[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

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(18-01-2011 02:43 PM)HellsBells Wrote:  I think that to be a good leader in Harry's position he would have to distance himself somewhat from his team, but I believe he has gone too far (except were Ruth is concerned, but that is a different thread). But that is why having Lucas as his section chief would have been great of section D, Lucas was so in touch with other peoples' feelings and would be there for them when needed. Harry would only then need to deal with operational matters within the team. Unfortunately Lucas also needed someone to help him through his tough times but there was no one, especially after Ros had gone.

To distance yourself from your team is not necessarily a bad thing, but the distance that Harry has built between himself and his team is like a huge chasm that somehow no one could cross or reach.

There is no doubt that Harry is a good leader who commands loyalty and respect from his people, but the mark of a good leader is also someone who is in tune with the emotional feelings of his team. If a leader is blind to how his team may be an emotional mess, how can he be a good leader?

That is my issue with Harry. He seems either just ignorant or willfully turning a blind eye to his team's emotional well-being as if everyone can just deal with all the trauma simply because they are MI5 agents.

He once said to Adam that he's responsible for Lucas's physical and mental wellbeing, I can't say I saw much of that. Sure he worried about Lucas during the whole thing with Oleg Dasharvain, but it was Ros who kept more of an eye on Lucas than anyone else. She seemed to be the only one who seemed to understand what Lucas needed.

Losing Ros was probably a huge blow to Lucas, and I can't help but wonder if that push him further into losing his mind in Series 9. Because in my view, if Ros had been around, maybe Series 9 would have ended differently, Ros had that unique ability of reading Lucas and calming him down that Harry never seemed to grasp.