I cast very strong aspersions against the decision in 3x07

I do, but... Ah, I dunno. It seems to be the arc for those doing this work: enthusiasm followed by cynicism and humanity-fueled rebellion. I guess he felt the need for a leap of faith, and Will's accusations probably hit fairly hard. He may have felt this was atonement for bungling the business with the photographs and the brother.

That said, the photograph they sent was deeply stupid. And I'm with you on wanting more Danny, more Danny. He's simply marvelous.

Ah, he didn't bungle the photograph thing in my view. He made the same assumption that Ruth did, and Zoe didn't pause to reassess the information. I think it was presented as a reasonable conclusion (one I was rooting for, but there you go), but the wrong (and unromantic) one.

I didn't even know 3x08 was up! I saw the preview and said, "Hmm, that dude looks awfully familiar," and did a double-take when I recognized him.

I don't know how I feel about Adam and Fiona. On one hand, it's refreshing they're showing a married couple on a show like this, but what little I've seen of Fiona kind of grated on me.

Vonnie, Fiona gets a lot of time in 308. And yeah, I didn't recognize Andy Serkis at all, and blinked in amazement when the name scrolled by in the credits. Even then it took me a moment to realize who it was. Despite those eyes.

You must all stop talking about Spooks until I get caught up.

I went and checked out Nos's LJ and read her S/J ship manifesto, which is deeply funny. Thanks for pointing me toward it!

He's watching a trainwreck and he just can't look away. But for him it's an oddly erotic trainwreck, because it suggests he could get sex at some point.

Jack then helpfully manages to almost die, which leads Sam to conclude that this would be the ideal time to jump his bones, preferrably with drawn-out emotional confessions beforehand. Jack is having none of this, realising in a rare moment of emotional functionality that death is really not the time for twu luv.

Heee!

You should catch up, Dana.

Oh, the manifesto is brilliant! I agree, I concur, I wish I could be that funny about it.

Damn you people and your Spooks watching!!!!

Nos is deeply insane, but also very very very funny and insightful.

I still think the S/J ship is wacked, but I'll read good stories about it, the same way I'll read good J/D stories. I have nothing vested in either ship, actually. Which I find rather entertaining. I don't think the writers intended the slash ship to be as supportable as the het ship, but the het ship was done so badly it rather is...