Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

[BoHenley]

Interesting that VAUGHAN was the real catalyst in this series (not Maya), and it's a pity he didn't get a bit more screen time and/or backstory. Because of Vaughan's actions, we ultimately have the deaths of five people (that we know of):

a) Lucas/John
b) Maya
c) The running man from the cafe
d) the real Lucas North
e) Vaughan himself
and that's before you count the deaths in Dakar.

In retrospect, the Lucas/John-is-a-traitor storyline is courageous and a big gamble from Kudos. Hooray for something challenging, even when they'd figure that destroying one of the show's popular characters would be anything but. Otherwise, it's a boring, stereotyped series, and sorry, but we get far too many of those. I just would've liked a slightly better WRITTEN ending/wrap-up - and I'm okay with Lucas ending his life. It's where 10 episodes would give the writers time to EXPAND THE STORYLINE.

Can't see Harry "going away from the office" for more than one episode. Can see him linking up with his family for a brief moment.

And sorry, don't kill me, but I'm obviously the only person in the world who doesn't want to see Tom return (my opinion only). MM's gone on to bigger things. Please, let's have someone NEW.