![]() Robert swears a few times because he seems to have no other vocabulary. This is the closest we’ve seen yet to the CIA agent a la Toby Stephens in Strike Back - the macho, arrogant cowboy riding in. ![]() Now, we’re back to the frontal shot of the Brandenburg Gate as three hummer-like vehicles speed urgently toward the embassy - they carry security personnel from Washington charged with reading everything at Berlin Station to make sure there are no other problems coming their way. They don’t usually answer their email on weekends, even.Įnd shot fades from Daniel watching Esther run away (no, he doesn’t seem to be looking at her butt) to Hector across the park, watching Daniel from a car. However, it’s definitely true that most Germans feel that when they’re not at work, they’re not at work. ![]() She tells him off: “The only thing I dislike more than predictable wit are invasions of my private time like this.” They are definitely setting themselves up for some angry … something. This is where we will see the images of Daniel in the knit hat that have been circulating for some time already. The shot adjusts itself to a frontal perspective. Next scene opens with overhead shot (!) of Esther on her morning run, pursued by Daniel. Robert (Leland Orser) discusses their problem with Steven in Berlin Station 1.3.īy the way, Robert, Germans frown on that kind of thing. (that’s why I noticed where they were “You want a psychic, they’re chock-a-block in Wuerzburg” is a reference to 101st Battalion Military Intelligence, located at Leighton Barracks. The theological faculty of the Humboldt University is on their right, in the Burgstr. They’re standing behind the Berliner Dom on the bridge at Bodestr. Not such an usual thing in Germany, arguably, but odd for an American couple.Ĭamera pans over the Spree near Mitte as Robert and Steven argue about their little thing that they’re worried out Shaw might uncover. (Is Provence part of the nightmare? Does he also dread retirement?) He and his wife are sleeping in different beds. But in this case, anyway, the scene is supposed to tell us that he’s tortured. I think we’re somehow supposed to sympathize with Steven - but I find it hard to for all kinds of reasons. I don’t know what to think about this so much after seeing the whole episode. Steven Frost (Richard Jenkins) views a video of Provence in his nightmare in Berlin Station 1.3. Segue to the Steven Frost dream sequence that EPIX leaked last week. My shoulders were tense.Įpisode opens with Steven Frost watching a video about Provence - so convincing that dad asked me if it was advertising. Unlike some critics I am not having a problem following the plot lines at all, but I did leave my first view of the third episode feeling a bit taken aback. Once again, I wasn’t bored - but felt overwhelmed by all the story that happened. And yet I still wonder if Daniel doesn’t have more secrets than we’re seeing at the moment. We learn, I think, that Daniel’s heart doesn’t really lie in running spies but rather in seeking out the truth. And these characters are very guarded we are getting the most emotion from Daniel but that isn’t saying much - his two most emotional scenes (another one with his cousin, referencing the past, and one with Gemma Moore, in which he looks discouraged) are rather subdued. The scenes are just shock revelation after shock revelation. At this point, the show is still hinting rather than telling (with the exception of what it has to say about Steven) on a personal level. The early publicity told us that this show would have a lot to say about the characters’ private lives, and in some ways it does, but it’s mostly, so far about the betrayals they are involved in. Sometimes I like them sometimes I think they are being overused.Īs noted above, I’m getting the sense that this show “works” very differently from Spooks (for better or for worse). New director, Christoph Schrewe? Do we see differences? I do feel like this episode was less visually dark than the last two - Michael Roskam’s signature is that murky atmosphere - but am not sure how Hagen Bogdanski would influence this, and there is still plenty of murk here, too. Plenty of intensity from the show, thought - particularly the first eleven minutes are quite energetically paced. So not as much intensity required from the actors, and Daniel still appears much less tortured than Lucas, which means that so far there is less to think about. This episode was mostly plot, and the character development that occurred was mostly about Steven, a character I haven’t liked so far and like less after this episode. I’m starting to get the feeling that these are going to be really different from the Spooks recaps, because Steinhauer’s stuff is so plot driven and much less interested in character. I never had anything additional to say about episode 2 those comments are still here.
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