[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

[redlyn]

I think he's an utterly fascinating character for the very reason that others seem to dislike him. He's not easy.

I love that Lucas is so hard to place. He's heroic and brave and yet utterly vulnerable. He doesn't always make the right decisions. If for one horrible second you could imagine what being tortured on and off for eight years would do to you, then you wonder how he's not in a loonie bin.

Would I have put him in charge of Section D ?- no way! Everything is tamped so far down inside that it seems he could break at any time. He pulls himself together when he's on the job, when he's got something to think about other than the huge amount of mess inside.

He only shows his fragility to the women he lets into his life and obviously he's not good with them. How could anyone with so much turmoil be a reliable partner?

And to be honest the fact that he is such a mess, rather than a reliable stereotypical hero makes him more of a draw than the lazy writing of just bringing in another all-around good guy.

I just wish they would lay it all on the table for us. And perhaps they will this series.