How did you feel about Season 9?

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(10-11-2010 01:31 PM)theeyeshaveit Wrote:  How much better would it have been if Lucas went off the rails for something plausible instead of something fanciful like personality turnarounds, not once but twice supposedly.

Plausibility . . . good word for what was truly missing this series. The Lucas/John story arc ruined this series, imo, because it lacked anything approaching realism or solid psychological underpinnings -- anything that would really have made his transformation plausible. The "willing suspension of disbelief" thing only works when it's consistent and, god knows, the lack of consistency in the writing this series approached criminal.

Unfortunately, the Lucas/John arc will forever overshadow everything good about the series -- Harry and Ruth's private journeys, the new HS and his antics, the intro of Beth and Dimitri, the outstanding acting by NW, PF and RA (their best spooks work, imo). What a waste.