Bodyguard
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The first third of the episode consists of a harrowing introduction to David Budd, played by Richard Madden.
Hes also remarkably observant.
Whos she looking for?
She stops at a door at the front of Davids car and knocks several times, getting no answer.
David soon learns that there has been a report that a suicide bomber could have boarded the train.
The man has no rig.
It appears everything will be fine.
Everything is most definitely not fine.
David goes into action.
He senses that shes scared; she doesnt want to do this.
He sees in her a commonality.
Its a very well-directed and acted sequence, the kind that immediately draws in viewers.
In a lot of ways, David is the foot on the mine here.
If he moves, it will go off.
That sense of immediacy is enhanced when David realizes at the depot that everyone around him wants Nadia dead.
Nadia is safe, and David makes it home.
Well, he makes it to whats left of home.
We learn that Davids marriage is on the rocks.
Hes separated from his wife, and its clearly more her preference than his.
Before then, David will meet Julia Montague, played by Keeley Hawes.
He now has to protect someone with whom he radically disagrees.
Julia wont apologize for the conflicts that ruined Davids life.
How will this truth affect his decisions when he has to save her?
Only to protect me.
If youre wondering how that ranks on the levels, its in the middle.
The threat levels go, in order, Low, Moderate, Substantial, Severe, and Critical.
The current home secretary is Sajid Javid.
Wonder what he thinks of the show.
More than 17 million people watched the finale last month.
Only time will tell if it catches on in the States to the same degree.
