Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

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(08-11-2010 11:25 PM)Ben 531 Wrote:  

(08-11-2010 11:08 PM)Bethles123 Wrote:  Was it just me, or did Lucas have a wife when he first came? Elisbeth or something similar. She was Russian, I think? Or am I just making that up? Because from what I remember he was pretty in love with her too...I guess it's like others were saying above though - in love with Maya or with the past?

Yes he did, an ex wife i believe, this was another major plothole not many people noticed/addressed.

The whole thing was one giant plothole!
I had to go back and rewatch it as I was so shell-shocked the first time. It's even worse the second time!

Yes, RA was brilliant as was NW but oh my god what a pig's ear they made of it. It seemed so sloppy, like the writers had never seen the previous two seasons. They used his torment from the prison to show what a damaged person he was - lazy, lazy - write it in the script!

For him to throw his life away for a love was ludicrous especially as we never saw anything resembling love coming from her - it's seemed like she cared more for Vaughan! Yes, you could take it that he was so damaged and desperate for love that he projected it onto her but honest... really....make it believable!

For him to act with all his brilliance in the way that he did against everything and everyone he had worked for was just downright daft. To swallow it, you had to simply forget all the good that he had done throughout the past two seasons and believe that he had been the person they now wrote him as. And I don't - pure and simple. I could have if they had done it differently, that he had been damaged by the years in prison and he had finally lost it but to make him bad before he went in and then showing him being so good and kind and heroic - it didn't make sense.

Yes, I know that he was losing it - that's ok - I get that but the reason behind it doesn't add up.

I understand the idea of living a double life - it's the stuff of spy novels but if you go back and look at his words and actions of the past two series, it illustrates just how tacked on this series is to what we know.

RA was great but he had giant holes in logic to get past. It was deeply disappointing - the ideas on here were more believable and inventive!