[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

[Byatil]

(22-11-2010 08:04 PM)BoHenley Wrote:  

(22-11-2010 04:06 PM)Byatil Wrote:  

(22-11-2010 04:02 PM)HellsBells Wrote:  There is no doubt that series 9 does not relate to series 7 & 8. The writers clearly know less about the character than us, the viewers.
I think the fact that Beth uncovered that photo of 'real' Lucas was a big flaw in the plot. Lucas was so good at his job he would certainly have erased every trace of the real Lucas.

I think the writers wanted us to feel the same sense of betrayal that the rest of the team felt, which worked very well. But you can't do that to an established character without a really excellent story and unfortunately this wasn't it.

Oh yes, they did a very good job at making us all feel betrayed, I'll give them that. The problem is, it's not Lucas I feel betrayed by... it's the writers!

And the problem is, that, as I've said... they used the information from 7&8 which suited them, and omitted any information that didn't. That's what annoys me about S9. If it was a completely stand-alone piece, it might make more sense... but it isn't. In a way, I think it's wrong that they were allowed to take someone elses character and fuck around with him. I would have liked to see the old writers complete a story arc for Lucas before they left, but I guess it just wasn't to be

I agree. If they'd done this with (e.g.) Beth's character - it would've worked! She's already under suspicion (from the viewers), having gone in and changed her records. How much better would it have worked with her? (And I don't mean to get rid of Beth - I really like her character and the gorgeous Sophia). But doing this to Lucas after setting him up in S7 and S8 as loyal and trustworthy, if a little maverick - No, no, no.

My thoughts exactly. I think I mentioned this on the Beth thread - this arc would have made SO much more sense in terms of her character. Whereas with Lucas? It just doesn't add up!

Anyway, I'm off to watch 8.4 in a moment, so I shall post some analysis of that in a few hours hopefully