Episode 7 Discussion

[Silktie]

(12-12-2009 09:16 PM)femaleBertieWooster Wrote:  

(12-12-2009 08:03 PM)Silktie Wrote:  I have one gripe though; to me the fact that Ashok is only 17 makes that speech he gave the guy at the end really unbelievable. Such tremendous political and human insight is highly unlikely to come from someone so young. And also, I thought they wimped out of killing the bad guy at the end.

Ashok was living that political/human situation. On first hearing nothing jumped out as insight a politician could only have (or not have as the case may be.)

His not killing the so-called bay guy showed that it was more important that he convince said bad guy of the truth of the situation even though it put everyone in the building at risk of a horrible death.

I was definitely not implying that only a politician could have this insight, but merely that it is the type of insight one gains with years of experience of a particular situation. True, he was living in that situation, but honestly, how many 17 year olds do you know with such a deep understanding of what motivates other human beings to do what they do? My point is that it was rather fortuitous that such a wise 17-year old was already in place for them to use. Also, I wasn't saying that Lucas should have killed the guy at the end, but that it would have been in Spooks tradition if he went ahead and killed himself. But that's just my bloodlust talking.