Series 9 Episode 7 discussion

[binkie]

(02-11-2010 05:35 AM)femaleBertieWooster Wrote:  I'm with Binkie. Awesome analysis, especially about Lucas being the Albany file. He, that is John or Lucas is highly suggestible, with Vaughn pulling the strings. We in no way should take all the flashbacks to be real at this point.

Something important, we didn't see Maya in the flashbacks. She met him as John, that is before he detonated the bomb and killed the real Lucas North and took his identity. Edit for clarity--If he did that stuff. Also, Vaughn said "I gave her to you" or something like that. Another suggestion?

There's still a way out for Lucas, our Lucas that is.

And have to put in a good word for Ruth, if someone that huge wants to kill you, you want to make sure they're dead. She was very concerned and encouraging to Deery.

Thank you I think your point about Lucas being suggestible is a good one. This ocurred to me, somewhat obliquely, during last week's episode. Working on the premise that nothing is in Spooks by accident, I thought it was interesting that the writer (and Richard Armitage) chose to show that Lucas was capable of a kind of rational analysis of the situation he was in regarding Harry's apparent kill order on the cryptographer. He was capable of reflecting on the uncharacteristic nature of the instruction he had seemingly been given, and working out for himself that (season theme ahoy!) 'Harry' was not what he seemed. Lucas is programmable, but he is also de-programmable.