[spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2

[xRuthx]

^I always took that revelation with a grain of salt too because Connie was a manipulative liar. I never trusted that particular revelation of hers.

But dw I never said that Harry was spiteful in leaving Lucas in prison. I would argue he was doing his job ie if you're necessary, you're OK, if you're not you're thrown out into the cold. Harry has always been Machiavellian. It's the way a secret service works. Lucas was not necessary until eight years had passed and sure Harry may (if we believe Ros actually can know this? She wasn't around for Lucas remember) have tried to get him out, but I would argue he wouldn't have had the power to try very hard, because Lucas was not necessary at that time and therefore there would have been less bargaining power.

Unfortunately, because this aspect of the story was never explored fully, it is really impossible to say either way, especially since series nine drastically u turned from series seven and eight Lucas. I think it also depends on how much you sympathise with Harry throughout all of Spooks as a character- how much you agree with his morals and ethics. I personally have huge problems with the way a secret service works and have had problems with the way the show has had Harry as moral arbiter since about series five without ever facing real consequences for that and I thought series nine was going to be about changing that. It wasn't, it just confused me further. And therin lies the source of the problem