Spooks Code 9

[r1ot]

Did anybody else see this?

I like spooks and the review in Radio Times didn't look promising but I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Ok so a 15 year old hitman is a bit far fetched but I'm looking forward to the next episode.

[mybrainhurts]

Wotwherewhen...?

[r1ot]

BBC3 now finished or iPlayer tommorow

[MonkeyHanger]

I thought the actors had been carved from oak they were so wooden.

Frankly they'd have done better to make a story of the attack on London rather than attempting to make an episode about a schoolboy assassin.

[Mattt]

Just watched it - seems like Spooks without a decent budget.

[FishFace]

Total st.

[interloper]

Toss, couldn't they afford proper actors (preferably over the age of 12) or a decent script? Oh and the direction is poor too, its like watching Hollyoaks with dramatic music and guns.

[fadeaway]

Rubbish.

If it was just the actors you'd give them another chance in case they improved or settled in to it. But the script was just awful. Couldn't take one more reference to how it was all about the team and how good the team were - when all the team ever did was continually mess up!

[cjs]

It was awful, I switched over after 10 minutes.

[Truckosaurus]

V Poor. I notice it had much more swearing than the 'adult' version of Spooks.

[superlightr]

I was waiting for Mrs McKlusky to come out and give them all detention and Mr Baxtor to glare at them. Rowland put that 9mm down. Zimmo to my office now!

I had the the theame for Grange Hill going on in my head the whole time.

[G C]

Utter bull.

I loved Spooks, but this was like a completely different, low budget pile of poo.

Now i'm upset and going to by the Spooks boxset at lunch.

Maybe that's their idea..

[southendpier]

superlightr said:

I was waiting for Mrs McKlusky to come out and give them all detention and Mr Baxtor to glare at them. Rowland put that 9mm down. Zimmo to my office now!

I had the the theame for Grange Hill going on in my head the whole time.

Zimmo: presuamably an older version of Zammo Maguire?

[E36GUY]

Was excited by a new variant on Spooks but bitterly disappointed. Crap plot, crap acting, just utter crap. Turned it off after 40 mins. Such a shame. The blonde was fit though.

[Gun]

Isn't this just Spooks with kids??

[briSk]

...so i just delete this off the PVR without watching it then..??!!

[Justayellowbadge]

briSk said:

...so i just delete this off the PVR without watching it then..??!!

Make room for something better.

Like the test card.

[hugepiece]

I thought that it was rubbish, it was such a letdown as the original Spooks was awesome, such a shame to ruin it by using the existing name for a poor imitation

[Technonotice]

I felt code 9 was a complete let down, whats with the teenage actors? surely even a make believe terrorist wouldn't take them seriously... Maybe it will get better as the series goes on..

Does anyone remember series 6 -episode 10 when Adam and Jo get kidnapped and tortured by those psycho assasins(red backs)?

Quite gripping and tense if i remember correctly..

[ali_kat]

cjs said:

It was awful, I switched over after 10 minutes.

I wanted to but the OH insisted on giving it longer, he lasted a further 2 minutes before turning over to The Long Way Round