Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

[BravoNine]

(09-11-2010 05:33 AM)Adam Carter Wrote:  

(09-11-2010 03:23 AM)BravoNine Wrote:  A bit like Adam, but I think when Adam died, it was not hell breaking loose on the Grid. Harry was there, Ros was there, and Lucas was there to back everyone up.

Actually, I was referring to when Adam himself was introduced after the Tom incident. The Grid was in shambles, no leader in sight.

The loss of Lucas stings right now. Hard. And watching Harry have to carry the team through all of this without the aid of a Ros or an Adam was quite painful. The show needs an injection of something new and, preferably, more stable.

I still think it's a bit more, when Adam came in, he was sort of brought in transition to find Tom (which in Lucas's storyline would mean Alec is the replacement...) but at least then Harry was still there. As hard as it was to decommission Tom, it wasn't a massive freak-out attack, it wasn't everyone's lives at stake. Tom got to walk away from a world that killed and destroyed his friends.

But with Lucas, it runs much deeper. Lucas is more than likely dead, the team chased after him, watched him become this monster that they barely recognize, they had to regard him as the enemy. Tom's exit hurt, but Lucas's cuts even deeper because it's more than them losing Lucas, it's them losing Harry as well.

When Tom left, Harry could still deal with it. Tom was alive. But Lucas, with Harry having to face him down in a confrontation, having to suffer that heart-breaking betrayal, and watching a young man that he cared very deeply about fall to his death because of this torment and suffering, it's all killing Harry inside, and it's killing Ruth inside too. This mess definitely runs deeper than Tom's exit could ever do.

I do see parallels with Tom and Lucas, but I think Lucas's exit cuts more deeply into the heart. He was the guy they looked to for answers, he was the big brother who was taking care of the little ones who didn't know much about this world and wasn't ready to lead. And now Lucas's departure has left the Grid in a state of stunned horror as Harry is in trouble, Ruth is in trouble, and Dimitri, Beth, and Tariq have no clue how to fix it all.

I'm sure they will eventually heal, but I think it's gonna take a bit longer than the transition from Tom to Adam.