'COBRA's Season 2 Finale of 'Cyberwar' Ends on a Tragic Note

After last week's penultimate episode of COBRA's second season had her quit while Robert was busy firing her, poor Anna has taken to her bed in a cocoon of cashmere and self-care. She's finding consolation in her comfort read, a biography of Dostoyevsky, who, let's face it, had far worse to deal with. Number 10 has made no official statement about her departure, only announcing that PM Robert Sutherland suffered a brief illness to excuse his rather nasty collapse that turned the ending into yet another cliffhanger.

Archie: Ann wasn’t disloyal. That’s a categoric error, Robert, from a man who never tires of reminding us that he studied philosophy at Balliol. And don’t give me the Scottish stare either, you’re from Stirling, not Drumchapel. I think it’s a matter of record, for all I never saw eye-to-eye with Anna Marshall. She’s the kind of ghastly liberal snob who thinks her cleaning lady is a loyal friend, rather than a reluctant wage slave. Misplaced loyalty, yes. Unbearably sanctimonious, Christ, yes! But she was never disloyal.

A COBRA is underway, where Eleanor James (MI-5) announces that a new malware, Cerberus, will attack all aspects of Britain's infrastructure with devastating results. The code holds no clues to its origins, and there may be no way of stopping it. Home Secretary Joseph Obasi wants to know how Britain can end such attacks without losing face, and Robert suggests they increase retaliations, but Eleanor explains that is impossible. The U.S. has made it clear they will not help. Foreign Secretary Archie Glover-Morgan attempts to make light of the situation, inciting an outburst from Robert in his best Stalin-Richard III mode. He's already fired one traitor, but Archie isn't having that nonsense.