[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

[HellsBells]

(14-01-2011 10:48 PM)Byatil Wrote:  On a slightly unrelated note; I thought it was a nice development in Lucas and Ros' relationship in 8.4, when Lucas confronts Darshavin in order to try and obtain the code to disarm the bomb. He unleashes a lot of emotion in that scene and implies his suicide attempt - whilst Ros and Sarah listen in. This seems quite significant. Lucas seems to place more trust in women than he does men, and it's interesting that after practically refusing to answer Ros and Sarah's questions earlier in the episode, he is now happy to reveal some fairly personal details of his relationship with Darshavin. What caused him to lose those inhibitions? Was it the fact that Darshavin abused his trust? Or simply that he had no other choice, if he wanted to get Sarah out alive?

By the way, that is one of my all time favourite scenes.

I feel I have raised a lot of questions in this (and have hopefully managed to answer a few of them in a rather haphazard way) so I look forward to hearing what everyone else thinks!

I think in this scene Lucas is really only talking to Darshavin, forcing Darshavin to remember to foundation of their relationship, and convincing Darshavin that he is not going to give in to him. Lucas will resist Darshavin just as he had done in prison. The fact that Sarah and Ros were listening in couldn't be helped and therefore Lucas had to open up himself to obtain the codes, again sacrificing himself for the greater cause.