Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

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(08-11-2010 10:40 PM)Logsie Wrote:  Well, having seen the previews on the BBC Spooks site earlier today, I had guessed that Lucas was going to jump. I'm so glad they didn't show him falling or splattered on the ground like Walker after SC pushed him off the balcony because that would have broken my heart.

Lucas/John really had nothing left to live for after Maya was killed. He'd lost her, lost MI5, lost himself and all he had to look forward to was imprisonment which would have pushed his already fragile sanity off the edge. So he took the only way out possible. I thought it was terribly sad that he went in silence, no scream on the way down. I like to think he closed his eyes. Harry once said to him "if you're lying to me you won't get so much as a funeral". It is all so reminiscent of Ruth's poem at Ros's funeral.

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me dye;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lye.

It will be interesting to see how they treat Lucas's memory in season 10 as he was a rogue agent and bearing in mind that Harry won't be calling the shots any more. It could all have gone so differently. As soon as Harry realised Lucas was after Albany, why the hell didn't he tell him it was a failed project? He could have pulled Lucas back from the brink, possibly. It cut me to the bone when Harry asked Lucas what happened in Dakar and he replied that Vaughn gave him a chance to be something, to make a difference; Harry responded by saying "I wish you'd met me first" and Lucas said "So do I"

I thought I'd be a lot more upset than I am. Maybe it hasn't sunk in yet.

I think you're spot on. I am terribly sad though.