[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

[tastiger]

As much as I would love to see RA return the writers have made it impossible for me to support his character. As John, he became a killer for personal gain which took him beyond the brink of salvation. I could never look upon him again without revulsion and I guess that's what makes it so difficult to come to terms with his demise.

The Lucas/Ruth scenes were riveting and I saw a glimpse of the true Lucas when he cradled her head and tried to calm her after administering the injection. There was honest affection and conflict in his face and in that one moment I saw a glimmer of the Lucas North I believed in. I refuse to believe the evil streak in him as his core.

The main problem I had with this whole story is that Lucas/John did this all for Maya. Seems to me to be a lame excuse for going on a killing spree. Maya had nothing to do with the formation of Lucas as we know him....she was in love with John! What a clich'e to have her die to make John feel the hopelessness of the whole situation. So the writer's lazy plotline shows evil John giving the Chinese the killer formula and good Lucas wishing for redemption before taking his lover's leap!

Very unsatisfying, sloppy, and predictable!