Alrick Riley

TheeighthseasonoftheBritishspyseries"MI-5,"whichfollowssecretagentsastheyfoilevilplotsaroundtheglobe,beginswiththefalloutfromHarry’skidnappingbytheRussians.Amysteriousorganizationknownonlyas"Nightingale"istheongoingfocusoftheeightepisodes.AndLucas’relationshipwithCIAagentSarahCaulfied(GenevieveO’Reilly),reignitesconcernsoverhisloyalty.Thisseasonalsoseestheexitofoneofthefeworiginalcastmembers,MalcolmWynn-Jones.

Thestakesareraisedinseasontwoof"MI-5",asthethreattonationalsecurityincreasesandtheneedtothwarttheterroristsoperatingwithintheUKbecomesmoreurgent.TomisinvestigatingaSerbianterroristplot.HisgirlfriendandherdaughteraretrappedinTom’shousewithalap-topwhichisthoughttocontainabomb.MeanwhileanotherbombisprimedtoexplodeandthisonekillstheSecretaryofStateforNorthernIreland.Addingtothepossibledangersfacedbyothergovernmentofficials,TomlearnsfromhisAmericancolleaguethatanassassinisintown,theCIAknowabouthimbuttheyhaven’ttoldMI-5.

InseasonsixoftheBritishespionagethriller,theteamarepushedtotheirlimits,astherelationshipbetweenBritishandAmericansecuritydeterioratesandloyaltieschange.AdamandRosfightagainstanemergingterroristthreat,andadeadlyvirusthatcoulddecimateLondon.Thisseasonbreaksawayfromthecase-by-caseepisodicformat,withonedominantstorylinetyingalltheactiontogether.

TheBritishespionagedrama"MI-5",providesmoreshockingtwistsandturnsinitsthirdseason.TomQuinn(MatthewMacfayden)disappearsfollowingashootingandnewmanAdamCarter(RupertPenry-Jones)risestothechallengeinSectionB.Afterrecoveringfromhisinjury,Harry(PeterFirth)tasksAdamwithprovingTom’sinnocence.LaterintheseasonDanny(DavidOyelowo)andZoe(KeeleyHawes)aresentonamissionthathastragicconsequencesforoneofthem.

Seasonfourofespionagedrama"MI-5"findstheteamreelingfromthelossofDanny(DavidOyelowo),butthrownbackintoactionwhenabombdetonatesnearhisfuneral.ZafarYounis(RazaJaffrey)andJulietShaw(AnnaChancellor)areintroducedtotheshow,inastoryinvolvingapotentiallydevastatingterroristattackinthecapital.LaterintheseasonLyndsayDuncangueststarsasaformerMI-5officerwithadeadlygrudge,onewhichthreatensthelivesofeveryonebackatTheGrid.