Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

[BravoNine]

Well if you don't understand, then I doubt you'll ever will understand why many of us feel this way. The way I see it, if I can't trust who one character is, then I have no reason to feel invested at all. They might as well tell me that Harry is the big bad evil behind Nightingale or something. Would that have been okay with you?

I don't feel like I'm being unfair to the writers, they wrote a storyline with weak points and plot-holes, if they feel to need to just retcon 2 years of Lucas North being a good person and fighting for what's right, then what else can I trust them for? Which character will be next on the chopping block for some crazy hare-brained twist? Will Tariq become an axe murderer? Maybe Ruth is revealed to be a serial killer?

I have stated many times that I could care less that Lucas is gone or that RA is gone, actor and characters come and go on TV shows, I know that better than anyone with the amount of favorite characters I've lost on so many shows in the past few years. And none of those storylines have made me mad at the writers, none of them have been this far-fetched and crazy.

Heck, just under 6 months ago, one of my most favorite characters on a show called Brothers and Sisters died, I was distraught even though I knew the actor was leaving. But I didn't get mad at the writers, I didn't get annoyed, I understood the change and the storyline exit made sense and was true to who they wrote the character to be. I was okay. I was upset and still am saddened when I think about it, but I accepted it. Hell I even accepted 24's crazy Season 7 storyline of good guy Tony Almeida being a bad guy, then a good guy, then a bad guy pretending to be a good guy but really a bad guy. I even accepted that crazy character change because it made sense, the pieces and reasons were all laid out and I could understand. There were a few plot-holes as to how he returned from the dead, but the general storyline and the character change was tragic but I accepted it too because I could see the seeds being planted from earlier seasons.

My problem, they portrayed Lucas North as a man of morality, integrity, loyalty, and dedication, despite his obvious shades of gray and tendency to be a maverick, he always came through for the team, he cared about his team, he would do anything to protect them. Yet now 2 series later I'm suppose to believe all that character development was all for nothing? Oh just forget about the good guy Lucas because it was all just a stupid lie and haha we can change him into whoever we want!

I think myself and many fans have a right to be angry and pissed.