[spoilers] Episode 8 summary

[WhiteSwan]

(21-10-2010 11:46 PM)BravoNine Wrote:  WORD!!!

I REFUSE to believe that Lucas would just suddenly throw away everything he has fought so hard to build for himself here at MI5, HIS HOME, for some silly woman (even if she is the love of his life) that he abandoned 15 years ago just because Vaughn is back and he saw her picture! I REFUSE!

And if that's how the writers are gonna give it to me, then Spooks will have truly lost me as a viewer, that's just complete character assassination unless they give me a damn good explanation on how Lucas went from courageous/loyal to stupid/insane.

Lucas North has always been about his loyalty to MI5 and Harry, I just refuse to believe he would turn on them this easily without a damn good reason, and for a girl is NOT a good reason.

If 8 years of torture in a Russian hell hole didn't turn his loyalty, there has better be a good reason how 5 seconds of Vaughn, a briefcase, and a picture of an old flame can turn him!!!

Just what I'm thinking!
Do the writers think we are completely stupid? Ok, they want us to believe that there is someone, who apparently is evil and ruthless and did something so terrible that he had to disappear and change his name. And to cover his tracks he then joins MI5 (why on earth MI5 - because apparently their vetting process is just a joke and section D is run by someone who's the worst judge of character in the whole of Britain). Anyway, for 15 years he is an excellent agent, loyal, trustworthy, honest, with a high moral code (as we were told in series 7). He even remains loyal through 8 years of imprisonment in Russia and after his return proves time and again that he can be trusted, that he is willing to risk his life for others (including Harry). And then he looks at a photograph of a woman and - suddenly - the evil, ruthless man is back. Wow! Amazing! What a shame the Russians didn't know about that trick!
I'm sorry, but if they don't come up with a really good twist at the end, which will make Lucas a hero again and not a villain, then this will be one of the most ridiculous stories I've seen in a long, long time.