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1''"Your life depends on us."''
2
3This is the character sheet for ''Series/{{Spooks}}''.
4
5''Warning: As the series is now finished, and given the high cast turnover rate, there will be marked and unmarked spoilers.''
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7[[foldercontrol]]
8
9!![=MI5=] Section D Staff (as of Series 10)
10
11[[folder:Sir Harry Pearce]]
12[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harry_pearce.jpg]]
13-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PeterFirth
14The head of Section D, Harry Pearce is the central character at the core of the show, and is the only character to be in every season. He is known for his firm but fair leadership, as well as defending his operatives from trouble. Harry is a skilled spy, with experience dating back to the Cold War and Northern Ireland, but has more than a few skeletons in his closet...
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16* BerserkButton: Don't make fun of his team, especially if one of them died in the line of duty. The defecting Russian spy master got a 9mm in the chest for his trouble.
17* BewareTheNiceOnes: AFatherToHisMen and stern, albeit fair in his treatment of them. Kill his fellow agents however, and he will bend the rules, if not outright ''break'' them to put you in a hole in the ground.
18* DarkAndTroubledPast: Usually related to his time during the Cold War and Northern Ireland.
19* DeadpanSnarker: Although this applies to most of the ''Spooks'' characters, especially when the Americans are involved, Harry makes it something of an art form.
20* HeroicBSOD: It takes 10 series, but the death of [[spoiler: Ruth]] finally pushes him into one.
21* INeedAFreakingDrink: Regularly seen pouring himself a glass of scotch after a hard day. When he is interrogated in one episode, his interrogator states that part of the profile of a traitor is recourse to hard liquor; Harry retorts that this would apply to most people in the service.
22* LukeIMightBeYourFather: [[spoiler: To Sasha Gavrik.]]
23* MysteriousPast: Harry's actions during the Cold War and Northern Island are mentioned but never full revealed. However, certain events during the former do become major plot points in the final few series.
24* OfficerAndAGentleman: He trained at Sandhurst, and had an impressive military career before being recruited to MI-5 during the Cold War.
25* PapaWolf: Harry is ''incredibly'' protective of his agents, and you will have hell to pay if you are responsible for threatening them. In fact, he will go ''off the record'' just to make you pay the price.
26* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In the first two series he is closer to DaChief, but he becomes more willing to break the rules along with his agents than he was in earlier series. This doesn't mean he was ''never'' adverse to bending them, however.
27* TranquilFury: ''Don't'' fuck with his agents. [[spoiler: Osbourne, Katchimov, Blake and Maltby were on the receiving end of this.]]
28* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Harry was divorced by his wife many years ago, as the stress of his lifestyle became too much for her. He also has a son who developed a drug addiction, and a daughter with whom he has a strained relationship.
29* TheSpymaster: [[spoiler: As well as his own domestic network, he is one of the masterminds of Sugarhorse, a top-secret network of Western-sympathetic agents in the former Soviet Union.]]
30[[/folder]]
31
32[[folder:Dimitri Levendis]]
33[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dimitrilevendis.jpg]]
34-->'''Portrayed by:''' Max Brown
35Section D field officer in Series 9 & 10. Formerly a Special Forces trooper (the Special Boat Service to be precise). [[spoiler: He is one of the few officers besides Harry to survive until the end.]]
36
37* AffectionateNickname: "The Admiral", by [[TheNicknamer Calum]].
38* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Lucas.]]
39[[/folder]]
40
41[[folder:Erin Watts]]
42[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/erin_1.jpg]]
43--->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/LaraPulver
44Section Chief during the final series. Also served as provisional Head of Counter-Terrorism between series nine and ten.
45
46* ActionMom: She is one of the few officers to have a child, and this is set up to challenge Harry and Ruth's cynicism about the possibility of having a meaningful personal life outside of work.
47* KilledOffForReal: In TheMovie.
48[[/folder]]
49
50[[folder:Calum Reed]]
51[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spookscalum1.jpg]]
52-->'''Portrayed by:''' Geoffrey Streatfield
53Junior Case Officer in series ten, brought on by Erin Watts to replace Beth Bailey. His knowledge of electronics is on par with Tariq, and the two of them often work on that aspect of missions together. [[spoiler:Until Tariq dies.]]
54
55* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Is killed off unceremoniously in TheMovie.
56* ThoseTwoGuys: With Tariq, to the point of being Malcolm and Colin, part two. [[spoiler:Takes it hard when Tariq dies in front of him at the steps of Thames House.]]
57[[/folder]]
58
59!!Former Section D Staff (Beware of Spoilers)
60[[folder:Tom Quinn]]
61[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tomquinn.jpg]]
62-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MatthewMacfadyen
63Chief of Section D, Tom is the central character of the show in Series 1-3. An incredibly skilled operative, who increasingly found it difficult to reconcile his personal life with his work life, eventually leading to his being decommissioned. [[spoiler:He later reappears in a brief cameo in the final episode as a private assassin who is hired by Harry to kill those responsible for Ruth's death.]]
64
65* AllThereInTheManual: Supplementary material says that he married Christine Dale and set up a security consultancy.
66* BrokenAce: Originally a rising star in the security services. He becomes increasingly disillusioned.
67* BrokenSmile: Increasingly throughout Series 2.
68* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Makes a brief appearance in the series finale.]]
69* DespairEventHorizon: The death of the wife of a Colombian drug lord who was being used as a mole by [=MI5=] finally pushes him over this.
70* PutOnABus: Decommissioned after his conflict with the morality of the job began to interfere with operations.
71* RealMenGetShot: In the first season. This was also before guns became more common on the show.
72* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Tom finds this out the hard way.
73[[/folder]]
74
75[[folder:Zoe Reynolds]]
76[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zoereynolds.jpg]]
77-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KeeleyHawes
78Junior Case Officer for Section D from Series 1-3.
79
80* BrokenPedestal: She very much admired Tessa, and was distraught to find out that she was running phantom agents to pocket their payroll.
81* CunningLinguist: An Oxford graduate in Modern Languages. In Season 2 she is seen translating Serbian, and she is also revealed to be fluent in German.
82* HoneyTrap: Her specialty when she has to go undercover. She gets incriminated on manslaughter based on this trope after she seduced someone to kill a person who was supposedly a plainclothes officer.
83* JustFriends: With Danny after she was recruited to [=MI5=] together with him and Tom. Some background material does suggest that she does care for Danny over time after she was told by Harry to leave London and has secretly sent postcards to the UK to let her know of his thoughts. However, Special Branch officers intercept them from time to time and later turn them over to [=MI5=].
84* TheExile: After the court finds her guilty of manslaughter and conspiracy to murder during a [=MI5=] op against Turkish organized criminal groups, Harry manages to secure a deal whereby she escapes jail time by taking on a new identity and moving to Chile. Zoe has no choice but to accept it and takes the opportunity to [[StartingANewLife start over]] there with Will, who moves from London to be with her.
85[[/folder]]
86
87[[folder:Danny Hunter]]
88[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dannyhunter.jpg]]
89-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DavidOyelowo
90Junior Case Officer for Section D from Series 1-3.
91
92* TheDandy: The team regularly tease him for his penchant for nice clothes and grooming:
93 -->'''Zoe:''' You, in the army? They don't do designer khaki, mate.
94* JustFriends: With Zoe after he got recruited to [=MI5=]. Many characters in the three seasons try to avert this by lampshading that he's got feelings for her and that he doesn't want to get in her way. This includes Will, who isn't fooled by his insistence that he's just a really good friend.
95* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:His final words to the terrorist holding him and Fiona hostage: "Fuck you, you death-worshipping fascist!"]]
96* ManlyTears: His first and only kill really does disturb him emotionally.
97* MoneyFetish: Upbraided by Harry for fiddling with his credit rating in one episode. However, this makes him a natural at stockbroking when placed undercover in a bank.
98* TokenMinority: As the only black member of the team, Danny bitterly hints at suspecting that this might be why he was recruited. Given his top-of-the-class technical aptitude and surveillance skills, however, this would appear to be unfounded.
99[[/folder]]
100
101[[folder:Helen Flynn]]
102[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/helen_flynn.jpg]]
103-->'''Portrayed by:''' Lisa Faulkner
104Junior Case Officer for Section D in Series 1.
105
106* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Hand and face burned in a chip pan then shot in the head.
107* DeadStarWalking: Promoted as a regular character, but violently killed in the second episode. This caused such a huge public response that the BBC would continue doing this in their genre shows for the rest of the decade, to increasingly diminishing returns as it became predictable.
108* WeHardlyKnewYe: Her death only two episodes into the first season was extremely shocking, and was the first of many signs that this is a show where AnyoneCanDie.
109[[/folder]]
110
111[[folder:Malcolm Wynn-Jones]]
112[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malcolmwynnjones.jpg]]
113-->'''Portrayed by:''' Hugh Simon
114Technician and Data Analyst for Section D from Series 1-8, when he retires. He also makes an appearance in Series 9.
115
116* CrosswordPuzzle: When Adam wants something decoded quickly, he says "Quick as one of your crossword puzzles".
117* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
118* MacGyvering: During a grid lockdown, he and Colin manage to build a robot with which to communicate with the outside world using only the materials in their office.
119* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: There is virtually no technical subject, from computer security to chemical weapons to explosives, that Malcolm does not seem to be an expert on.
120[[/folder]]
121
122[[folder:Colin Wells]]
123[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/colinwells.jpg]]
124-->'''Portrayed by:''' Rory [=MacGregor=]
125Technician and Data Analyst for Section D from Series 1-5.
126
127* CrosswordPuzzle: Apparently a big fan of cryptic crosswords.
128* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Of all the team, Colin is the most harmless and the least regularly exposed to danger, which made his execution at the hands of rogue [=MI6=] officers all the more cruel.]]
129* ThoseTwoGuys: While it is clear that Malcolm and Colin are best friends, the significance of it for the two background characters becomes clear when [[spoiler: Colin dies]], and Malcolm angrily tells Harry "He wasn't just some geek who did crossword puzzles, he was my bloody best friend!"
130[[/folder]]
131
132[[folder:Tessa Phillips]]
133[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tessaphillips.jpg]]
134-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JennyAgutter
135Senior Intelligence Analyst during the first series. Also listed as Chief of Section K.
136
137* TheBusCameBack: After getting fired at the end of series one, she makes a one-scene cameo in the middle of season two, before showing up with a private firm near the end of that same series.
138* OnlyInItForTheMoney: By the time of the series, she's using her position as Senior Intel Analyst and Section Chief to set up "Phantom Agents", i.e. non-existent contacts, in order to pocket their bribes for her own profit. Her unsuccessful attempt to buy off Zoe is what led to her downfall.
139* PutOnABus: After being terminated by Harry.
140* TheBadGuyWins: In her second series two appearance, she uses her position to compromise an MI-5 op, getting one of Tom and Zoe's contacts killed in the process. After sending a video to Harry where she gloats about what she's done, she flees the country and is never caught.
141* TheHandler: She's in charge of a wide portfolio of assets. Unfortunately, not all of them are real people.
142[[/folder]]
143
144[[folder:Sam Buxton]]
145[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sambuxton.jpg]]
146-->'''Portrayed by:''' Shauna Macdonald
147Administrative officer in Section D, recruited to the team straight from training.
148
149* NaiveNewcomer: At times she can come across as this; she is new to the team and the job, and she gets thrown in on what the much more experienced Zoe calls the Day from Hell.
150* PutOnABus: Transferred to GCHQ in light of her grief over [[spoiler:Danny's death.]]
151[[/folder]]
152
153[[folder:Ruth Evershed]]
154[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ruthevershed.jpg]]
155-->'''Portrayed by:''' Nicola Walker
156A senior intelligence analyst. Ruth was seconded to Section D from GCHQ in 2003 (Season 2); this was her dream job, as she hated GCHQ for having "too many bloody mathematicians". As part of her transfer, [[spoiler:she was required to pass details of [=MI5=]'s operations on to GCHQ. Tom discovered this, and quickly turned her]]. She is present from Season 2 to Season 5, and again from Season 8 to the finale of Season 10.
157
158* BewareTheNiceOnes: One of the friendliest team members, but she's [[spoiler:not above threatening lives or beating people with branches.]]
159* BrainyBrunette
160* CunningLinguist: She is fluent in Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Latin, Greek, Mandarin, and Wu; though apparently her Cantonese is appalling.
161* EncyclopaedicKnowledge: To the extent that she won University Challenge as an undergraduate, and was asked back for their Champion of Champions series.
162* GirlFriday: To Harry Pearce, [[spoiler:even at the end of series 10, when she technically no longer works for him.]]
163* HiddenDepths: Ruth sings in choirs, and her personnel file notes that she's taken self defence classes too.
164* ItGetsEasier: She laments that she's become completely desensitised to the horrible things she sees in her work, and feels that it's left her "dead inside".
165* KindheartedCatLover: Has a cat named Fidget, and is one of the nicest people on the team.
166* MarriedToTheJob: The few scenes we get of Ruth outside work show that she's unable to put it aside, even sneaking secret documents home at the weekend to read.
167* PlayfulHacker: No security system is safe from Ruth, but she's only in it for information.
168* SignificantWardrobeShift: When she first joins [=MI5=], Ruth wears bright colours, heavy makeup, and a charm necklace. By the [[spoiler: time she leaves, almost entirely burnt out from the experience]] she's almost entirely wearing blacks and greys, minimal subtle makeup, and the jewellery is long gone. Though it reflects her change in attitude, it also shows how much more professional she's become.
169* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The common theme with her romances.
170* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Harry - it builds slowly at first, and becomes a recurring plot point by series 5 onwards.
171* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Harry. [[spoiler:Tragically, she dies before they can.]]
172[[/folder]]
173
174[[folder:Adam Carter]]
175[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adamcarter.jpg]]
176-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RupertPenryJones
177An agent from [=MI6=] that Harry "borrows", Adam becomes a permanent addition to the team, taking over Tom's role as Section Head (and central character) from Series 3-7. [[spoiler: He is killed in the first episode of Series 7 attempting to get a car bomb away from a populated area.]]
178
179* HeroicBSOD: Several times in Season 5, [[spoiler:revealed in the season finale to be the delayed effects of PTSD and [[SurvivorGuilt survivor guilt]] after his wife Fiona's death in the previous season.]]
180* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dies driving a car rigged with explosives to an empty square so that there would be no civilian casualties; had he bailed a few seconds earlier, he might have survived.]]
181* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Played with when Ruth accidentally calls him Tom, but ultimately averted. Although it is clear that Adam is the same kind of character as Tom, it is averted by the fact that Adam is introduced while Tom is still around (albeit on the run), thereby higlighting their contrasts; Adam has a more casual and affable persona, in addition to his qualities as TheAce. Also, it helps that Tom is more or less [[BrokenAce broken]] at this point. However, after Tom leaves, it is clear to Adam that the team don't entirely trust him as a replacement.
182* TortureTechnician: Adam was tortured when his cover was blown in Syria, and this seems to have affected his behaviour. His interrogation methods at several points cross the line into outright torture, including sleep deprivation, constant loud noise, stress positions, and tricking the prisoner into consuming laxative-laced water.
183* WigDressAccent: He first appears as a crazy homeless man, who stumbles upon Zoe, Danny, Sam, Ruth and Malcolm having a secret meeting while on the run. However, he quickly breaks character to tell them that they are being bugged and followed, before gaining them time by disrupting their pursuers.
184[[/folder]]
185
186[[folder:Fiona Carter]]
187[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fionacarter.jpg]]
188-->'''Portrayed by:''' Olga Sosnovska
189Adam's wife and a senior case officer seconded from MI-6 at Adam's request, partly so that she could spend more time with her husband and son. Present from series 3 until series 4, [[spoiler: when she is killed by her Syrian ex-husband]].
190
191* DarkAndTroubledPast: No one except Adam knows her real name, and with very good reason.
192* HoneyTrap: She helps to bring down a corrupt media mogul this way.
193* TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler:Her last words: "Take care of Wes. Promise me you will."]]
194[[/folder]]
195
196[[folder:Zafar Younis]]
197[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zaf.jpg]]
198-->'''Portrayed by:''' Raza Jaffrey
199A Junior Case Officer in Section D from Series 3 to Series 6. He was transferred at Adam's request for a mission involving an Islamic terror cell - [[spoiler: which turns into the kidnapping of Danny and Fiona]]. His move is made more permanent in Series 4. [[spoiler: Kidnapped by two different mercenary groups at the start of series six, and later tortured to death.]]
200
201* TokenReligiousTeammate: Justified in that Zaf's background allows him to infiltrate Islamic terror cells more convincingly than others. Also subverted in that while Zaf is of a Muslim background, he's not very devout - though he does find misrepresentations of his culture and religion annoying.
202[[/folder]]
203
204[[folder:Joanna "Jo" Portman]]
205[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jo_portman_e1cf3212_5dde_4f89_91f2_413ce88343a_resize_750.jpg]]
206-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MirandaRaison
207A field operative in Section D from Series 4 to Series 8. Formerly an aspiring journalist, Adam recruited her himself when she showed unusual tenacity and guile in finding out who he was, alerting Zaf and Ruth to an approaching kill squad, and gaining an hour of phone recording of the villains. She was active until Series 8.
208
209* ActionGirl: More so later on.
210* BulletproofHumanShield: [[spoiler:Her death subverts this. When Ros is forced to shoot Finn to stop him from detonating an explosive, the bullet goes through him and into Jo (who was restraining him), killing them both.]]
211* Heroic BSOD: During Series 7. [[spoiler: When she and Adam were captured by the Redbacks, she was not only tortured, but repeatedly raped. She has frequent visions of her attacker, which distress her to the point of compromising missions and even endangering her life.]]
212* BoyishShortHair: Series 6 and 7. Series 8 saw her grow it back to where it was in series 5.
213* IntrepidReporter: Her introduction fits this.
214* TookALevelInBadass: Though she was cunning and resourceful to begin with, by Series 5 she had become noticeably more physically capable.
215[[/folder]]
216
217[[folder:Rosalind "Ros" Myers]]
218[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rosalindmyers.jpg]]
219-->'''Portrayed by:''' Hermione Norris
220First introduced as an [=MI6=] section chief [[spoiler: and a member of Collingwood's conspiracy]], she leaves Six and joins [=MI5=] [[spoiler: after betraying said cabal]]. Took the rank of Senior Case Officer and served as number two to Adam Carter in series five and six, and succeeded him as Section Chief in series seven. [[spoiler: Killed in a hotel explosion at the end of series eight.]]
221
222* DefrostingIceQueen: Series eight sees Ros undergoing this to some extent. Shows up most obviously in the fourth episode, during an exchange with a drug addict who shares a noticeable resemblance to [[spoiler: recently deceased officer Jo Portman]].
223* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Adam does this for her when she is about to be killed by Yalta. She returns in the next season on a mission in Moscow.]]
224* FireAndIcePersonality: Normally presents herself as being very cool and collected but can become very emotional with little warning.
225* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dies in a hotel explosion, while trying to rescue the Home Secretary.]]
226* NotSoStoic: She can become extremely emotional and panicky.
227[[/folder]]
228
229[[folder:Connie James]]
230[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/connie_james.jpg]]
231-->'''Portrayed by:''' Gemma Jones
232Senior Intel Analyst for Section D in series six and seven. Had previously served in the same role before retiring prior to the start of the series. Harry initially seeks her out because her flat is located on top of a decommissioned bioweapons lab [[spoiler: which the team members use to interrogate intelligence operatives who might know of an antidote to a viral outbreak]]. During this, he re-recruits her to the section. [[spoiler: Dies at the end of series seven, when the conventional detonator of a just-disarmed suitcase nuke goes off in her face.]]
233
234* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler: Sadly, against another section member.]]
235* LadyDrunk: Displays aspects of this trope.
236* NeverMessWithGranny: [[spoiler: And never be alone in a room with Connie and a garrotte.]]
237* RunningGag: She still frequently refers to the FSB as the [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre KGB]], not having noticed much of a substantial difference since the name change.
238* TheMole: [[spoiler:Double subverted. Initially falling under suspicion of this midway through series seven, an audiotape from her dead ex-lover (one of the Sugarhorse name-holders) initially cleared her. TheReveal that she was recruited to the FSB as a double-agent ''in the 80s'', and had passed the names of Sugarhorse operatives to the Russians, came in her second to last episode. She also framed Harry for the same, and later killed Ben Kaplan after realizing he had easily accessible evidence of this.]]
239* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Her decision to disarm the nuke, even after realizing the conventional detonator will blow up seconds after the nuclear core is removed. Also takes the opportunity to confess to selling out Lucas to the Russians.]]
240** [[spoiler: Averted in-universe, at least to those in charge of the dead officers memorial, which skips straight from "B. Kaplan" to "J. Portman".]]
241[[/folder]]
242
243[[folder:Ben Kaplan]]
244[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/benkaplan.jpg]]
245-->'''Portrayed by:''' Alex Lanipekun
246Junior Case Officer in series six and seven. First introduced as a journalist in a casual relationship with Jo, he becomes embroiled in the activities of Section D after pursuing a story concerning Adam Carter. Joins [=MI5=] full-time at the end of series six. [[spoiler: Throat slashed by Connie James in the seventh episode of series seven.]]
247[[/folder]]
248
249[[folder:Lucas North [[spoiler:aka John Bateman]]]]
250[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portallucas_north.jpg]]
251-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RichardArmitage
252Tom Quinn's predecessor as Section Chief, prior to the start of the series. Imprisoned in Russia for eight years after a botched operation, he was returned to [=MI5=] at the start of series seven, and quickly reinstated as a Senior Case Officer. Spent two series as Ros Myers' number two, before regaining his post of Section Chief in series nine. [[spoiler: Threw himself from a rooftop in the last episode of series nine, after his MysteriousPast prior to [=MI5=] was brought into the open.]]
253
254* BrokenAce: Comes packaged this way. In fact, press material from Kudos basically says this and also that he's trying to rebuild his skills and regain his former prominence.
255* DarkAndTroubledPast: His lengthy imprisonment gives him some major issues, especially when it becomes plot-relevant. Combined with MysteriousPast in regard to his pre-[=MI5=] backstory.
256* DecoyBackstory: Lucas North was initially presented in series 7 as an upstanding British agent who'd spent years rotting in a Russian jail cell, suffering from torture but staying loyal to the Crown. [[spoiler:Then, series 9 revealed he was ''actually'' just ... '''some guy''' named John Bateman who was living like a lout in North Africa when he stole the real Lucas North's documents and somehow got away with masquerading as an intelligence officer for over a decade. This revelation coincided with a plotline in the present day where somebody who knew Bateman's real identity blackmailed him into giving up state secrets. It ended with Bateman guilty of murdering innocents, his old lover dead, and him jumping off a building to kill himself after being cornered.]] To say this {{Retcon}} was not well-received by fans is an understatement.
257* HeroicBSOD: Has a few of these in series seven and eight due to his imprisonment. [[spoiler: Maya's death pushes him into one that leads to his suicide.]]
258* DrivenToSuicide: Reaches this at one point in his imprisonment. Flashbacks show his attempt to hang himself - an attempt interrupted by his lead torturer, Darshavin, helping to further imply that Lucas might be Stockholmed.
259** [[spoiler: Reaches it again at the end of series nine. This time, no one stops him...]]
260* InterrogatedForNothing: For years, he was subjected to [[EnhancedInterrogationTechniques waterboarding]] for information about 'Sugarhorse', which he knew nothing about. [[spoiler: Though Harry did.]]
261* LossOfIdentity: [[spoiler:Undergoes this after becoming trapped between "Lucas the Hero" and "John the Monster". Ultimately kills himself after being unable to reconcile the two, and destroying everything he cared about in both lives in the process.]]
262* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Sort of. Straight after he gets back, Lucas asserts that being in a Russian prison has made him stronger and more wary than ever; Harry retorts that he's half-starved and running purely on adrenaline.
263* TheDogBitesBack: To his former torturers Katchimov and Darshavin when each tires to manipulate him when he gets back to England.
264* TheMole: Subverted and Inverted. Seen passing intel to Russian contact and ex-wife Elizavieta, he later reveals that it was "junk intel" designed to get the Russians to trust him so he could find out their plot against Britain. Spends the next several episodes pumping his Russian connections for information to help [=MI5=] in its own mole-hunt.
265* StockholmSyndrome: {{Invoked}} by Harry concerning Lucas and his former torturer Darshavin. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted.]]
266[[/folder]]
267
268[[folder:Tariq Masood]]
269[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tariqmasood.jpg]]
270-->'''Portrayed by:''' Shazad Latif
271Technician and Data Analyst. Hired in the second episode of series eight as a replacement for Malcolm. [[spoiler: Poisoned in the second episode of series ten.]]
272[[/folder]]
273
274[[folder:Beth Bailey]]
275[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bethbailey.jpg]]
276-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SophiaMyles
277A mercenary and one-time applicant to [=MI5=], first introduced in the series nine premiere posing as a prostitute while pursuing the same target as Lucas and Dmitri. After her assistance on the mission proves vital to stopping a terrorist attack on London, Lucas presses Harry to re-evaluate her application, leading to her officially joining Section D at the outset of the next episode.
278
279* DamselInDistress: Frequently gets herself captured and needs to be rescued.
280* DarkAndTroubledPast: Comes up in episode two. Turns out she once dealt arms to a Columbian drug lord, whom she ended up ripping off. Said drug lord comes after her and nearly compromises an [=MI5=] op, which nearly gets her fired right then and there.
281* PutOnABus: In between series nine and ten. While Harry is temporarily suspended for his handling of the Albany affair, his stand-in Erin Watts fires Beth due to her unsavory past.
282[[/folder]]
283
284!!Other agency personnel
285
286[[folder:Jools Siviter]]
287[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joolssiviter.jpg]]
288--'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/HughLaurie
289[=MI6=] Section Chief in Series 1.
290
291* AtTheOperaTonight: Siviter is particularly fond of Wagner.
292* InterserviceRivalry: With [=MI5=].
293* RefugeInAudacity: His golden moment comes when his phone goes off at the opera.
294-->'''Woman:''' Do you mind awfully not doing that?\
295'''Siviter:''' Are you a Nazi, madam?\
296'''Woman''': I beg your pardon?\
297'''Siviter:''' I mean, we Wagner fans are a rum lot. I myself bugger skinheads. So kindly don't tell me what I can or cannot do.
298[[/folder]]
299
300[[folder:Christine Dale]]
301[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/christinedale.jpg]]
302-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MeganDodds
303CIA agent stationed in London, and later [[spoiler:love interest to Tom Quinn]]. Appears in Series 1-2, and briefly in 3.
304
305* BelligerentSexualTension: With Tom.
306* ItsAllAboutMe: Or at least, all about the United States, in the eyes of the Grid team.
307* {{Tsundere}}: She reveals to Tom that the reason she acts so demanding and aggressive during the security arrangements for the President's visit is that it's her first major assignment, and her superiors are just waiting for her to screw it up.
308[[/folder]]
309
310[[folder:Michael Collingwood]]
311[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/michaelcollingwood.jpg]]
312-->'''Portrayed by:''' Nicholas Jones
313Head of Counter-Terrorism at [=MI6=] at the beginning of series five. [[spoiler: Also the visionary of a conspiracy working to turn Britain into a virtual police state.]]
314
315* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:A firm believer of "saving the village by burning it down". First manipulates al-Qaeda cells into attacking Britain, then stages his own terrorist attacks, all in the name of getting a series of anti-terrorism measures in place that would effectively erase civil liberties in the name of national security. He also assassinates and then discredits key members of Parliament who oppose his plans, and later throws others in jail.]]
316* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:To Harry.]]
317[[/folder]]
318
319[[folder:Oliver Mace]]
320[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oliver_mace.jpg]]
321--'''Portrayed by:''' Tim [=McInnery=]
322Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
323
324* KnightTemplar: Though slightly less so than Collingwood; Oliver Mace saw the Tom Quinn incident as an opportunity to neuter and subjugate MI-5 for the government's purposes.
325* SmugSnake: Never seems to have quite the control on his various gambits as other characters in similar positions of power. Dear god is he arrogant about said position, though.
326[[/folder]]
327
328[[folder:Bob Hogan]]
329-->'''Portrayed by:''' Matthew Marsh
330Senior CIA liaison to the United Kingdom, stationed at the US embassy at Grosvenor House. [[spoiler: Having initially appeared as an enemy after feeding MI-5 false intelligence]], he and Harry have a relationship that is strained at best.
331
332* {{Eagleland}}: As well as being unambiguous about the supremacy of American interests and cavalier about the interests of other countries, Hogan has made his disdain for the UK and its place in the "special relationship" quite clear.
333* {{Turncoat}}: [[spoiler:He eventually leaves the CIA, and sells Adam and Jo over to the [[ColdBloodedTorture Redbacks.]]]]
334[[/folder]]
335
336[[folder:Arkady Katchimov]]
337--'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/Stuart Wilson
338The head of the FSB's London operations. He oversees the [[PrisonerExchange prisoner exchange]] in which the team gets back Lucas North after his eight year imprisonment in Russia. He intends to use Lucas as a mole in MI-5. [[spoiler: Shot dead by Harry as revenge for Adam Carter's death.]]
339
340* EvilCounterpart: To Harry.
341* TheChessmaster: How Lucas describes him.
342* WeHaveReserves: He sees officers, ultimately, as expendable resources.
343 -->'''Katchimov''': Adam Carter was a courageous fellow. But there are always more courageous fellows out there, waiting to step into the breach.
344[[/folder]]
345
346[[folder:Viktor Sarkisian]]
347-->'''Portrayed by:''' Peter Sullivan
348Katchimov's successor as head of the FSB's London operations. He runs the kill squad that hunts down Lucas, Ros, Harry and Connie in the Series 7 finale. [[spoiler: As a trade for assistance in finding and disarming the nuclear device threatening London, he kidnaps Harry and sells him on to Amish Mani, a rogue Indian secret service officer and nationalist fanatic who had had a part in a plot that Harry thwarted some years ago.
349
350* KarmicDeath: Shot dead by the same person he sold Harry on to.
351* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Ruthless and loyal to Russia they may be, but Viktor and his team live in London, some of them with families, which means that they are definitely ''not'' on board with [[spoiler: detonating a nuclear device in the city.]]
352[[/folder]]
353
354[[folder:Bernard Qualtrough]]
355-->'''Portrayed by:''' Richard Johnson
356A retired [=MI5=] spycatcher. Approached by Harry near the end of series seven, episode three, to help figure out who had compromised Operation Sugarhorse. Swiftly revealed to have ulterior motives in working with Harry.
357
358* MeaningfulName: Qualtrough's name is a cryptic reference to the spycatcher George Smiley, from the Le Carré novel and TV series Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Qualtrough is a gaelic spelling of the name McWalter. Phil McWalter was a member of the 1980s band Blanket of Secrecy, whose members used the codenames Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, and Spy to conceal their identities. McWalter was Spy. Soy was the mole in Le Carré's book
359* TheMole: Information provided by Lucas from memories of his torture lead to Harry discovering Qualtrough's treachery in the fifth episode. [[spoiler: Revealed to be Connie James' handler (and recruiter) two episodes later.]]
360* TreacherousAdvisor: The only person Harry feels he can talk to about [[spoiler: the breach in Sugarhorse]] is one of its conspirators.
361[[/folder]]
362
363[[folder:Sarah Caulfield]]
364[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sarahcaulfield.jpg]]
365-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GenevieveOReilly
366A CIA officer assigned to liaison with Section D at the beginning of series eight. Swiftly enters into a relationship with Lucas North. [[spoiler:Turns out to be an undercover Nightingale operative.]]
367
368* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler: As with the other CIA Nightingale operatives, is willing to push India and Pakistan into ''nuclear war'' for the sake of defeating Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.]]
369* TheMole: [[spoiler:For Nightingale. Revealed when she kills her station chief rather than be revealed as such.]]
370* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: At first, seems to be a very belated version of this for Christine Dale, right down to her relationship with Lucas. [[spoiler: Subverted due to her intentional duplicity.]]
371* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Shortly after her capture by Ros and Lucas, Nightingale sends an assassin to her hospital bed...]]
372[[/folder]]
373
374!!Members of government
375
376[[folder:Nicholas Blake MP]]
377-->'''Portrayed by:''' Robert Glenister
378[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nicholasblake.jpg]]
379The Home Secretary in the British government from Series 5 to Series 9. Harry regularly briefed and liaised with Blake, and he was one of the few politicians who Harry respected. [[spoiler: Killed by Harry at the beginning of Series 9, when it was revealed that he was one of the architects of [[TheConspiracy Nightingale]].]]
380
381* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the most part; he gives Harry leeway as far as the chains of office will allow.
382[[/folder]]
383
384[[folder:Andrew Lawrence MP]]
385[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/andrewlawrence.jpg]]
386-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TobiasMenzies
387Blake's successor as Home Secretary, when Blake is forced to resign over incriminating photographs. Suspected by the team of [[spoiler: being a Nightingale agent, he proves his heroism at the end when he dies with Ros in the hotel]].
388[[/folder]]
389
390[[folder:Juliet Shaw]]
391[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/julietshaw.png]]
392-->'''Portrayed by:''' Anna Chancellor
393National Security Coordinator in Series 4 and 5. She is described by Harry as right-wing and ruthless, determined to protect British interests at any costs. Their different ethics lead them to butt heads frequently, but Harry has a certain level of respect for Juliet. In series 5, she is paralysed from the waist down by a car bomb [[spoiler: set by Sir Jocelyn Myers' conspirators. She reappears toward the end of Series 6 as the head of Yalta.]]
394
395* DeepCoverAgent: [[spoiler:The ruthless, cut-throat politician who was apparently out to protect British interests at any cost is also the head of Yalta, a syndicate of influential individuals devoted to subverting American hegemony.]]
396[[/folder]]
397
398[[folder:William Towers, MP]]
399[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spooks_2010_williamtowers.jpg]]
400-->'''Portrayed by:''' Simon Russell Beale
401Successor to Lawrence (and an unidentified interim) as Home Secretary, starting at the outset of series nine. Ends up surviving to the end of the show.
402[[/folder]]
403
404!!Other antagonists
405[[folder:Finn Lambert]]
406-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PascalLangdale
407The leader of a group of terrorists who kidnap {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s to expose their crimes to the public via the Internet. Appears in series 8, episode 3.
408----
409* AmbiguousDisorder: His file hints at a history of violent behavior, and he shows a disturbing LackOfEmpathy to everyone who isn't Nina, including his own best friend. He becomes increasingly violent later in the episode, angrily shooting the phone line after [[spoiler:Robinov]] tries to convince him to back down and attacking one of his intended victims before he's even finished questioning him. He's seen taking medication at one point, which could indicate his behaviors are linked to an unspecified condition of some sort.
410* AxCrazy: He's disturbingly eager to get the trials started, goes into a [[LaughingMad chuckling fit]] after the first victim dies, and is quick to threaten his best friend when he gets cold feet. When [[spoiler:Robinov]] orders him to back down, he refuses, with the implication being that he recognizes the danger he's in but simply doesn't want to stop killing. Ros even calls him insane.
411* BilingualDialogue: He speaks both English and French.
412* BrainyBrunet: He won scholarships to Oxford and the Sorbonne when he was 17.
413* FauxAffablyEvil: Puts on a friendly façade when interrogating the businessmen. It makes his ruthlessness all the more chilling.
414* FrenchJerk: A French terrorist.
415* FromNobodyToNightmare: Lampshaded by Harry.
416-->'''Harry:''' Lambert may be bright, but it doesn’t explain how he went from small-time protestor to storming the Bendorff in under a year.
417* HeroKiller: His actions lead to the death of [[spoiler:Jo Portman.]]
418* NoSympathy: Exposing the corrupt elite sounds like a noble goal on paper, but Finn is willing to kill innocent people and hostages [[spoiler:and get funding from someone who is even worse than the men he plans to execute]] to achieve it.
419* OutlawCouple: With Nina.
420* PayEvilUntoEvil: He kidnaps the Bendorff group to force them to publicly confess to their crimes, and he believes that it is his responsibility to "pass sentence" onto them when they are (inevitably) found guilty. When his friend Rudy questions his methods, he responds that "[murder] is the only justice these people deserve."
421[[/folder]]
422[[folder:Nina Gevitsky]]
423-->'''Portrayed by:''' Antonia Campbell-Hughes
424A member of Finn's terrorist cell, and his lover.
425
426
427* AffectionateNickname: Finn calls her Ninochka. The "-chka" suffix is typically added to denote something the user finds cute, which means he's basically calling her "cute Nina".
428* HeelFaceTurn: She becomes increasingly horrified by Finn's brutality. Ros convinces her to turn on him and reopen the lift, allowing Jo to enter the bunker.
429* MoralityPet: Seems to be this for Finn. Despite his violent tendencies, he never threatens or harms her even after she turns on him. This is notable considering he shoots his best friend for trying to do the same.
430* OutlawCouple: With Finn.
431[[/folder]]
432
433!!Civilians
434
435[[folder:Wesley Carter]]
436-->'''Portrayed by:''' James Dicker
437Adam and Fiona's son. Though both adore him, the pressures of the job mean that neither of them get to spend as much time with him as they'd like. [[spoiler: When Fiona dies in Series 4, Wes is raised by his father, and a nanny called Jenny. Eventually, he loses his father too.]]
438* ParentsAsPeople: Though they try, MI-5 Field Officer might not be the ideal employment for parents who want to be there for their children.
439* RaisedByGrandparents: [[spoiler:After Adam's death.]]
440[[/folder]]
441
442[[folder:Catherine Townsend]]
443[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/catherine_townsend.png]]
444-->'''Portrayed by:''' Caroline Carver
445Harry's daughter, who took her mother's maiden name after the divorce. Harry hadn't seen Catherine for many years when she turned up on a mission they were running. She is a filmmaker and political activist, involved in the Palestinian liberation movement. She has a very complicated relationship with Harry, though she finally reconciles with him at the end of the episode, promising to call him and talk to him regularly. Harry, for his part, clearly loves and feels protective of her, though he still sees her as the naive, impulsive young girl he remembers before the divorce.
446
447* SheIsAllGrownUp: Harry has trouble putting aside his instinct to step in and protect her. Danny rather rebukes him for treating her like a silly little girl; he describes her as smart and funny.
448* VisitByDivorcedDad: Harry reveals himself after Danny reveals that he's an MI-5 officer. They finally reconcile after he shows her the poetry his wife was teaching to her A-Level English class when she was a baby, which makes Harry [[ManlyTears tear up]].
449[[/folder]]

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