Spooks: Season 9

At Ros's funeral, Harry proposes to Ruth, who turns him down. She produces evidence that former Home Secretary Blake worked with Nightingale and ordered the bombing that killed Ros (Blake's resignation had been a distraction). Harry visits Blake and poisons him making it appear he has had a heart attack. One month later, Lucas boards a freighter in Tangier to assassinate Somali terrorist Hussein Abib. Harry visits the new Home Secretary, William Towers, and submits a letter of resignation. Tower

Beth is tasked with protecting an oil baron, Robert Westhouse, after receiving intelligence that he may be assassinated by Nigerian agents. In a London hotel, potential oil industry contacts, including an undercover Beth, are subject to a machine gun attack in the hotel lift. Beth and another contact, Jacob Chapman, drop to the floor just before the attackers open fire. Beth and Chapman survive unharmed. Lucas, particularly about Beth's role. Dimitri Levendis and Lucas penetrate Westhouse's mans

After a discussion with Home Secretary Townes, it becomes clear to Harry that one of the last remaining specimens of a deadly biological agent, Paroxocybin, is stored in Azakstan; it is likely to fall into the hands of a rogue nationalist. A joint MI5-FSB operation succeeds in seizing the agent, and rendering it harmless. However, Azis Aibek, an Azakstan terrorist, learns the whereabouts of the other specimen, in London; its exact whereabouts are known to Prof Kirby, a chemistry professor. The H

Chinese agents arrive in the UK to kidnap and assassinate Dr Jiang, a scientist developing new desalination technology. Beth turns Kai, a Chinese diplomat, into an asset. Lucas and Dimitri break into the embassy to steal information regarding the agents. Ruth goes undercover in the company's building to access their computers. Kai informs MI-5 of a bomb in the same building. MI-5 jams radio to prevent remote detonation. Ruth tries to get Jiang out of the building, but she is in the custody of CI

While Beth and Dimitri go undercover during the US President's visit to chair secret peace talks between Israel and Palestine, a plot to assassinate him is uncovered. Believing it is the work of Lebanese militant Muatt Hutri, Lucas tracks him. Hutri slips out of Lucas's grasp, and traps Lucas but does not kill him. Lucas visits Maya, telling her that now they can be together. Hutri gives himself up to MI-5; he says that he is in London to stop the assassination, and that the actual assassin is B

After an American drone is hacked by enemies in Afghanistan, the head of CIA London, Alton Beecher, pressures the Grid into installing the new advanced "Cybershell" system. Lucas, who is pressed by Vaughn to find the Albany file, is tasked with transporting CIA cyber-expert Danielle Ortiz, who has the codes for Cybershell. However, Tariq discovers the Grid is bugged by a coalition of Russian and Chinese agents, who plan on sabotaging Cybershell. During a faked power shortage, Harry lets the team

Ruth looks into a suspected dead drop witnessed by council employee Keith Deery; colleagues are sceptical that Deery has real evidence. Having tracked Lucas's keyboard, Ruth tells Harry that she suspects Lucas of treachery. Harry says she is being "overzealous". Dimitri joins the police as they pick up a Mafia boss who is giving himself up and makes a connection to Deery's evidence. Ruth goes to Deery's council flat to investigate. Meanwhile, two Chinese operatives who are in Vaughn's apartment

Harry leads a manhunt for Lucas, and hires former officer Alec White to help. With Vaughn dead, Lucas makes a deal with Chinese agents for Albany. Lucas arranges to meet the MI-5 team, but gets a man in a hooded sweatshirt to run, tricking the agents into thinking it is him and mistakenly shooting him. Meanwhile, Lucas kidnaps Ruth. He threatens to kill her using an anaesthetic drip unless Harry gives him Albany, which is revealed to be a blueprint for a genetic weapon that can target a specific