| № |
# |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original air date |
UK viewers
(million)[1] |
| 27 |
1 |
"The Special (Part 1)"[2] |
Antonia Bird |
Ben Richards |
12 September 2005 (2005-09-12) |
6.63 |
| A bomb detonates nearby Danny's funeral. Section investigate and learn that an American-based terrorist group, "Shining Dawn", who believe the human race ought to be culled, are responsible; they demand the release of their leader from British custody, or they detonate a bomb in public places every 10 hours. Ruth visits a sympathiser, Curtis, who is targeted, while Adam and Zaf follow leads, and discover there is a mole in MI5, as both suspects end up dead. They do eventually find the next bomb in a mainline railway station and defuse it. Adam also tracks down a witness, Natasha Scott (guest star Martine McCutcheon). Zaf is captured by Shining Dawn members. |
| 28 |
2 |
"The Special (Part 2)"[3] |
Antonia Bird |
Ben Richards |
13 September 2005 (2005-09-13) |
6.84 |
| Adam locates and frees Zaf and learn the location of the next bomb, which they defuse. Shining Dawn however, arms the next bomb to only be deactivated with a code. Harry accuses newcomer Juliet Shaw (Anna Chancellor) of being the mole, but she actually worked on identifying the mole as American liaison to MI5 Richard Boyd. He is soon captured, which leads to the capture of the bomb maker. Near the end, they learn the next bomb is in a hospital. Not only has Adam found that it can only be deactivated with a code, but Natasha was captured and is strapped to it. After evacuating the hospital, Adam remains behind with Natasha until MI5 find the code from interrogating the maker, ending the threat. |
| 29 |
3 |
"Divided They Fall"[4] |
Alrick Riley |
Ben Richards |
22 September 2005 (2005-09-22) |
6.50 |
| Far right political party "The British Way", who are related to a number of attacks against the ethnic minority, worries the government when they declare power. Section D is tasked in bring down the party from the inside. Adam poses as a convict to deal with party leader James Moran, while Harry and Fiona deal with William Sampson (Rupert Graves), an MP who has resigned to force a by-election on behalf of the British Way. They record a meeting with Sampson to replace Moran with MP Pergerine Howard-Davies; Ruth provides Moran with the recording. The plan is successful, but Moran becomes aware of Adam's deception, and has him and Ruth captured and hunted; they manage to stop and arrest him. |
| 30 |
4 |
"Road Trip"[5] |
Alrick Riley |
Howard Brenton |
29 September 2005 (2005-09-29) |
5.21 |
| Adam goes undercover as a Circassian from Aleppo, Syria in a people-smuggling operation from Istanbul, Turkey to London in an attempt to turn the leader of a terrorist sleeper cell, Mohammed Yazdi and stop a planned terrorist attack against the Houses of Parliament. He is able to turn Yazdi, where he implicates a Middle-Eastern Prince, Hakim. However, it is revealed that the plan all along was to assassinate the prince, which unfortunately succeeds after he is brought to Yazdi. |
| 31 |
5 |
"The Book"[6] |
Jeremy Lovering |
Raymond Khoury |
6 October 2005 (2005-10-06) |
5.20 |
| Journalist Gary Hicks witnesses the murder of Clive McTaggart, a high-ranking retired intelligence officer and friend of Harry's who was about to publish his memoirs, which contain government secrets. While MI5 investigate and Hicks attempts to publish the story, a group of people from the government is sent to kill him. Meanwhile, aspiring journalist Jo Portman (Miranda Raison) follows the investigation, and Adam, impressed by her skills that lead to a major break in the case, recruits her by the end of the episode. In the end, Taggart mailed Harry the memoirs in the event of his death. |
| 32 |
6 |
"The Innocent"[7] |
Jeremy Lovering |
David Farr |
13 October 2005 (2005-10-13) |
5.83 |
| An Algerian army deserter and terror suspect, Nazim Malik is freed after two years in a British prison. Although he is found to be innocent, MI5 follow his activities, where they discover that he is being forced to conduct an assassination of an Algerian banker on British soil in order to guarantee the safety of his family. The team save his family, who were held hostage, just before Malik could carry out the assassination and surrenders. In the end, he and his family have been granted asylum in Ireland. |
| 33 |
7 |
"Syria"[8] |
Omar Madha |
Raymond Khoury |
20 October 2005 (2005-10-20) |
5.74 |
| Fiona takes on a case when the Syrian Foreign Minister, Riyad Barzali, contacts MI5 for help, though his own secret service will kill him if he is to talk with the British. The reasoning for Fiona to take the case is because she learned that Farook Sukkarieh, her first husband who was thought to have been hanged for treason, actually survived. He kills Barzali, and captures Fiona to take back to Syria. Adam desperately tries to find Fiona when he loses track of her. He eventually finds her at a small airport, where Fiona is able to wound Farook and escape, but is shot by Farook before he himself is killed by Adam; Fiona later dies in Adam's arms. |
| 34 |
8 |
"The Russian"[9] |
Omar Madha |
Howard Brenton |
27 October 2005 (2005-10-27) |
6.34 |
| After the death of Fiona, Adam is taken off the case to investigate a Russian billionaire Oleg Korsakov, who plans to buy the National Health Service, and then dismantle it. Eventually, Adam convinces Harry to be let back in. They use Hugo Ross, a double agent for the Russians during the Cold War and Zaf for an operation to work with him. MI5 is able to work around Oleg's counter-surveillance measures and expose his plans. In the end, Adam comes to terms with his wife's death and finally tells her parents and Wes about it. |
| 35 |
9 |
"The Sting"[10] |
Julian Simpson |
Rupert Walters |
3 November 2005 (2005-11-03) |
5.98 |
| Juliet dismisses Harry after he stops the CIA from extraditing a British citizen, who turns out to be a terrorist, and is believed to have killed two MI5 officers. While Harry is under surveillance, the rest of the team work to stop the terrorist, where it is revealed that Nick Pollard, an American with counter surveillance skills may actually be involved. In fact, he arranges for the released terrorist to take part in an attack, which is revealed to be a surface-to-air missile against a flight heading for Heathrow, in order to push the UK and US into going to war against Iran. The attack is stopped and Pollard is arrested. Harry is reinstated. |
| 36 |
10 |
"Diana"[11] |
Julian Simpson |
Howard Brenton |
10 November 2005 (2005-11-10) |
6.18 |
| After former MI5 officer, Angela Wells (guest star Lindsay Duncan) visits Ruth, she comes to the Grid and holds everyone hostage, demanding the division find incontrovertible proof that Harry and MI5 conspired to kill Diana, Princess of Wales, or she'd detonate a bomb. The team find the proof, but Harry admits this was just a worst case scenario to try to prevent her death. The team are able to trick Angela, and decide to let her go. However, she later plans to attack the Royal family, who are evacuated to a bunker, only to be rigged by a bomb. Adam defuses it, but upon returning to Thames House, Angela awaits and fires her sniper rifle, gravely wounding Adam, and is prepared to shoot Harry. |