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** "The Special": [[MadBomber Owen Forster]] is the leader of the EcoTerrorist cell called Shining Dawn. Unlike many other Shining Dawn members who genuinely believe humanity must be culled to save the world, [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Owen]] only cares about [[PsychoForHire exploiting the terrorists' goals to fuel his bomb-making obsession]]. In an attempt to compel law enforcement to release their leader, Michael Munroe, Owen and his cell detonate a bomb in a public venue, killing a few dozen civilians. They later plant bombs inside of a subway station and an apartment complex; when both bombs are defused, Owen continues his vendetta, ordering his men to attack a hospital next and [[WhyAmITicking strapping the final bomb to an innocent woman]] so she can't escape. Even after he's arrested, Owen stubbornly refuses to give up the password to defuse the bomb, fully willing to let hundreds of innocents die out of spite.
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** "The Special": Special" two-parter: [[MadBomber Owen Forster]] is the leader of the EcoTerrorist cell called Shining Dawn. Unlike many other Shining Dawn members who genuinely believe humanity must be culled to save the world, [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Owen]] only cares about [[PsychoForHire exploiting the terrorists' goals to fuel his bomb-making obsession]]. In an attempt to compel law enforcement to release their leader, Michael Munroe, Owen and his cell detonate a bomb in a public venue, killing a few dozen civilians. They later plant bombs inside of a subway station and an apartment complex; when both bombs are defused, Owen continues his vendetta, ordering his men to attack a hospital next and [[WhyAmITicking strapping the final bomb to an innocent woman]] so she can't escape. Even after he's arrested, Owen stubbornly refuses to give up the password to defuse the bomb, fully willing to let hundreds of innocents die out of spite.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: While fans and critics loved Lucas North since his debut, some people were disappointed that he turned into another version of Adam Carter after Series 7. Series 9 introduces a new subplot for Lucas that completely changes his character and makes him ''nothing'' like Adam at all.
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* TheWoobie: Tom, who tried to live a normal life while working in MI-5. However, the initial threats made against him forced Ellie to break up with him. He eventually marries Christine by the end of the series.
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* WhatAnIdiot: In the Series 9 finale, Dimitri, Beth, and Alec corner [[spoiler:Lucas]] and Maya just as they get into a vehicle and try to drive away.
** '''You'd Expect''': For all three of them to get back into their car, follow [[spoiler:Lucas]] and Maya, and run the car off the road. This wouldn't be difficult, especially because they already have a tracker on Maya and it would be less dangerous.
** '''Instead''': All three of them shoot at the vehicle, despite knowing full well Maya is in the passenger seat. [[spoiler:They end up accidentally shooting Maya and she later bleeds to death]].
** '''Even Worse''': [[spoiler:Lucas dumps Maya's body on the side of the road with the tracker still on her and drives away. Not only did the protagonists lose Lucas ''and'' Albany, but they inadvertently killed an innocent woman]].
** '''You'd Expect''': For all three of them to get back into their car, follow [[spoiler:Lucas]] and Maya, and run the car off the road. This wouldn't be difficult, especially because they already have a tracker on Maya and it would be less dangerous.
** '''Instead''': All three of them shoot at the vehicle, despite knowing full well Maya is in the passenger seat. [[spoiler:They end up accidentally shooting Maya and she later bleeds to death]].
** '''Even Worse''': [[spoiler:Lucas dumps Maya's body on the side of the road with the tracker still on her and drives away. Not only did the protagonists lose Lucas ''and'' Albany, but they inadvertently killed an innocent woman]].
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* WhatAnIdiot: In TheWoobie: Tom, who tried to live a normal life while working in MI-5. However, the Series 9 finale, Dimitri, Beth, and Alec corner [[spoiler:Lucas]] and Maya just as they get into a vehicle and try initial threats made against him forced Ellie to drive away.
** '''You'd Expect''': For all three of them to get back into their car, follow [[spoiler:Lucas]] and Maya, and runbreak up with him. He eventually marries Christine by the car off the road. This wouldn't be difficult, especially because they already have a tracker on Maya and it would be less dangerous.
** '''Instead''': All three of them shoot at the vehicle, despite knowing full well Maya is in the passenger seat. [[spoiler:Theyend up accidentally shooting Maya and she later bleeds to death]].
** '''Even Worse''': [[spoiler:Lucas dumps Maya's body on the sideof the road with the tracker still on her and drives away. Not only did the protagonists lose Lucas ''and'' Albany, but they inadvertently killed an innocent woman]].series.
** '''You'd Expect''': For all three of them to get back into their car, follow [[spoiler:Lucas]] and Maya, and run
** '''Instead''': All three of them shoot at the vehicle, despite knowing full well Maya is in the passenger seat. [[spoiler:They
** '''Even Worse''': [[spoiler:Lucas dumps Maya's body on the side
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* One of the subplots in the series 5 opening two-parter concerns oil prices soaring under cover of an attack on their pipeline causing supply problems. Today, the same thing is happening as Russian oil supplies are restricted in the wake of events in Ukraine. The only difference is the cause shifting from the Russian mafia, to its government.
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* One of the subplots in the series 5 opening two-parter concerns oil prices soaring under cover of an attack on their pipeline causing supply problems. Today, the same thing is happening as Russian oil supplies are restricted in the wake of events in Ukraine. The only difference is the cause shifting from the Russian mafia, to its government.
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* ShockingSwerve:
** As mentioned on the main page, [[spoiler:Juliet Shaw's FaceHeelTurn that put her in charge of series six's season-long antagonists, Yalta, who were staunchly anti-American to the point of supplying Iran with the components for nuclear weapons just to keep the US in check. Besides having been shown to have strong pro-American sympathies in series four, Shaw wasn't present in series six until the reveal in episode eight (having been CommutingOnABus with handicap access since the series five premiere), which prevented any meaningful build to the moment. Didn't help that her paralysis was also retconned in this episode]].
** Invoked in Series 10 with the discovery that [[spoiler:Sasha Gavrik is really Harry and Elena's son.]] It feels forced and seemingly out of place because it's ''supposed'' to be. [[spoiler:In the end, it's revealed that Sasha isn't Harry's son at all; Elena lied her ass off just to make Harry think he was the father for thirty years]]. ManipulativeBitch indeed.
** As mentioned on the main page, [[spoiler:Juliet Shaw's FaceHeelTurn that put her in charge of series six's season-long antagonists, Yalta, who were staunchly anti-American to the point of supplying Iran with the components for nuclear weapons just to keep the US in check. Besides having been shown to have strong pro-American sympathies in series four, Shaw wasn't present in series six until the reveal in episode eight (having been CommutingOnABus with handicap access since the series five premiere), which prevented any meaningful build to the moment. Didn't help that her paralysis was also retconned in this episode]].
** Invoked in Series 10 with the discovery that [[spoiler:Sasha Gavrik is really Harry and Elena's son.]] It feels forced and seemingly out of place because it's ''supposed'' to be. [[spoiler:In the end, it's revealed that Sasha isn't Harry's son at all; Elena lied her ass off just to make Harry think he was the father for thirty years]]. ManipulativeBitch indeed.
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* SeasonalRot: Very evident by series nine as the show drifted away from its commitment to grounding the episodes in reality (one episode featured a woman with ''explosive blood'', natch) and to plausibly tying the characters' personal lives into the plots. Several replacements for dead LongRunners in the cast were felt to be [[FlatCharacter sorely underdeveloped compared to their predecessors]] because of this shift in focus.
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* SeasonalRot: Very evident by series nine as the show drifted away from its commitment to grounding the episodes in reality (one episode featured a woman with ''explosive blood'', natch) and to plausibly tying the characters' personal lives into the plots. Several replacements for dead LongRunners in the cast were felt to be [[FlatCharacter sorely underdeveloped compared to their predecessors]] because of this shift in focus. Series ten -- the final one -- attempted to course-correct for the prior series' overblown melodrama by crafting a small-scale, intimate, grounded story focusing on Harry Pierce and the collision of his personal and professional life, much closer to the spirit of the first half of the show.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: The 2015 film, ''The Greater Good'', is little more than an overlong episode of the television series, without the scope or grandeur of a feature film. In fact, several of the show's two-parters -- such as the series four premiere -- are ''more'' cinematic than its actual cinematic outing. Also, its subject matter about a Muslim terrorist cell operating in London has already been explored numerous times in the series itself, so the story isn't particularly compelling either.
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* MagnificentBastard:
** Series 1 & 2: [[StealingFromTheTill Tessa Phillips]] is an MI-5 agent who's secretly stealing money from the government. Using fabricated confidential informants, Tessa repeatedly fools MI-5 into paying the informants small sums of cash so [[TheHandler she could later launder the money]] into her own bank account. After Zoe Reynolds uncovers the truth about Tessa, Tessa simply [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribes Zoe with ten thousand pounds]] to keep her silent. Later on, after Tessa is fired by Harry Pearce for her actions, she seeks revenge against him by posing as Harry's boss and fooling Sam Buxton into delivering confidential information to her in regards to the Chala Cartel. After seemingly agreeing to help MI-5, Tessa later exposes one of their informants and has her employers assassinate the cartel leader, [[TheBadGuyWins fleeing the country afterwards to avoid prosecution]] from Harry.
** Series 9: [[WildCard Vaughn Edwards]] is a mercenary and [[ConsummateLiar master deceiver]]. Seeking out a partner to help him with his schemes, Vaughn recruited John Bateman and used him to conduct unofficial operations for the British government. After the two successfully bomb a British embassy, Vaughn helps John kill Lucas North, a soon-to-be MI-5 agent, and [[KillAndReplace steal his identity]]. Fifteen years later, Vaughn seeks out John in London and blackmails him into stealing a government file known as Albany or else he'll expose his true identity to MI-5 and his former lover, Maya Lahan. After John repeatedly fails, Vaughn goes to Harry Pearce directly and threatens to reveal who was behind the embassy bombing. When John mortally wounds Vaughn to silence him for good, Vaughn [[DefiantToTheEnd uses his dying breath]] to tell John that he's nothing more than a killer pretending to be a hero.
** "One Last Dance": [[PhantomThief Johnny Marks]] is a former [=MI-5=] asset who betrayed his employers and became a freelancer. After faking his death in a car bomb, Johnny resurfaced in London several years later to pull off a heist. Using Kurdish rebels at his disposal, Johnny had them take over a Turkish consulate, distracting the authorities so he would be able to steal $15 million from a bank. He also acquired the identities of thousands of undercover [=MI-5=] and [=MI-6=] officers as leverage. Once Johnny has the money, he leaves the rebels to be apprehended while he escapes. Even when Harry Pearce manages to confront Johnny in person, Johnny threatens to expose the agents' identities, [[KarmaHoudini forcing Harry to let Johnny go free]].
** "Road Trip": [[ProfessionalKiller Ali Mohammed Yazdi]] is an assassin working for the the Al-Kahf terrorist cell. After receiving a contract to murder Middle-Eastern diplomat Prince Hakim, Yazdi uses his connections with a smuggling operation to sneak into Britain. Upon being discovered by Adam Carter and offered a deal to become a [[TheMole double agent]], Yazdi begrudgingly takes the deal to fool [=MI-5=] into [[FakeDefector believing he's turned]]. While working for [=MI-5=], Yazdi gives up the name of one of his contacts and surreptitiously forces him to give up Prince Hakim's name, all while pretending that the Al-Kahf are planning another terrorist attack to divert [=MI-5=]'s suspicion. Once [=MI-5=] brings Prince Hakim in for questioning and put him in the same room as Yazdi, Yazdi swiftly kills the prince using [[ImprovisedWeapon nothing but his own glasses]].
** "Smoke and Mirrors" & "Project Friendly Fire": [[UnholyMatrimony Herman and Carmen Joyce]] are an ex-CIA couple with a grudge against Tom Quinn. After their daughter, Lisa, is institutionalized due to a mental breakdown during an [=MI-5=] operation Tom recruited her for, Carmen opts to ruin Tom's life. She and Herman stage a car crash and [[DeathFakedForYou fake Herman's death]] before spending years plotting to frame Tom for an assassination. Herman murders an assassin in the Witness Protection program before traveling to London and fabricating documents to make it look like Tom's a traitor. After luring Tom, Danny, and Zoe to a farm for interrogation, Herman frees Tom to further implicate him, before drugging him and placing his fingerprints on a sniper rifle used to assassinate the Chief of Defence Staff. When Tom, now a fugitive, subdues Herman and tries to get him to turn himself in, Herman refuses, telling Tom he'd rather die knowing he destroyed his life. Later on, after [=MI-5=] corners Carmen in a safe house, Carmen admits to everything she and her husband planned before killing herself, [[TheBadGuyWins satisfied that her and Herman's plans succeeded]].
** "Diana": [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Angela Wells]] is a former MI-5 agent and covert operative working for a group of government conspirators. After her fiancé, Peter Haigh, commits suicide when no one believed that MI-5 had Princess Diana murdered, Angela decided to prove his theory by force. Armed with explosives, Angela entered Thames House and forced various MI-5 operatives to prove Diana was murdered, or else she'll blow the whole building. After Ruth Evershed convinces Angela to surrender, Angela uses her grief over Peter to cajole Harry Pearce into letting her go, only to steal a document that left the Royal Family's security vulnerable. Angela fools MI-5 into evacuating the Royal Family into a bunker she installed a bomb inside of and nearly kills them. When her plans fail, she retaliates by attacking Harry and Adam Carter with a sniper rifle before warning them that more attacks with ensue in the future.
** "The Criminal": [[DoubleAgent Richard Dempsey]] is a former MI-6 agent believed to have turned traitor to the Balkans. In truth, Dempsey has been working undercover with Serbian war criminals General Marko Tezlia and Colonel Niko Grecic whilst also feeding crucial information back to England for his superiors' benefits. In order to preserve his cover, Dempsey willingly stopped Adam Carter from assassinating Tezlia, which led to Adam being tortured and almost killed. Several years later, after finding out he's being framed for the deaths of key witnesses testifying against Tezlia, Dempsey goes to Hungary and kills two hitmen sent to murder him before sneaking back into London and meeting Adam in private. Using clues his handler left behind, Dempsey successfully convinces Adam to help him find information that will exonerate him and implicate his superiors who betrayed him. After Grecic testifies against Tezlia and gets him arrested, Dempsey tracks down Grecic months later [[PayEvilUntoEvil and assassinates him as punishment for the crimes he committed]].
** ''The Greater Good'' (2015): [[BigBad Adem Qasim]] is the charismatic leader of a [[MiddleEasternTerrorists Middle-Eastern terrorist]] cell opting to dismantle the British government. After Qasim is broken out of a prison transport, he resumes his plans to attack the government while also figuring out that Erin Watts was working undercover in his organization. After mortally wounding Erin and forcing Harry Pearce to execute her, he agrees to help Harry expose a traitor in MI-5 in exchange for [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes being reunited with his wife]]. Qasim also has a suicide bomber kill the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and releases a live video requesting for the public to stand up against their oppressors. Upon learning that his wife was killed, Qasim accepts Harry's second offer to infiltrate MI-5 headquarters so long as he calls off his impending bombing on Oxford Circus. Qasim gives up his own men planning the bombing while simultaneously attacking MI-5 headquarters, successfully killing several MI-5 personnel during his siege.
** Series 1 & 2: [[StealingFromTheTill Tessa Phillips]] is an MI-5 agent who's secretly stealing money from the government. Using fabricated confidential informants, Tessa repeatedly fools MI-5 into paying the informants small sums of cash so [[TheHandler she could later launder the money]] into her own bank account. After Zoe Reynolds uncovers the truth about Tessa, Tessa simply [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribes Zoe with ten thousand pounds]] to keep her silent. Later on, after Tessa is fired by Harry Pearce for her actions, she seeks revenge against him by posing as Harry's boss and fooling Sam Buxton into delivering confidential information to her in regards to the Chala Cartel. After seemingly agreeing to help MI-5, Tessa later exposes one of their informants and has her employers assassinate the cartel leader, [[TheBadGuyWins fleeing the country afterwards to avoid prosecution]] from Harry.
** Series 9: [[WildCard Vaughn Edwards]] is a mercenary and [[ConsummateLiar master deceiver]]. Seeking out a partner to help him with his schemes, Vaughn recruited John Bateman and used him to conduct unofficial operations for the British government. After the two successfully bomb a British embassy, Vaughn helps John kill Lucas North, a soon-to-be MI-5 agent, and [[KillAndReplace steal his identity]]. Fifteen years later, Vaughn seeks out John in London and blackmails him into stealing a government file known as Albany or else he'll expose his true identity to MI-5 and his former lover, Maya Lahan. After John repeatedly fails, Vaughn goes to Harry Pearce directly and threatens to reveal who was behind the embassy bombing. When John mortally wounds Vaughn to silence him for good, Vaughn [[DefiantToTheEnd uses his dying breath]] to tell John that he's nothing more than a killer pretending to be a hero.
** "One Last Dance": [[PhantomThief Johnny Marks]] is a former [=MI-5=] asset who betrayed his employers and became a freelancer. After faking his death in a car bomb, Johnny resurfaced in London several years later to pull off a heist. Using Kurdish rebels at his disposal, Johnny had them take over a Turkish consulate, distracting the authorities so he would be able to steal $15 million from a bank. He also acquired the identities of thousands of undercover [=MI-5=] and [=MI-6=] officers as leverage. Once Johnny has the money, he leaves the rebels to be apprehended while he escapes. Even when Harry Pearce manages to confront Johnny in person, Johnny threatens to expose the agents' identities, [[KarmaHoudini forcing Harry to let Johnny go free]].
** "Road Trip": [[ProfessionalKiller Ali Mohammed Yazdi]] is an assassin working for the the Al-Kahf terrorist cell. After receiving a contract to murder Middle-Eastern diplomat Prince Hakim, Yazdi uses his connections with a smuggling operation to sneak into Britain. Upon being discovered by Adam Carter and offered a deal to become a [[TheMole double agent]], Yazdi begrudgingly takes the deal to fool [=MI-5=] into [[FakeDefector believing he's turned]]. While working for [=MI-5=], Yazdi gives up the name of one of his contacts and surreptitiously forces him to give up Prince Hakim's name, all while pretending that the Al-Kahf are planning another terrorist attack to divert [=MI-5=]'s suspicion. Once [=MI-5=] brings Prince Hakim in for questioning and put him in the same room as Yazdi, Yazdi swiftly kills the prince using [[ImprovisedWeapon nothing but his own glasses]].
** "Smoke and Mirrors" & "Project Friendly Fire": [[UnholyMatrimony Herman and Carmen Joyce]] are an ex-CIA couple with a grudge against Tom Quinn. After their daughter, Lisa, is institutionalized due to a mental breakdown during an [=MI-5=] operation Tom recruited her for, Carmen opts to ruin Tom's life. She and Herman stage a car crash and [[DeathFakedForYou fake Herman's death]] before spending years plotting to frame Tom for an assassination. Herman murders an assassin in the Witness Protection program before traveling to London and fabricating documents to make it look like Tom's a traitor. After luring Tom, Danny, and Zoe to a farm for interrogation, Herman frees Tom to further implicate him, before drugging him and placing his fingerprints on a sniper rifle used to assassinate the Chief of Defence Staff. When Tom, now a fugitive, subdues Herman and tries to get him to turn himself in, Herman refuses, telling Tom he'd rather die knowing he destroyed his life. Later on, after [=MI-5=] corners Carmen in a safe house, Carmen admits to everything she and her husband planned before killing herself, [[TheBadGuyWins satisfied that her and Herman's plans succeeded]].
** "Diana": [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Angela Wells]] is a former MI-5 agent and covert operative working for a group of government conspirators. After her fiancé, Peter Haigh, commits suicide when no one believed that MI-5 had Princess Diana murdered, Angela decided to prove his theory by force. Armed with explosives, Angela entered Thames House and forced various MI-5 operatives to prove Diana was murdered, or else she'll blow the whole building. After Ruth Evershed convinces Angela to surrender, Angela uses her grief over Peter to cajole Harry Pearce into letting her go, only to steal a document that left the Royal Family's security vulnerable. Angela fools MI-5 into evacuating the Royal Family into a bunker she installed a bomb inside of and nearly kills them. When her plans fail, she retaliates by attacking Harry and Adam Carter with a sniper rifle before warning them that more attacks with ensue in the future.
** "The Criminal": [[DoubleAgent Richard Dempsey]] is a former MI-6 agent believed to have turned traitor to the Balkans. In truth, Dempsey has been working undercover with Serbian war criminals General Marko Tezlia and Colonel Niko Grecic whilst also feeding crucial information back to England for his superiors' benefits. In order to preserve his cover, Dempsey willingly stopped Adam Carter from assassinating Tezlia, which led to Adam being tortured and almost killed. Several years later, after finding out he's being framed for the deaths of key witnesses testifying against Tezlia, Dempsey goes to Hungary and kills two hitmen sent to murder him before sneaking back into London and meeting Adam in private. Using clues his handler left behind, Dempsey successfully convinces Adam to help him find information that will exonerate him and implicate his superiors who betrayed him. After Grecic testifies against Tezlia and gets him arrested, Dempsey tracks down Grecic months later [[PayEvilUntoEvil and assassinates him as punishment for the crimes he committed]].
** ''The Greater Good'' (2015): [[BigBad Adem Qasim]] is the charismatic leader of a [[MiddleEasternTerrorists Middle-Eastern terrorist]] cell opting to dismantle the British government. After Qasim is broken out of a prison transport, he resumes his plans to attack the government while also figuring out that Erin Watts was working undercover in his organization. After mortally wounding Erin and forcing Harry Pearce to execute her, he agrees to help Harry expose a traitor in MI-5 in exchange for [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes being reunited with his wife]]. Qasim also has a suicide bomber kill the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and releases a live video requesting for the public to stand up against their oppressors. Upon learning that his wife was killed, Qasim accepts Harry's second offer to infiltrate MI-5 headquarters so long as he calls off his impending bombing on Oxford Circus. Qasim gives up his own men planning the bombing while simultaneously attacking MI-5 headquarters, successfully killing several MI-5 personnel during his siege.
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* MagnificentBastard:
** Series 1 & 2: [[StealingFromTheTill Tessa Phillips]] is an MI-5 agent who's secretly stealing money from the government. Using fabricated confidential informants, Tessa repeatedly fools MI-5 into paying the informants small sums of cash so [[TheHandler she could later launder the money]] into her own bank account. After Zoe Reynolds uncovers the truth about Tessa, Tessa simply [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribes Zoe with ten thousand pounds]] to keep her silent. Later on, after Tessa is fired by Harry Pearce for her actions, she seeks revenge against him by posing as Harry's boss and fooling Sam Buxton into delivering confidential information to her in regards to the Chala Cartel. After seemingly agreeing to help MI-5, Tessa later exposes one of their informants and has her employers assassinate the cartel leader, [[TheBadGuyWins fleeing the country afterwards to avoid prosecution]] from Harry.
** Series 9: [[WildCard Vaughn Edwards]] is a mercenary and [[ConsummateLiar master deceiver]]. Seeking out a partner to help him with his schemes, Vaughn recruited John Bateman and used him to conduct unofficial operations for the British government. After the two successfully bomb a British embassy, Vaughn helps John kill Lucas North, a soon-to-be MI-5 agent, and [[KillAndReplace steal his identity]]. Fifteen years later, Vaughn seeks out John in London and blackmails him into stealing a government file known as Albany or else he'll expose his true identity to MI-5 and his former lover, Maya Lahan. After John repeatedly fails, Vaughn goes to Harry Pearce directly and threatens to reveal who was behind the embassy bombing. When John mortally wounds Vaughn to silence him for good, Vaughn [[DefiantToTheEnd uses his dying breath]] to tell John that he's nothing more than a killer pretending to be a hero.
** "One Last Dance": [[PhantomThief Johnny Marks]] is a former [=MI-5=] asset who betrayed his employers and became a freelancer. After faking his death in a car bomb, Johnny resurfaced in London several years later to pull off a heist. Using Kurdish rebels at his disposal, Johnny had them take over a Turkish consulate, distracting the authorities so he would be able to steal $15 million from a bank. He also acquired the identities of thousands of undercover [=MI-5=] and [=MI-6=] officers as leverage. Once Johnny has the money, he leaves the rebels to be apprehended while he escapes. Even when Harry Pearce manages to confront Johnny in person, Johnny threatens to expose the agents' identities, [[KarmaHoudini forcing Harry to let Johnny go free]].
** "Road Trip": [[ProfessionalKiller Ali Mohammed Yazdi]] is an assassin working for the the Al-Kahf terrorist cell. After receiving a contract to murder Middle-Eastern diplomat Prince Hakim, Yazdi uses his connections with a smuggling operation to sneak into Britain. Upon being discovered by Adam Carter and offered a deal to become a [[TheMole double agent]], Yazdi begrudgingly takes the deal to fool [=MI-5=] into [[FakeDefector believing he's turned]]. While working for [=MI-5=], Yazdi gives up the name of one of his contacts and surreptitiously forces him to give up Prince Hakim's name, all while pretending that the Al-Kahf are planning another terrorist attack to divert [=MI-5=]'s suspicion. Once [=MI-5=] brings Prince Hakim in for questioning and put him in the same room as Yazdi, Yazdi swiftly kills the prince using [[ImprovisedWeapon nothing but his own glasses]].
** "Smoke and Mirrors" & "Project Friendly Fire": [[UnholyMatrimony Herman and Carmen Joyce]] are an ex-CIA couple with a grudge against Tom Quinn. After their daughter, Lisa, is institutionalized due to a mental breakdown during an [=MI-5=] operation Tom recruited her for, Carmen opts to ruin Tom's life. She and Herman stage a car crash and [[DeathFakedForYou fake Herman's death]] before spending years plotting to frame Tom for an assassination. Herman murders an assassin in the Witness Protection program before traveling to London and fabricating documents to make it look like Tom's a traitor. After luring Tom, Danny, and Zoe to a farm for interrogation, Herman frees Tom to further implicate him, before drugging him and placing his fingerprints on a sniper rifle used to assassinate the Chief of Defence Staff. When Tom, now a fugitive, subdues Herman and tries to get him to turn himself in, Herman refuses, telling Tom he'd rather die knowing he destroyed his life. Later on, after [=MI-5=] corners Carmen in a safe house, Carmen admits to everything she and her husband planned before killing herself, [[TheBadGuyWins satisfied that her and Herman's plans succeeded]].
** "Diana": [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Angela Wells]] is a former MI-5 agent and covert operative working for a group of government conspirators. After her fiancé, Peter Haigh, commits suicide when no one believed that MI-5 had Princess Diana murdered, Angela decided to prove his theory by force. Armed with explosives, Angela entered Thames House and forced various MI-5 operatives to prove Diana was murdered, or else she'll blow the whole building. After Ruth Evershed convinces Angela to surrender, Angela uses her grief over Peter to cajole Harry Pearce into letting her go, only to steal a document that left the Royal Family's security vulnerable. Angela fools MI-5 into evacuating the Royal Family into a bunker she installed a bomb inside of and nearly kills them. When her plans fail, she retaliates by attacking Harry and Adam Carter with a sniper rifle before warning them that more attacks with ensue in the future.
** "The Criminal": [[DoubleAgent Richard Dempsey]] is a former MI-6 agent believed to have turned traitor to the Balkans. In truth, Dempsey has been working undercover with Serbian war criminals General Marko Tezlia and Colonel Niko Grecic whilst also feeding crucial information back to England for his superiors' benefits. In order to preserve his cover, Dempsey willingly stopped Adam Carter from assassinating Tezlia, which led to Adam being tortured and almost killed. Several years later, after finding out he's being framed for the deaths of key witnesses testifying against Tezlia, Dempsey goes to Hungary and kills two hitmen sent to murder him before sneaking back into London and meeting Adam in private. Using clues his handler left behind, Dempsey successfully convinces Adam to help him find information that will exonerate him and implicate his superiors who betrayed him. After Grecic testifies against Tezlia and gets him arrested, Dempsey tracks down Grecic months later [[PayEvilUntoEvil and assassinates him as punishment for the crimes he committed]].
** ''The Greater Good'' (2015): [[BigBad Adem Qasim]] is the charismatic leader of a [[MiddleEasternTerrorists Middle-Eastern terrorist]] cell opting to dismantle the British government. After Qasim is broken out of a prison transport, he resumes his plans to attack the government while also figuring out that Erin Watts was working undercover in his organization. After mortally wounding Erin and forcing Harry Pearce to execute her, he agrees to help Harry expose a traitor in MI-5 in exchange for [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes being reunited with his wife]]. Qasim also has a suicide bomber kill the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and releases a live video requesting for the public to stand up against their oppressors. Upon learning that his wife was killed, Qasim accepts Harry's second offer to infiltrate MI-5 headquarters so long as he calls off his impending bombing on Oxford Circus. Qasim gives up his own men planning the bombing while simultaneously attacking MI-5 headquarters, successfully killing several MI-5 personnel during his siege.MagnificentBastard: See [[MagnificentBastard/{{Spooks}} here]].
** Series 1 & 2: [[StealingFromTheTill Tessa Phillips]] is an MI-5 agent who's secretly stealing money from the government. Using fabricated confidential informants, Tessa repeatedly fools MI-5 into paying the informants small sums of cash so [[TheHandler she could later launder the money]] into her own bank account. After Zoe Reynolds uncovers the truth about Tessa, Tessa simply [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribes Zoe with ten thousand pounds]] to keep her silent. Later on, after Tessa is fired by Harry Pearce for her actions, she seeks revenge against him by posing as Harry's boss and fooling Sam Buxton into delivering confidential information to her in regards to the Chala Cartel. After seemingly agreeing to help MI-5, Tessa later exposes one of their informants and has her employers assassinate the cartel leader, [[TheBadGuyWins fleeing the country afterwards to avoid prosecution]] from Harry.
** Series 9: [[WildCard Vaughn Edwards]] is a mercenary and [[ConsummateLiar master deceiver]]. Seeking out a partner to help him with his schemes, Vaughn recruited John Bateman and used him to conduct unofficial operations for the British government. After the two successfully bomb a British embassy, Vaughn helps John kill Lucas North, a soon-to-be MI-5 agent, and [[KillAndReplace steal his identity]]. Fifteen years later, Vaughn seeks out John in London and blackmails him into stealing a government file known as Albany or else he'll expose his true identity to MI-5 and his former lover, Maya Lahan. After John repeatedly fails, Vaughn goes to Harry Pearce directly and threatens to reveal who was behind the embassy bombing. When John mortally wounds Vaughn to silence him for good, Vaughn [[DefiantToTheEnd uses his dying breath]] to tell John that he's nothing more than a killer pretending to be a hero.
** "One Last Dance": [[PhantomThief Johnny Marks]] is a former [=MI-5=] asset who betrayed his employers and became a freelancer. After faking his death in a car bomb, Johnny resurfaced in London several years later to pull off a heist. Using Kurdish rebels at his disposal, Johnny had them take over a Turkish consulate, distracting the authorities so he would be able to steal $15 million from a bank. He also acquired the identities of thousands of undercover [=MI-5=] and [=MI-6=] officers as leverage. Once Johnny has the money, he leaves the rebels to be apprehended while he escapes. Even when Harry Pearce manages to confront Johnny in person, Johnny threatens to expose the agents' identities, [[KarmaHoudini forcing Harry to let Johnny go free]].
** "Road Trip": [[ProfessionalKiller Ali Mohammed Yazdi]] is an assassin working for the the Al-Kahf terrorist cell. After receiving a contract to murder Middle-Eastern diplomat Prince Hakim, Yazdi uses his connections with a smuggling operation to sneak into Britain. Upon being discovered by Adam Carter and offered a deal to become a [[TheMole double agent]], Yazdi begrudgingly takes the deal to fool [=MI-5=] into [[FakeDefector believing he's turned]]. While working for [=MI-5=], Yazdi gives up the name of one of his contacts and surreptitiously forces him to give up Prince Hakim's name, all while pretending that the Al-Kahf are planning another terrorist attack to divert [=MI-5=]'s suspicion. Once [=MI-5=] brings Prince Hakim in for questioning and put him in the same room as Yazdi, Yazdi swiftly kills the prince using [[ImprovisedWeapon nothing but his own glasses]].
** "Smoke and Mirrors" & "Project Friendly Fire": [[UnholyMatrimony Herman and Carmen Joyce]] are an ex-CIA couple with a grudge against Tom Quinn. After their daughter, Lisa, is institutionalized due to a mental breakdown during an [=MI-5=] operation Tom recruited her for, Carmen opts to ruin Tom's life. She and Herman stage a car crash and [[DeathFakedForYou fake Herman's death]] before spending years plotting to frame Tom for an assassination. Herman murders an assassin in the Witness Protection program before traveling to London and fabricating documents to make it look like Tom's a traitor. After luring Tom, Danny, and Zoe to a farm for interrogation, Herman frees Tom to further implicate him, before drugging him and placing his fingerprints on a sniper rifle used to assassinate the Chief of Defence Staff. When Tom, now a fugitive, subdues Herman and tries to get him to turn himself in, Herman refuses, telling Tom he'd rather die knowing he destroyed his life. Later on, after [=MI-5=] corners Carmen in a safe house, Carmen admits to everything she and her husband planned before killing herself, [[TheBadGuyWins satisfied that her and Herman's plans succeeded]].
** "Diana": [[AWolfInSheepsClothing Angela Wells]] is a former MI-5 agent and covert operative working for a group of government conspirators. After her fiancé, Peter Haigh, commits suicide when no one believed that MI-5 had Princess Diana murdered, Angela decided to prove his theory by force. Armed with explosives, Angela entered Thames House and forced various MI-5 operatives to prove Diana was murdered, or else she'll blow the whole building. After Ruth Evershed convinces Angela to surrender, Angela uses her grief over Peter to cajole Harry Pearce into letting her go, only to steal a document that left the Royal Family's security vulnerable. Angela fools MI-5 into evacuating the Royal Family into a bunker she installed a bomb inside of and nearly kills them. When her plans fail, she retaliates by attacking Harry and Adam Carter with a sniper rifle before warning them that more attacks with ensue in the future.
** "The Criminal": [[DoubleAgent Richard Dempsey]] is a former MI-6 agent believed to have turned traitor to the Balkans. In truth, Dempsey has been working undercover with Serbian war criminals General Marko Tezlia and Colonel Niko Grecic whilst also feeding crucial information back to England for his superiors' benefits. In order to preserve his cover, Dempsey willingly stopped Adam Carter from assassinating Tezlia, which led to Adam being tortured and almost killed. Several years later, after finding out he's being framed for the deaths of key witnesses testifying against Tezlia, Dempsey goes to Hungary and kills two hitmen sent to murder him before sneaking back into London and meeting Adam in private. Using clues his handler left behind, Dempsey successfully convinces Adam to help him find information that will exonerate him and implicate his superiors who betrayed him. After Grecic testifies against Tezlia and gets him arrested, Dempsey tracks down Grecic months later [[PayEvilUntoEvil and assassinates him as punishment for the crimes he committed]].
** ''The Greater Good'' (2015): [[BigBad Adem Qasim]] is the charismatic leader of a [[MiddleEasternTerrorists Middle-Eastern terrorist]] cell opting to dismantle the British government. After Qasim is broken out of a prison transport, he resumes his plans to attack the government while also figuring out that Erin Watts was working undercover in his organization. After mortally wounding Erin and forcing Harry Pearce to execute her, he agrees to help Harry expose a traitor in MI-5 in exchange for [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes being reunited with his wife]]. Qasim also has a suicide bomber kill the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and releases a live video requesting for the public to stand up against their oppressors. Upon learning that his wife was killed, Qasim accepts Harry's second offer to infiltrate MI-5 headquarters so long as he calls off his impending bombing on Oxford Circus. Qasim gives up his own men planning the bombing while simultaneously attacking MI-5 headquarters, successfully killing several MI-5 personnel during his siege.
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** Series 1 & 2: [[StealingFromTheTill Tessa Phillips]] is an MI-5 agent who's secretly stealing money from the government. Using fabricated confidential informants, Tessa repeatedly fools MI-5 into paying the informants small sums of cash so [[TheHandler she could later launder the money]] into her own bank account. After Zoe Reynolds uncovers the truth about Tessa, Tessa simply [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribes Zoe with ten thousand pounds]] to keep her silent. Later on, after Tessa is fired by Harry Pearce for her actions, she seeks revenge against him by posing as Harry's boss and fooling Sam Buxton into delivering confidential information to her in regards to the Chala Cartel. After seemingly agreeing to help MI-5, Tessa later exposes one of their informants and has her employers assassinate the cartel leader, [[TheBadGuyWins fleeing the country afterwards to avoid prosecution]] from Harry.
** Series 9: [[WildCard Vaughn Edwards]] is a mercenary and [[ConsummateLiar master deceiver]]. Seeking out a partner to help him with his schemes, Vaughn recruited John Bateman and used him to conduct unofficial operations for the British government. After the two successfully bomb a British embassy, Vaughn helps John kill Lucas North, a soon-to-be MI-5 agent, and [[KillAndReplace steal his identity]]. Fifteen years later, Vaughn seeks out John in London and blackmails him into stealing a government file known as Albany or else he'll expose his true identity to MI-5 and his former lover, Maya Lahan. After John repeatedly fails, Vaughn goes to Harry Pearce directly and threatens to reveal who was behind the embassy bombing. When John mortally wounds Vaughn to silence him for good, Vaughn [[DefiantToTheEnd uses his dying breath]] to tell John that he's nothing more than a killer pretending to be a hero.
** Series 9: [[WildCard Vaughn Edwards]] is a mercenary and [[ConsummateLiar master deceiver]]. Seeking out a partner to help him with his schemes, Vaughn recruited John Bateman and used him to conduct unofficial operations for the British government. After the two successfully bomb a British embassy, Vaughn helps John kill Lucas North, a soon-to-be MI-5 agent, and [[KillAndReplace steal his identity]]. Fifteen years later, Vaughn seeks out John in London and blackmails him into stealing a government file known as Albany or else he'll expose his true identity to MI-5 and his former lover, Maya Lahan. After John repeatedly fails, Vaughn goes to Harry Pearce directly and threatens to reveal who was behind the embassy bombing. When John mortally wounds Vaughn to silence him for good, Vaughn [[DefiantToTheEnd uses his dying breath]] to tell John that he's nothing more than a killer pretending to be a hero.
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** [[UnholyMatrimony Herman and Carmen Joyce]] are an ex-CIA couple with a grudge against Tom Quinn. After their daughter, Lisa, is institutionalized due to a mental breakdown during an [=MI-5=] operation Tom recruited her for, Carmen opts to ruin Tom's life. She and Herman stage a car crash and [[DeathFakedForYou fake Herman's death]] before spending years plotting to frame Tom for an assassination. Herman murders an assassin in the Witness Protection program before traveling to London and fabricating documents to make it look like Tom's a traitor. After luring Tom, Danny, and Zoe to a farm for interrogation, Herman frees Tom to further implicate him, before drugging him and placing his fingerprints on a sniper rifle used to assassinate the Chief of Defence Staff. When Tom, now a fugitive, subdues Herman and tries to get him to turn himself in, Herman refuses, telling Tom he'd rather die knowing he destroyed his life. Later on, after [=MI-5=] corners Carmen in a safe house, Carmen admits to everything she and her husband planned before killing herself, [[TheBadGuyWins satisfied that her and Herman's plans succeeded]].
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** "Smoke and Mirrors" & "Project Friendly Fire": [[UnholyMatrimony Herman and Carmen Joyce]] are an ex-CIA couple with a grudge against Tom Quinn. After their daughter, Lisa, is institutionalized due to a mental breakdown during an [=MI-5=] operation Tom recruited her for, Carmen opts to ruin Tom's life. She and Herman stage a car crash and [[DeathFakedForYou fake Herman's death]] before spending years plotting to frame Tom for an assassination. Herman murders an assassin in the Witness Protection program before traveling to London and fabricating documents to make it look like Tom's a traitor. After luring Tom, Danny, and Zoe to a farm for interrogation, Herman frees Tom to further implicate him, before drugging him and placing his fingerprints on a sniper rifle used to assassinate the Chief of Defence Staff. When Tom, now a fugitive, subdues Herman and tries to get him to turn himself in, Herman refuses, telling Tom he'd rather die knowing he destroyed his life. Later on, after [=MI-5=] corners Carmen in a safe house, Carmen admits to everything she and her husband planned before killing herself, [[TheBadGuyWins satisfied that her and Herman's plans succeeded]].
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** "The Criminal": [[DoubleAgent Richard Dempsey]] is a former MI-6 agent believed to have turned traitor to the Balkans. In truth, Dempsey has been working undercover with Serbian war criminals General Marko Tezlia and Colonel Niko Grecic whilst also feeding crucial information back to England for his superiors' benefits. In order to preserve his cover, Dempsey willingly stopped Adam Carter from assassinating Tezlia, which led to Adam being tortured and almost killed. Several years later, after finding out he's being framed for the deaths of key witnesses testifying against Tezlia, Dempsey goes to Hungary and kills two hitmen sent to murder him before sneaking back into London and meeting Adam in private. Using clues his handler left behind, Dempsey successfully convinces Adam to help him find information that will exonerate him and implicate his superiors who betrayed him. After Grecic testifies against Tezlia and gets him arrested, Dempsey tracks down Grecic months later [[PayEvilUntoEvil and assassinates him as punishment for the crimes he committed]].
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** [[ProfessionalKiller Ali Mohammed Yazdi]] is an assassin working for the the Al-Kahf terrorist cell. After receiving a contract to murder Middle-Eastern diplomat Prince Hakim, Yazdi uses his connections with a smuggling operation to sneak into Britain. Upon being discovered by Adam Carter and offered a deal to become a [[TheMole double agent]], Yazdi begrudgingly takes the deal to fool [=MI-5=] into [[FakeDefector believing he's turned]]. While working for [=MI-5=], Yazdi gives up the name of one of his contacts and surreptitiously forces him to give up Prince Hakim's name, all while pretending that the Al-Kahf are planning another terrorist attack to divert [=MI-5=]'s suspicion. Once [=MI-5=] brings Prince Hakim in for questioning and put him in the same room as Yazdi, Yazdi swiftly kills the prince using [[ImprovisedWeapon nothing but his own glasses]].
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** "Road Trip": [[ProfessionalKiller Ali Mohammed Yazdi]] is an assassin working for the the Al-Kahf terrorist cell. After receiving a contract to murder Middle-Eastern diplomat Prince Hakim, Yazdi uses his connections with a smuggling operation to sneak into Britain. Upon being discovered by Adam Carter and offered a deal to become a [[TheMole double agent]], Yazdi begrudgingly takes the deal to fool [=MI-5=] into [[FakeDefector believing he's turned]]. While working for [=MI-5=], Yazdi gives up the name of one of his contacts and surreptitiously forces him to give up Prince Hakim's name, all while pretending that the Al-Kahf are planning another terrorist attack to divert [=MI-5=]'s suspicion. Once [=MI-5=] brings Prince Hakim in for questioning and put him in the same room as Yazdi, Yazdi swiftly kills the prince using [[ImprovisedWeapon nothing but his own glasses]].
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