Series 9 Rumours & Speculation

[A Cousin]

(22-10-2010 06:13 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  Grrrrrr....throws empty bottle of JD and half eaten sponge.

I don't see Ruth as a traitor. Full stop. I could possibly see her siding with Lucas to help him get away with Maya. Perhaps Ruth is there at the stand off and doesn't side with Harry. But then again she looks to be the one who informs Harry about what Lucas has been up to. Maybe she feels guilty about that, as all Lucas wants to do is be with the one he truly loves.

Also why wouldn't Lucas' betrayal of Harry and the teams trust, be considered ultimate? What more makes it ultimate? Lucas kidnaps Ruth and threatens to kill her if Harry doesn't let him flee with Maya? Ruth is no match for Lucas' strength or if he has a gun.That wouldn't make Ruth weak.

Deftly leaping back into the fray, catching sponge in one hand and a bottle in the other, and clearing them both off in one swallow...

I hear you. I don't want her to be. But there could be scenarios, such as the one you listed above, that could work. It just seems to me that the writers have worked so hard to strengthen her character this series that to have her cowering while her Knight in Shining Armour saves her, seems a bit out of character. Lucas could certainly over power her physically but that doesn't mean she wouldn't have something to say about it. She'd be *involved.*

So lets say that Lucas' hand is forced into kidnapping Ruth to manipulate Harry and Ruth does everything she can to convince Harry that he has to sacrifice her for the greater good. Harry has a gun pointed at Lucas, Lucas has a gun pointed at Ruth and Ruth has the only weapon at her disposal, her intellect, pointed at Harry. Stand off.

As we have moved through this series, it has become clear to me that a major theme is living with the choices they make for the greater good and maintaining their individual humanity primarily played out by Harry, Ruth and Lucas. I am hoping in the final moment they all hit the balance and find a way to have both. Without Harry's decency, Ruth's honesty or Lucas' loyalty being sacrificed. How? I don't know. But I live in optimism.