[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

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(26-11-2010 10:25 PM)BoHenley Wrote:  Which makes Lucas's comment at the end of 9.8 all the more telling. "I am nothing." I took it on surface value at the time, but maybe I shouldn't have.

"Who" is actually saying "I am nothing." Lucas - or John?

Does it mean "I am nothing - to you, (am I)?" That would back up Lucas's previous comment about MI5 chewing up its agents and spitting them out, and in fact, Harry's reactions of doing very little. I realise Harry must at times put "the Agency" first, but it was heartbreaking not to hear him offer several deals to Lucas on that roof - anything to save him. At that point, we know that Lucas is on the cusp of self-destruction [in whatever form, shooting Harry or not], but wouldn't most people try and SAVE a work colleague, let alone one that you'd had a close working relationship?

I wish I wasn't trying to make sense of this. Sorry, my logical scientific brain can't cope with a nonsense story line. Maybe Dr Seuss could've done more with the nonsense, or at least made it fun.

I'd like to think he meant "I am nothing (to you)", but to be honest I think the line was written to be taken much more literally :/ Probably signifying the 'death' of Lucas North and the realisation that JB is worthless - 'nothing'.

I much prefer your interpretation though! I think we all need to re-watch S9 when we have the chance so we can try and pick up on any extra hints the writers may have thrown into the script, because as it stands I can't make head nor tail of half of it.