[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

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(31-10-2010 02:25 PM)theeyeshaveit Wrote:  I think Lucas returning to Russia was a far more hairy thing to do than to face the current situation. He was certainly under real threat then and faced with moments when he could have panicked and made bad decisions.

There is no doubt that Lucas returning to Russia for the Sugarhorse stuff was indeed a hairy situation where he was under real physical and emotional threat. But such is the nature of his job, these are threats that he knows how to fight against, risks that he is willing to take, and all because he has something to fight for. He has a home to fight for, friends to fight for, a family to fight for. Whatever happens at that time, he could deal with it because he has a reason to keep fighting, a reason to live and exist, the same reasons that kept him alive for 8 years in that Russian prison. If something were to happen to him, he knows for sure that his people, his family, his team, will come through for him.

But what he is facing now is something that is on a completely different level. This secret that he is hiding is threatening the foundation of his home, his existence, and his life. This is more than just simple emotional or physical harm that he could be dealing with, this is about the destruction of EVERYTHING he has ever built or ever lived for. This secret if it comes out could very well destroy the only love he has left and the only family he has left. If he loses that, he loses his identity, his whole reason for existence. If this secret comes out, he very well could loose everything and there would be no one to save him, no one to come through for him and get him out of the darkness. That's what is scaring him more than a return to Russia.

That kind of a loss this secret can bring is a lot more damaging than returning to Russia can be.

And as for a last minute redemption, I don't think it would be trite at all. If it can happen in real life, then there's no reason why it can't happen in fiction. People make last minute decisions all the time, there are very good reasons that the writers can use to explain why Lucas choose to ultimately do the right thing. Lucas still has plenty of chances to turn things around and go out of this a hero. The light at the end of the tunnel still isn't out yet.