
The Lesser of Two Evils
Patrick McCann, the leader of an Irish splinter group, walks into a safe house armed with a grenade, and demands to speak to someone at MI5 about some crucial information he has on a Middle-Eastern terrorist group called Asabiyah.
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"The part of this episode that dealt with the IRA and the terrorism attack on the energy plant was great. The infighting about Patrick McCann and his killing of British agents was good stuff. Tessa got exposed as a corrupt agent, and that was good. The personal drama of the characters was boring. Unfortunately, too much time was once again spent of Tom's nagging girlfriend ("How can I trust you") and her moronically annoying kid. At the very end, Tom brings a bomb into his house, because he does not do any minimal checking of a laptop he got from a terrorist (McCann). So the bom..."
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The shots in the briefing room of Thames House in episode 6 used an angle never before used there, this was because the set was already partially pulled down when episode 6 was being filmed. The college where they were filming was condemned and due to be pulled down almost as soon as the crew left. For the second series the Grid was reconstructed at Pinewood Studios.
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Patrick McCann, the leader of an Irish splinter group, walks into a safe house armed with a grenade, and demands to speak to someone at MI5 about some crucial information he has on a Middle-Eastern terrorist group called Asabiyah.