Series 9 Rumours & Speculation

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(07-11-2010 12:18 AM)binkie Wrote:  One of the things that Spooks has done really well in relation to Lucas is to make the point, repeatedly and coherently, that there is a sense in which the Service would almost have preferred him to have died in prison. Rehabilitating and reintegrating someone as damaged as Lucas most surely is comes with all manner of risks and compromises. The show has illustrated a number of these: inability to acknowledge limitations or ask for help, inability to communicate intent, inability to judge risk away from the field, over-developed rationalisation of personal risk, not to mention his apparent rescue fetish! If Lucas had died in prison, he could have been noted as an heroic sacrifice and that would have been a tidy - if unfortunate - end of it.

That's a really interesting take. I never saw that.

Regarding Maya, in my opinion the reason she works while Sarah did not is that she is also a suggestion. So, he can be all in love with her and she can just fax it in. Remember, Vaughn gave Maya to John. She is just a phantom love, a suggestion, (a trigger?)

And Watchstrap, was Lucas really bemused until Vaughn opened the suitcase? Yikes if true. I've been planning on giving the whole season another viewing in lead up to the finale. That is definitely something to watch for.