[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

[A Cousin]

(27-10-2010 03:46 PM)khandy Wrote:  So are you trying to tell me that if Ruth or Harry were the subject of this story line that the uproar would not be like Mount Etna errupting. I have lost count of the times I have read with out Harry Spooks is finished. And as for Ruth all I said was that she is just a bit too perfect this series and you would think that I'd commited a cardinal sin. So I think that comment applies to a lot of other fans not just those of Lucas

khandy, I can't be a hypocrite. I also cannot speak for others. From my perspective, Harry would be a hard loss for Spooks and a huge marketing and promotional mistake. Not because of any devotion to the character or even the actor. It is simple playwrighting mechanics. Harry gives a structural through line to the programme S1-9. Harry is the dramatic "Everyman." I am confident that at the bitter end, they will write Harry out in as spectacular a way as they are currently doing with Lucas. IMO, of course. If that challenges my previous notions of who and what I thought the character is, I will be along for the ride. Who knows? Maybe Harry is going to die at the end of S9 and Lucas becomes Head of Section D? Now that would be an interesting thing to see!

Ruth - not so much. Once again, I can only speak for myself. I have mentioned on many other boards, despite that fact that I have been a huge champion of the motivations the writers have given her this series, I suspect Ruth of being more invested in the overall plot of the series than has hitherto been revealed. Come on over to the Ruth thread and discuss this with me. I think Lucas is getting jealous!