Shown after the race riots that affected some northern towns in the summer of 2001.
Spooks tackle right wing white supremacists nowadays rebranded as the alt right and gained respectability with some politicians.
Harry Pearce wants to investigate Robert Osborne. Outwardly a respectable businessman but a man with neo nazi connections. He has the friendly ear of an independent MP who likes to inflame racial tensions especially after the events of 9/11.
With Zoe assigned to investigate the drowning of some illegal migrants. Tom Quinn teams up with the novice Helen Flynn as they go undercover as a married couple and try to befriend Robert Osborne's abused wife.
This episode was controversial because of the manner of death regarding one character. Ironically that person now presents cookery shows.
The episode also cleverly merges its two separate story lines as the right wing groups are involved in people smuggling so they can place immigration high in the political agenda.
I said in the review of the first episode that Spooks always came across as the spiritual successor of The Professionals. Whereas The Professionals always skirted as being right wing in my opinion and very much at home with Mrs Thatcher's Conservative government that came into power in 1979.
Spooks seemed to be closely allied with New Labour. We get a first glimpse of a Labour apparatchik who wants to make a positive spin of the events of the second episode.
Spooks tackle right wing white supremacists nowadays rebranded as the alt right and gained respectability with some politicians.
Harry Pearce wants to investigate Robert Osborne. Outwardly a respectable businessman but a man with neo nazi connections. He has the friendly ear of an independent MP who likes to inflame racial tensions especially after the events of 9/11.
With Zoe assigned to investigate the drowning of some illegal migrants. Tom Quinn teams up with the novice Helen Flynn as they go undercover as a married couple and try to befriend Robert Osborne's abused wife.
This episode was controversial because of the manner of death regarding one character. Ironically that person now presents cookery shows.
The episode also cleverly merges its two separate story lines as the right wing groups are involved in people smuggling so they can place immigration high in the political agenda.
I said in the review of the first episode that Spooks always came across as the spiritual successor of The Professionals. Whereas The Professionals always skirted as being right wing in my opinion and very much at home with Mrs Thatcher's Conservative government that came into power in 1979.
Spooks seemed to be closely allied with New Labour. We get a first glimpse of a Labour apparatchik who wants to make a positive spin of the events of the second episode.
