Series 9 Episode 7 discussion

[redlyn]

(03-11-2010 03:24 PM)DanieLa Wrote:  You said you put your heart and soul into this character and now find yourself disappointed.
What is it you find so disappointing?
Or maybe: What is it you would have wanted for him?

I honestly don't see the plot as ... incomplete.

I think the fact that we find difficult is not that he has been living a lie for 15 years; that's part of spy lore so is understandable for them to include it in a plotline - it's what we as viewers have previously been shown of his personality. This is not just the heroic side that supports his team and defends his country but also the private gentleness and caring. If it were all a facade then we would have not seen that in his nature in the private life scenes.

This all smacks of the writers just deciding to have a bit of fun. RA was obviously shocked when he opened his script - you can tell from his interviews, although he's too sweet to be undiplomatic about it. He has been building a beautfully complex creation for two years and then has to twist his portrayal into something else. If this were a genuine story arc in the way a novelist would write then I could accept it because the justification would be there and there wouldn't be so many holes.

I think we're upset because the writers think that we're idiots and will just accept any old tosh. Careful planning of this character change could have solved this. Perhaps they just have too many writers and not enough vision.

I feel that we will be sorely disappointed by the explanation next week and that some folk on here will have already come up with more plausible ideas. I deeply hope that I'm wrong.