Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

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I know probably most people out there have given up on series 9 but I decided to give episode 8 another look. Thought I would sound out the junior Sachs' whilst they were home from university but they tell me its only a tv programme and I'm taking this far too seriously ! So if there is still anyone out there perhaps I sound you out instead.

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Sorry, hit wrong button and posted before I'd finished! I did say when I joined that I was a technophobe. Anyway here are the questions puzzling me about ep 8:

Why did Harry send Ruth and Tariq out into the field when Lucas said he wanted to turn himself in? I'm sure in previous episodes they've managed to do this from the grid, instead Harry and Alex stay in the safety of the grid and Ruth and Tariq are exposed to danger.

How did Lucas manage to find two abandoned buildings, get drugs for Ruth and new clothes for Harry, organise at least 3 vehicles, all whilst booking tickets for all over the world? The last getaway vehicle in the middle of the countryside would have needed at least two vehicles and drivers, unless Lucas caught a bus/hitched/or got his fold-up bike out of the boot to enable him to get back to central London. He had to have had help, but who? The chinese?

Why did Harry seem so keen to phone the Home Sec to tell him he'd given Lucas Albany? When Lucas and Maya left the hotel Alex phones Harry and says "It's done". Presumably getting Maya to agree to take the tracking device. Harry immediately phones the Home Sec, tells him that Lucas has Albany and he gave it to him. Doesn't mention the tracker and that they hope to use this get Albany back before it is passed to the chinese, but casts the worst possible light on the situation.

On the rooftop what did Harry mean when he said to Lucas "If you knew what you were doing, why did you do it?" It can't be planting the bomb in Dakar because Harry shouldn't know this. All he knows is the story Lucas told him of John Bateman unwittingly planting the briefcase and Vaughan died before he could give his version of what happened.

Who was Vaughan Edwards? Harry tells the Home Sec he was some sort of Mr Fixit, but that doesn't fit with level A security clearance. In ep 7 when Harry and Lucas are going to meet Harry's source Harry describes him as "old school" seeming to suggest maybe he was formerly involved with one of the security services, but adds something to the effect that you shouldn't trust him completely, maybe implying he was no longer involved with the security services. Therefore Lucas looking Vaughan's name up (ep 2?) could suggest Vaughan was formerly a member of the security services when he was in Dakar and Lucas wants to know whether he is still with them or not before deciding how to act.

Any ideas? I'm never sure with these writers whether anomalies are clues that things aren't quite what they seem, or just bad writing.