[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

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(23-11-2010 01:54 PM)NightOwl Wrote:  I think Maya was supposed to represent the road not taken. Had Lucas stayed with her years ago, he'd be a husband and father with a 9 to 5 job living the kind of conventional life most people have. He wouldn't have been imprisoned and tortured, wouldn't have had his heart broken by Elizabeta, wouldn't have seen his colleagues die. In retrospect, her photo awakens in him not love, but regret.

Of course, it's just another missed opportunity by the writers. It could have been interesting to see Lucas struggle with the idea that he could have had a different life. They could have explored what choices Lucas made and what choices were made for him. They still could have explored issues of identity and (self) deception. They still could have ended up in the same place with Lucas and Harry on the roof.

Honestly, I will never understand why the writers chose to make Lucas a terrorist who assumes a fake identity. Even without all the plot holes and inconsistencies with prior series, it just seems like an incredibly bad idea.

I understand what Maya was supposed to represent... she just wasn't developed as a believable character at all. I agree, a plot involving Lucas wanting to live an ordinary life would have been very interesting, and would have been 100x more realistic. Let's face it; the best stories are the ones the audience can empathise with and relate to.

I don't think I'm ever going to understand why the writers chose this script!