[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

[WhiteSwan]

(22-11-2010 04:02 PM)HellsBells Wrote:  There is no doubt that series 9 does not relate to series 7 & 8. The writers clearly know less about the character than us, the viewers.
I think the fact that Beth uncovered that photo of 'real' Lucas was a big flaw in the plot. Lucas was so good at his job he would certainly have erased every trace of the real Lucas.

I think the writers wanted us to feel the same sense of betrayal that the rest of the team felt, which worked very well. But you can't do that to an established character without a really excellent story and unfortunately this wasn't it.

I totally agree with your post like with so many others made to that point. It really seems the writers never watched a single episode of series 7 and 8, otherwise they wouldn't have come up with that nonsense.
And wasn't the photo Beth uncovered from a fitness studio membership? In Dakar in 1995? They still have all their members with photographs on computer files? Ok, I'm not so sure about that as I only watched that episode once and will never watch it again, but that's what I remember. And whenever I think of Spooks9 more plotholes come to my mind - hopefully I will have some time in the near future to make a very, very long list of them.
Oh well, for me the solution is quite easy - there is no John Bateman, there never was a John Bateman (unless as a cover-up name for Lucas North) and there never will be a John Bateman. There is only Lucas. He may be in trouble, but he remains Lucas, the Lucas we have come to love and respect and admire. Let's just forget about what those stupid writers were trying to tell us!
And having said that - I'm so much looking forward to your analysis of 8.4, Byatil!