Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

[BravoNine]

Oh it was good entertainment on the shocking, exciting, heart-pounding, scaring-the-crap-out-of-me level, no doubt about it. It was great in that sense.

It was just the logic that fell apart for me. I've been trying to rationalize it in my head to try and convince myself that I was just being stupid and silly to believe in Lucas so much, that he was just lying and I was too blind to see it, but my heart won't believe that. It's a struggle for me, it's just too hard.

And honestly, seeing who Lucas became, it just ruins for me what I loved about Series 7 and 8, how am I going to go back to those episodes and see the same good Lucas who came through for his team? Was it all just lies and pretend or did he really became Lucas North that he forgot John Bateman and had an identity crisis?

Anyways, what's done is done, and any amount of my anger or complaining isn't gonna change what happened, so I guess I will just have to suck it up and deal with it.

By the way, Kirayuki, really LOVE your banner! That Lucas/Ruth scene had to be one of my favs! I wonder if RA and NW had great fun filming together, because they're not usually sharing scenes alone or in that close proximity, that must have been different and fun!

It would be interesting to see if the DVD boxset contains commentaries for these episodes because I sure would like to hear the reasons for this storyline, maybe if I hear the writers' opinions, that may make sense to me.

Part of me wonders when Harry said to Lucas that he could still help Lucas, that after Lucas's years of service, he owes him. Was he giving Lucas a chance to escape or is he just saying that he could settle a reduced prison sentence for Lucas? Surely they both know that Lucas would never make it in prison. He made it through in Russia because he had a home and a family to fight for, but now all that is gone, if he goes to prison on British soil, he knows he can never make it back because there is no home to fight for.

Now I really wanna see bloopers for Spooks, it may just take away some of the hurt I've been feeling, I need something happy and fun now!