Series 9 Rumours & Speculation

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(23-10-2010 11:46 AM)WhiteSwan Wrote:  For me that would be the worst possible ending, because Lucas throwing himself off that building would be such a disgraceful, terrible, cowardly way to go - I'm absolutely horrified by the thought of it! But as the writers are about to completely destroy his character anyway by trying to tell us that all we had learnt about Lucas in the last two series was just a lie, I'm afraid it's not totally unlikely.

I think if Lucas does take his own life in order to end all of this and allow the others to live, it wouldn't be cowardly, it would be in Lucas's character to sacrifice himself so that the others can come out of this alive. And it wouldn't be destroying his character, it would be saying that there is still a shred of decency in Lucas.

We know that the bad guys obviously need Lucas to get stuff done, so it would be feasible that Lucas would take himself out of the equation so that the bad guys won't have this leverage, and in that sense, he would give the others the chance to fight back.

I can see Lucas doing that, and in a way, that would be redeeming his actions of stealing the file and framing another innocent agent.

(23-10-2010 12:26 PM)BoHenley Wrote:  Lucas has betrayed his team by stealing that file, setting up that other agent, and whatever it was he's done with Vaughan in his past. He's digging a deeper and deeper hole for himself, and obviously Vaughan's demands will become more extreme.

I'm still waiting for the writers to explain to me what Vaughn and Lucas did that was so horrible that he could hold over Lucas's head even after 15 years, that it would be so strong enough for Lucas to turn against his own people.

As for Lucas digging himself into a hole, he seems quite good at doing that.

(23-10-2010 12:26 PM)BoHenley Wrote:  I also think Lucas's only out at the end may be to take his own life, rather than cause the deaths of others and face imprisonment again (and interrogation). Do I like it - NO! But the torture and the years in prison would have to unhinge even the bravest and most loyal agent. Sacrificing one's self to save others is not cowardice, in my opinion. Others will disagree, of course.

I agree that if Lucas is truly "bad" as they've been showing him to be, then the exit I can see is that Lucas taking his own life to make sure that Vaughn can't use him against MI5 and that he can't use Lucas to harm the others. I can see Lucas sacrificing himself and telling Harry that the only way for this to end is Lucas dying, but since Lucas doesn't want Harry to have Lucas's blood on his hands, he will do it himself and end all of this so that no one will get caught up in this web of lies and deceit.

I somehow don't think Lucas can face another imprisonment on his own side, it will destroy him even more than those 8 years in Russia. At least then he can hold out against the enemy, but if he's being held in England, then there is no escape, and for Lucas, it would most definitely destroy whatever is left in his already messed up psyche. I can't see Lucas surviving prison in England.