Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

[theeyeshaveit]

Character assassination completed, (not that I believe someone with even the tiniest shred of Lucas in him would emotionally or logically have taken such an immoral and unworkable route), but at least I can be grateful that Harry and Ruth survived intact and other fans won't get to feel the way I do.

I don't see that what Harry did was anything like treason, he knew the file was not really dangerous, so did not gamble with disaster really to get Ruth back. If it had been genuine, I would have not expected him to put it at risk, even for Ruth. I always thought he was up to something that was not as bad as what it looked. I think if Harry would have risked giving a genuine file to the Chinese, then maybe he would not be able to do his job anymore.

I hated the way the writers wanted their cake and to eat it too. The flashbacks to the past and the comforting of Ruth, were like an insulting crumb rubbing salt into the wound to the Lucas believers, yet we were at the same time supposed to feel he was so not Lucas that he would kill Ruth and give the Albany file to the Chinese even after he found out what it contained. Icky!