Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

[A Cousin]

IMO, only in so far as it pertains to Lucas. From my perspective it was a great set up but the payoff lacked. I was intrigued and buying the farm with the "Lucas-as-an-evil sociopath" idea, but not for Maya. They did that to parallel Harry and Lucas making their "sacrifice for love." But I don't need Lucas back any more than I need Tom, Zoe, Danny, Fiona, Colin, Adam, Ros, Zaf, Malcolm or Jo back - all of whom were equally as heroic and intriguing as Lucas.

As for all the other characters in S9, there was sufficient feasible development that, if S9 were discounted completely, one would have to play catch-up in S10. Certainly for Ruth and Harry. Beth had a good episode or two where we learned a lot about her. Even Dimitri had moments. Not enough, IMO, but they were there. Poor Tariq languished a bit, but Shazad Latif is still fresh out of drama school and probably still thrilled to just be a part of it. Even Towers was well established.