Series 9 Episode 7 discussion

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(03-11-2010 12:36 PM)Kirayuki Wrote:  I don't fell cheated at all. To be perfectly honest i never thought Lucas was squeaky clean. Not in the slightest. He has pretty much always been under some suspicion since series 7 so it's not all that surprising to me.

No one said he was squeaky clean, he was always toeing the lines and testing boundaries, running off being a maverick, and making horrible choices when it comes to his love life. But ultimately he was always shown to be the guy whom his team can depend on, who backed up his people in a crisis, and risked everything to get Harry out of trouble.

So now I'm suppose to turn around and believe that one freakin' suitcase and a picture of an old girlfriend suddenly turned him into this traitorous psychopath?

Maybe you don't have difficulty disgusting this, but I hope you understand why myself and other fellow Spooks fans have trouble swallowing this storyline that is full of holes.

We've been told from numerous interviews that Lucas is a complex character who is ambiguous, carries both shades of light and dark, goodness and distrust, but who is ultimately a hero. And now suddenly we have him going crazy psycho on everyone and being a straight-up dark character of evil? We were never given indications that he told anything while he was in prison for those 8 years, but now we are being told that the last two series were just lies? And really, is MI5's vetting process really THAT bad?

If they were to run a storyline that Lucas is really working with the Russians and turned against his country, I would hate it, but then at least I can accept it, that I can understand that through his pain and suffering and feelings of abandonment that he turned against his country in anger or whatever, but this gigantic big fat lie is just way too much for me to swallow.

I never believe that Lucas was pure good and squeaky clean, but this, while it's very exciting, is just way too ludicrous and ridiculous.....

I'm glad you enjoy this and feel good about it, I wish I would too, but I would have to stop crying first...