Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

[NightOwl]

(09-11-2010 11:55 AM)Tea Lady Wrote:  I will probably get shouted at here, but how do the people who are criticising the ending and who hate what happened to Lucas, know that it was not forced upon Kudos because Richard Armitage handed his notice in, at the last moment? I'm not saying that I am correct in this, but how do we know? We don't know but there are several things pointing to this. I have a feeling that this was not the ending Kudos wanted. Also it would have been bleeding obvious that RA would not be in S10 when he was away filming in New Zealand for two years, so what would have been the point of leaving his survival as a cliff hanger.

What I am saying here is, what if Richard Armitage's career choice directly caused the unhappy demise of Lucas, that we saw last night. It this is the case, I don't see how people can be shouting at Kudos or the writers. Perhaps people should be shouting at Richard Armitage himself.

If I were an entertainment journalist, the question I would be asking Kudos is, was there a second ending and was the ending you gave us, the ending you wanted?

Things are never just black and white and if people are thinking that this was a strange ending for a Spooks series, then there is probably more to it than we know.

Let me start shouting:

Seriously? It's Richard Armitage's fault and not the writers? Seriously?

So if RA hadn't given his notice, Lucas would have what? What's the "real" ending the that the writers wanted that would have pleased us all but RA thwarted. How was this mess of plot actually supposed to end? All would be forgiven? Lucas would have returned as Section Chief and lived happily ever after?

The writers chose Lucas's fate, plain and simple. They created the idea of the Dakar and false identity. They had Lucas sell Albany to the Chinese. It seems quite clear to me that the writers knew at least halfway through the series that RA was not returning. (Although who made that decision, RA or TPTB, is not clear.) They made the choices that lead directly to the rooftop scene, not RA.

Please don't defend the idiocy of the the writers by slurring the actor.