MI-5 (TV Series) Episode #8.3 (2009) User Reviews

Rich men and their secrets

[Tweekums · 9/10 · 20 November 2009]

It was another exciting week for men and women of MI5 when a meeting of a group of eight of the worlds richest and most influential men is over run by terrorists and held in an underground bunker. Luckily Ros is on site providing security but unfortunately she had to lose her communications gear thus the rest of the team can't know what is happening in the bunker.

It soon becomes clear that the terrorists are going to put each of their wealthy hostages on "trail" for their companies' dubious activities in the third world. These trials are being aired live on the internet and the evidence is both detailed and embarrassing... so embarrassing that the Americans are threatening an air strike to silence them if MI5 or the police don't silence them first. Even though it is known that the terrorists have rigged the room with explosives it is decided that the room will be stormed rather than risk an international indecent. Things look like they might work out when Ros manages to convince one of the terrorists that their leader is less than sane; she unlocks the rooms lift which allows easier access to the room so one MI5 officer can go down and try to talk them out of it by explaining how their financial backer was just using them.

As with all Spooks episodes the cast do a great job and we feel that they are in real danger as we know what has happened to previous members of the team.

Can somebody shut off the lights?

[Johnny_West · 5/10 · 14 August 2022]

Eight billionaires meet at a luxury resort to smoke cigars, tell tall tales, and pat each other's backs. Crashing the party is a group of four anarchists who are going to try each billionaire for crimes against the world and then execute them.

Ros is at the party as a guest, and when all hell breaks loose, she gives MI-5 a heads up as to what is happening. The anarchists take the billionaires and their family and support staff down to a bunker under the resort. Their plan is to kill everyone and blow up the building.

However, before they can do that, they have to drill holes into all the concrete pillars to attach the bombs. Anybody with half a brain should have thought to shut off the electricity to the bunker. Nobody can drill holes without electricity. Nobody can send video of trials to the internet without electricity. The website should have been shut down too.

On NCIS, Criminal Minds, and The FBI, turning off the power is usually at the top of the list. Inside a bunker, without windows, the bunker would have been pitch-black if the lights were off. It seemed like MI-5 enabled the anarchists to broadcast the trial, the killing, and the website. Drama is great, but it would be better if the story made sense, and MI-5 were a step ahead instead of two steps behind.