Tom Quinn (Spooks)
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| Tom Quinn | |
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| File:Matthew macfadyen.jpg Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Quinn | |
| First appearance | 2002 |
| Last appearance | 2004 |
| Portrayed by | Matthew Macfadyen |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Senior Case Officer |
Tom Quinn is the fictional Senior Case Officer, Section D, at MI5's Counter-Terrorism Department, as seen in BBC spy drama Spooks. He was portrayed by actor Matthew Macfadyen until his departure in the third season.
Overview
At the start of the first series Tom Quinn's girlfriend was Ellie Simm who knew him under the alias Matthew Archer. When later in the series she found out that he works for MI-5 and had not even told him her real name, she was not at all happy. When their house almost gets blown up with them inside she leaves him.
His second girlfriend, Vicki Westbrook, worked as a nurse, and when he broke up with her almost ruined Tom's career with "call-boy" cards in phone booths, but the woman who would later be Tom's next girlfriend, CIA agent Christine Dale stepped in when it threatened the operation to protect her President on his visit to the UK. Christine Dale at the end of series 2 proved to be Tom's downfall as she unknowingly fed him a false telegram about an American hitman coming to the UK. It was actually Herman Joyce, looking for revenge after Tom ruined the life of his daughter. Tom was framed for murder and shot Harry Pearce while escaping with the intention of proving his innocence.
Eventually, with the help of new-boy Adam Carter, the team are saved and Oliver Mace, who was using Tom's "treachery" to destroy MI5, was forced to back down. But in the following episode, Tom gets a rush of morality and almost ruins an operation, forcing Harry to relieve him with a very generous special pension, or pay-off for rogue agents.