"The Extremist" is the fourth episode in the sixth series of the BBC spy drama Spooks. It was broadcast for the first time on 30 October 2007, and is the fiftieth episode overall.
Synopsis[]
As an Algerian extremist escapes his home detention, the team fear he may be plotting a terror attack on US businesses in the UK with the help of local Iranians. However, working with the Americans to stop the attack proves a trying task given their recent deceitful behaviour.
Plot[]
Algerian extremist Abdul Kharami breaks out of house arrest to launch a bomb attack. The target is unknown, but the Iranian Special Consul, Dariush Bakhshi is involved. Adam asks Bakhshi's wife, Ana, whom Adam had an affair with, to spy on her husband.
While recording a conversation, Ana inadvertently kills a consulate guard to maintain her secret. Adam instructs her to stage an attempted rape as a cover. The recording of the meeting reveals only a simple business meeting and plan to have dinner at a hotel later. While following an informant who has been recruited as Kharami's driver, Jo is captured. She is put in the boot of a car rigged with a bomb. Ros uses intelligence provided by Yalta to help the team realise that Bakhshi is the target, not a co-conspirator. Adam alerts Bakhshi about the bomb and escapes, whilst freeing Jo just before the bomb goes off. Kharami is arrested again, along with his cell. Bakhshi reveals to Ana that he knows that she is working for the British government.
Cast[]
Starring[]
Guest Starring[]
Co-Starring[]
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
Gallery[]
