Series 9 Episode 4 discussion

[Quill]

Ah, Tea Lady, you touched on something I have been ruminating about it. Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part, but...

What if Lucas actually told Harry what was going on and the two of them are leading Vaughn & Co. into a trap? Ruth is not in it, so her radar is picking up the deception, but she doesn't know what is going on.

The change in Lucas has been too swift. He's convincing as a love-sick sick to Maya. But to us, it sounds false. Setting up a fall guy to take the blame for the stolen file is what Vaughn expects out of him (he throws back at Lucas the same line Lucas used last episode: "Whose life did you ruin this time?"), but it goes against the grain for an agent that is willing to be arrested by the Chinese so the mission can be successful and his colleague can escape. The way Vaughn plays him is too obvious and Lucas was never dumb. I think he's is giving what they want and Harry is probably aware of it. Or he may be setting up a trap to deliver Vaughn to Harry, as he did with Arkady. And what are the chances that Maya is in bed with Vaughn? Why Vaughn would deliver old photos of Maya with Lucas?

Also, thinking about practicalities, what would be the point of killing Lucas, if Kudos signed up for another season? There are no guarantees that Spooks will have a season 11, so introducing a new agent to replace Lucas would be pointless. And if they make Lucas a through-and-through traitor, I think the only way to redeem his character would be in a box, after a bout of self-sacrificing.