[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

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(22-11-2010 02:21 PM)HellsBells Wrote:  This is just a thought.....but could Lucas have told the Russians who he really was and they simply didn't believe him. They knew he was Lucas North because Connie James had betrayed him and therefore just assumed he was lying about being John Bateman. They probably just kept torturing him until he agreed that he was Lucas North.

That could have happened indeed, but I kinda think that if they were hearing the name John Bateman, they sure would investigate this further, never knowing what they could come up with that they may could use as leverage.
Or at least find a way to examin Lucas Norths past. If the story of S9 made any sense, they sure would have find that picture that Beth found in 5 minutes (with the real Lucas North on it).

I think that, when the writers from S7 and S8 came up with this history for Lucas, there was no 'Lucas really is John Bateman' to be seen in miles, so there was no reason for the russian interogators to question Lucas about 'a different identity'. I really am incligned to see S9 as something that stand on its own and has no bearing on S7 and S8 what so ever. There are too many things that can't be explained in a satisfying manner. But that's just my opinion.