one this really applies to is {{spoiler|Sam}}, as at the end of Series 3, it's stated that she's upset due to {{spoiler|Danny's death}} and then come Series 4, she's just never mentioned again. For the others, their reason for leaving the show is explicitly stated.
** At the start of Series 10, Harry observes that {{spoiler|Beth}} has been fired in his absence.
* [[Reasonable Authority
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Connie, who redeems herself with a [[Heroic
** However, this is then [[Averted]] at the end of Series 10, {{spoiler|when a memorial garden with the names of the operatives KIA across the series is shown. Connie's name is not there, and neither is Lucas North's}}.
* [[Refuge in
* [[Revolving Door
* [[Running
* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: Lisa.
** And Helen, of course.
* [[Sacrificial
* [[Shell-Shocked
** Even though he'd been captured and tortured gruesomely by a number of rival intelligence agencies, Adam Carter was able to remain optimistic about his work {{spoiler|until his wife was shot dead by her ex-husband, a Syrian agent}}, which pushed him into an [[Heroic BSOD]] that he never really got over.
* [[Shoe
* [[Shout-
* [[Spiritual
* [[Split
* [[Spy
* [[Suspiciously Similar
* [[That Man Is Dead]]: {{spoiler|Lucas, after his true identity is revealed}}.
* [[There Are No Girls on the
* [[Training
* [[The
* [[Unresolved Sexual
* {{spoiler|[[Villain
* [[The War on
* [[Well-Intentioned
* [[Western
** And to be fair, some of these would be justified post-9/11 as well, given a quick glance at [[Real
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: {{spoiler|Ruth and Harry}}.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Jo, in particular, seems to get roughed up a ''lot''.
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