Series 9 Episode 7 discussion

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I may be making this up, but didn't Lucas North's parents die in a car crash? That was convenient. Did John kill Lucas' family as well? If I have this wrong I apologise.
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OMG, I seem to know that too somehow. That would really be awful.
I am so sad now. Lucas North the legend, John the ''real person'' and very bad to booth. It feels like a character assassination to me. This ep was less of a roller coaster for me then 9.6. Lucas/John could still have been good last week, and the outcome could still (for me) have been honorable. There were two sides to the coin then, good and evil. There only was one side now: Lucas/John became John, and he was even more evil than anticipated. That was the main story line for me tonight.
And we still don't know what Albany is!

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(01-11-2010 11:26 PM)redlyn Wrote:  I'm not ashamed to admit it - I cried with horror and disillusionment for the man I loved. When Lucas told his story I could still forgive him as being young and stupid and then redeeming himself through years of selfless service to his country. The comment about surviving the eight years of torture because he deserved it, floored me.

And then...

it turned out that he wasn't duped, that he really was aware of his actions. That made the delivery of the explanatory scene with Harry even more clever as he was making it up as he went. I'm already in mourning for the lovely man I thought I knew. It's all too awful for words.

I completely second that!!!! It is too horrible.