Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

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Every point you raise is a completely valid one, conniesachs, but I'm afraid I have no idea as to any of the answers either! I'll make sure to rewatch 9.8 in the next few days so I can attempt to formulate an explanation for the writing, but as far as I can see these are all just plot-holes which were never properly closed

(04-01-2011 07:36 PM)conniesachs Wrote:  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.

I'm just going to pick up on this point, because it does indeed seem very out of character for Harry to go straight to the Home Sec? He usually seems to hold information back where it concerns his field officers until it is crucial that he involves higher powers - and when he went to the Home Sec he apparently still had some control over Lucas and Albany. So does seem very strange that he would incriminate himself. Unless he was working under the assumption that his plan would fail, and that it might look better in court if he were to have told the Home Sec of his plans rather than running a Black Op