The phrase “ethereal beauty” has been used on more than one occasion to describe Richard Armitage’s appearance as Lucas North in Spooks 7.
Today’s animated gif comes at the request of jules in honor of her birthday today. She suggested the famous doughnut scene from Spooks 7.2. Brilliant!
Happy birthday, dear jules!
Screencap courtesy of RichardArmitageNet.Com
I remember when I saw the screencap above for the first time. As a brand-new American fan of Richard Armitage, I had never heard of Spooks or even MI-5 as it is known here. I was very curious about this scene to say the least. Let’s just say this had quite an impact on me, LOL! So needless to say, I’m delighted that jules requested this for her special day. 😛
Jules wrote, “Hi B…loving October!!! I keep thinking of little snippets but I end up with too many…I’ve just watched Spooks 7 ep2 it’s about 10 or 15 mins in when Lucas is sat with Malcolm eating donuts…the way he licks his fingers then raises his eyebrow when Harry calls him, just gets me every time. Hope you can make a gif from this…not sure about the caption though…sweet talking guy…sweet Lucas??? Thanks B you are very much appreciated xxxxx Oh just thought, what about ‘sugar and spies’ giggles”
Here is your animated gif:
Great scene selection and caption, jules! “Sugar & Spies” was the perfect choice.
See you all tomorrow for Halloween … ooooooooh! 😮
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Jules, a great scene! bccmee, you caught the look Jules reference – “whoops, the headmaster calling”.
Eating the last choccy donut indeed 🙂
@fitzg: That particular expression is very funny. I notice how Malcolm mirrors his expression too, although that’s not in the gif.
I love this scene, whether it be in screencap or in motion! Thanks for your lovely comment!
Hi fitzg and bccmee loving reading the comments! You are so right ‘B’ Malcolm does mirror Richard…it makes it a great scene…they both raise their eyebrows but there’s only one person that makes me swoon…….
I love Season 7 Lucas, and this was one of my favorite moments! Thanks for featuring it! 🙂
@Sara: I have to say, it’s one of my favorite Spooks scenes too. That screencap really grabbed my attention and never let it go, LOL! 😛
Oh I LOVE this one!!!!
@Liz Howell: Thank you kindly! 🙂
Lucas is Luscious!
Happy Birthday Jules! Great choice – Lucas is my favorite too. Thanks Bccmee for another perfect gif and another perfect RA moment.
In this scene I also love that Lucas ate the chocolate donut first, because I would have too.
@Musa/Fabo: I really like this scene and the fish and chips one in Spooks 7.1. Wish they had Lucas eating every episode, LOL! 😛 Did you notice that John Porter never eats once in Chris Ryan’s Strike Back?
Of all the kinds of doughnuts, I have to admit chocolate is my favorite. Although in the fall I also like “apple and spice” filled doughnuts. Now I’m hungry!
Thankyou Musa/Fabo I absolutely adored Lucas…Spooks was a fantastic series for Richard to star in…As for the fish and chips scene…he wasn’t the only one that had a craving from then on…………
Thanks Bcc and Happy Birthday Jules.
We love candy, and RA is so sweet!
@Ana Cris: Oooh yes, Lucas is incredibly sweet indeed! He makes me want to just take him home and feed him, LOL!
Thankyou Ana….I’m with you ‘B’ Lucas was just crying out for love and ‘fish and chips’ pity John Mulligan couldn’t have called round…..
I love Lucas in this episode. Although he ate the chocolate one… 😉
Thanks!
@Frédérique: If he knew you wanted it too, perhaps he would have shared, LOL! 😛 Thanks for your comment!
@Fred : Me too, LOL. Nice to see you here. ! 🙂
@Bccmee : Great job, I love this Lucas gif. -:)
@April: Thank you very much! Delighted you like it. 😀
Happy Birthday, Jules! Thank you and bccmee, for this delicious moment with a deliciously sweet Lucas North from Spooks 7.
@CDoart: I only wish I could get rid of my cravings now. Guess I’ll have a cup of hot chocolate on this cold autumn day. 🙂
Thankyou CDoart…he was the sweetest spy on the grid
Great choice of scenes and excellent gif.
Oh I love it! 🙂
@Ania: It seems many of my favorite scenes are shared by others! Thanks for your comment!
Bcc, love this one! that expression is sooo cute 🙂 And the caption is perfect, “sugar and spies”, love it. Thanks Jules for remembering this scene, now i am going back to watch Spooks 7 again 🙂
Delicious man! 🙂
@PV: It really is an impossibly cute expression. He looks so much like a little boy there. Enjoy the show! Thanks for commenting! 😀
thanks PV I had lots of gifs running through my head but this one was a fav as I’m a massive Spooks fan series 7 especially…wish I could join you watching it again!!!
LOVE this! Perfect choice of scenes and titles! Wow – this is in my top 3 (if I were forced to rate the gifs from this month 😉 )
Maybe I will “force” myself on Nov 1st to review all the gif(t)s from bccmee this month 😎
@tyme4t: The suggestions were so spot-on, I would be really hard-pressed to pick my favorites. LOL re: “gif(t)s”. *giggle*
Hi tyme4t…I didn’t leave a comment yesterday because I wanted to sleep on my top 3…oooops hope you know what I mean…I’m still no nearer deciding…may have to have another sleep….with the whole 31
Hi Bccmee and Jules,
Love this gif! Lucas lingering on the grid–seeing what intel he can pick up–and casually eating a donut in the process is pure misdirection. And I love his blanching facial expression.
Cheers! Grati
Hi Gratiana… that’s what grabbed me…he looked such a sweetypie sucking his thumb and eating the donut but all the time he was gathering intel for the Russians…brilliant!!!
@Gratiana: Good point and great word “misdirection!” The writing and acting in this scene was excellent!
To Bccmee,
Another thing that struck me about this scene is that since it serves as one of our early introductions to the character of Lucas North, Richard Armitage completely smashed our remembrance of him as Sir Guy of Gisborne in Robin Ood. Once again, Mr. Armitage transformed himself for a character portrayal–and I don’t just refer to his weight loss–that would further define his authentic and immersive acting style. He is an exquisitely talented master storyteller and we are all the grateful beneficiaries of it.
Cheers! Grati ;->
I love the eyebrow raise, and then…the thumb lick. Pure heaven! Habby Birthday Jules:-))
thanks Jeannie…I’ve mentioned this before…how can anyone’s eyebrows be so sexy..it’s beyond me…
@Jeannie: It’s pure confectionery perfection! 😛
Happy birthday Jules ! Thank you for your great suggestion. I love Lucas and I love this scene too , he seems to be the boy next door like that and not a cold spy. I don’t remember another scene (in MI 5 or not) where he sucks his thumb like that. What a pity , he does it so well! Thank you so much Bccmee!
thanks Lady Prisca…it was such a quick suck of the thumb I nearly missed it….not very spy like at all…yummy
@Lady Prisca: Oh if only he had done the thumblick in another role, hehe. I would’ve been making fanvids and graphics to celebrate within minutes, LOL!
Thank you Jules and BCC for choosing Lucas. Happy birthday!
It was a long time since I was waiting for the lovely spy!
I am confused. The mother in me thinks: “Lucas S7 you are skinny, you should eat more”.
The woman is concentrating on his careless, sensual sucking thumb….
Yes, luscious Lucas!
thankyou Carla there certainly is a lot to concentrate on here…I’m sticking with the thumb sucking …..
@Carla: One of the things I like about this scene is the conflicting feelings too. I totally agree about the boyish man he appears to be here!
OMG!! THAT is my definite favourite! I am killing myself laughing like a maniac here! It was such a tiny scene that went by so fast — but here it is forever immortalized! I am sooo grateful to the both of you. Now, back to watch it — and belly-laugh some more! 🙂
@Phylly3: I’m rather glad I saw the screencaps before viewing the episode (or rather fast-forwarding through to get to the Lucas bits) so I could give this little piece of action my full attention! 😛 Since the scene goes by so quickly, I slowed it down just a wee bit in the animated gif settings. Still, it requires repeated viewing to get all the nuances, LOL!
It looks like you hit all the sweet spots with this one. Thanks so much to you and happy birthday to Jules!
thankyou Kathleen…Richard is the sweetest man on the planet!!!
@Kathleen: He looks so adorable, and then we find out’s spying! Spooks and Lucas at their best!
Okay, I’ve watched this a zillion times and I can’t tell if it’s a chocolate donut or not! Am I blind?
giggles Phylly3..I’m as blind as a bat but I seem to have inexplicably amazing vision when it comes to our Lucious Lucas…you may have to suck his thumb to see if it was a choccy donut mmmmmmm
@Phylly3: It will take a full semester course at the Institute of Armitage Studies to determine whether or not it’s a chocolate doughnut!
If my [spooks] memory is correct – Lucas actually apologizes to Malcolm for eating all the chocolate donuts…guess he wasn’t full from the macaroons his “landlady” brought him. Of course, he had just spent 8 years in a Russian prison so he needed to get his sweet fix…. 🙂
@tyme4t: Good point! Maybe that lack of sugar is why his teeth still look so good even after all that time in prison, LOL!
giggles… I’ve just remembered when I went to Russia in the 70’s I spent the whole 2 weeks eating apples…my poor poor Lucas he must have been starving after 8 years…You would have thought Harry Pearce would have got the ‘landlady’ to bring him more than macaroons…unless they were a secret code for something else…Oh I should have been a spy…
I’ve decided that Lucas/Richard is MY “sweet fix” 😉 This has to be one of my favourite scenes. I believe you’re right tyme4t – I think he says something like, “Sorry Malcolm, I ate the chocolate one/ones”. This man is just too delicious for words. Belated Happy Birthday Jules (thought I’d commented yesterday but I guess not!) and once more a brilliant gif, Bccmee!!
@Teuchter: This really is a brilliant scene from Spooks! In my imagination, the directors says, “Look sexy and cute!” And being the consummate actor, Richard Armitage complies. 😉
Oh my, Lucas and donuts! The only thing missing there is a cup of hot chocolate and a sofa on a sunday autumn afternoon ….oooops! (put yourself together woman!!) Sorry 😉
Excellent choice. Excellent making of Bcc. Happy Brithday Jules! Thank you both 🙂
thankyou Ana I hope your sofa is big enough for all of us…I wonder what we would all talk about????
@Ana Cristina: You may have heard that we had a very heavy early snowstorm in New York City yesterday. It snowed in my neighborhood for at least 14 hours straight through! I could think of nothing I’d rather do than hang out on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate and Lucas with his doughnuts! 😛
He’s soooo cute on this scene!! :)) I love it!!
@Thaís: He truly is so cute here! This scene could be transplanted into a romantic comedy and it would not look out of place! 😀
Mercy, I’m weak at the knees…………..great choice Jules – happy birthday! “B” you have been keeping us entertained for weeks now, we’re not worthy! Only one day/gif left – I’m missing them already!
@Elaine: If you’re weak at the knees, maybe you should join Lucas on the couch. I’ll get you a cup of hot chocolate to settle you. I’m sure that will calm you down! 😉
Please add some Bailey’s Irish Cream to my hot chocolate – as if my knees weren’t weak enough already! Good heavens, this gif is truly amazing………
thankyou Elaine we have had a fantastic time haven’t we…can’t wait for tomorrow hope ‘B’ has chosen her own favourite gif
Simply delicious Lucas…..”sorry I’ve eaten all the chocolate ones” I’m melting as quickly as the chocolate!
Happy birthday Jules and thanks B – a divine choice
@mersguy: Hee hee, poor Lucas came home hungry! I would be glad to babysit him awhile to make sure he’s getting enough to eat. He looks so delicious himself!
and he hasn’t had a decent cup of tea in 8 years!
thanks mersguy…I’ve had a wonderful birthday sharing it with all you melting Richard fans
Chocolate releases endorphins, so does Richard…..talk about a double whammy!
@mersguy: I think you’re right! I’d like to know how he can do it in miniature on a computer screen!
Chocolate and Richard should not be allowed in the same room…It’s a good job they chose Johnny Depp to play Willy Wonka and not our gorgeous Richard, I think we would have released more than endorphins….
Oh,My! This is my favorite scene of S7. I love the way that Lucas rises his eyesbrows and makes a silly face while sucks his thumb. He is so luscious,indeed! How is he so hot doing this simple gesture. Can a man to be sweeter?.
Congratullations for your excelent choose Jules and you bccmee for make us so happy making this gif.
Happy birthday Jules!
@Tereza: It’s really a mystery how one man can contain so much hotness! Perhaps science will explain this phenomenon someday! 😉
thankyou so much Tereza…he was the most sweetest spy wasn’t he bccmee captured him perfectly…
Excuse my mistakes,Bccmee, but when I saw Lucas sucking that thumb, my brain melted and I could not even think and write correctly in a different language from mine.
@Tereza: I understood you perfectly so there’s no need to apologize! It’s due to the far-reaching Armitage Effect which affects women around the world! 😛
Gif-ted.
@beengizzied: LOL re: “Gif-ted.” The man is a treasure trove. Thanks for your comment!
@jules: Thanks so much for your most excellent suggestion and I wish you the happiest of birthdays. I’m so glad you shared your day with us all and I appreciate you taking the time to respond to so many comments!
Hey thats spooky I think we were both posting comments to each other at the same time…giggles we were both thanking each other…I’ve typed all my thankyou’s with a pair of dodgy contact lenses in place so I’m not sure what I’ve written… and Strike Back was on the TV at the same time so I couldn’t concentrate…oh and I may have had a little glass of wine….Cheers…luv jules xxxxxx
@jules: Cool that we cross-posted! Lucas has that effect on us and then to top it off with having John Porter on the TV set, well I’m surprised you’re anywhere near coherent, LOL! Drink up! 😀
Hi bccmee can’t thankyou enough for my birthday gif…you captured it brilliantly…I’ve enjoyed all the wonderful comments…hope you have chosen something for yourself tomorrow…you deserve it… luv jules xxxxx
@jules: You’re very welcome, teammate! Tomorrow I have another animated gif from a participant, not my own design. I wanted to have as many people able to play as possible! 🙂 But I’ll use a design of my own when I post my animated gif tutorial next month.
Happy Birthday, jules! What an awesome choice…I love that look on his face as he turns around. So tomorrow’s the last day…I’m DYING to see what you came up with, bccmee!
@jazzbaby1: Tomorrow is Halloween…that’s all I’m sayin’. 😉
Vampire Sir Guy??? Pleeeease B!!
@mersguy: Sorry, I can’t tell you even under water torture. 🙂 All will be revealed tomorrow.
thanks jazzbaby1 I love the naughty but nice side to Richards face in this role…I’m excited too for the last gif…happy and sad at the same time…
Lucas may be craving donuts but I know what I’m craving 😉 Thanks, Bccmee
@Pamela: I’m sure you’re craving something very healthy! 😉
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Nice! Finger licking good.
@Twitterpatedss7: LOL! That sentence makes sense even if you change the order of the words around. 😉 😛
Ooh, how gorgeous.
@Lady Rose: Thank you very much. 🙂
only one thing to say~ fabulous! thanks for a month of the “sweetest thing” B
@Meryl: Aw thanks! I’m so delighted you enjoyed it!
Oh…sweet Lukas I just want to hug him and to feed him..some hot soupe..pasta or stew:)
Deliciouse gif Bccmee,Thank you!
I wish you all the best Jules:)
Joanna
@Joanna: He really does need some fattening up at the beginning of Spooks 7! 😛 I will gladly assist you in providing food to our favorite delicious spy!
thankyou Joanna…It breaks my heart the first time we see Lucas in Spooks 7 looking so malnourished…that’s why I liked the donut scene so much…and the one where he’s eating fish and chips…bless…