[spoilers] Harry and Lucas

[JHyde]

I'm glad this thread has been resurrected again - I was starting to wonder if I'd created it in the first place!

I find this one of the most interesting dynamics on the show. I don't think Harry was responsible for Lucas being captured nor do I think Harry's first attempt to get him back was in 2008. Sometimes it's just a matter of getting the right horse to trade at the right time, and the Russians would only have given Lucas up once they were certain they couldn't get anything terribly useful out of him. A little like sports clubs trading, if you will, except much more serious.

I will be very disappointed if we don't get more of this relationship unfolding in Season 9. It is one of the biggest things I am looking for in the new season and the successful development/demise of that will be a big factor in how successful the season is too, I think.