Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

[Byatil]

This is really beginning to hurt my head!

I just... I really want there to be some explanation for the way Lucas' character was developed in S9, but I think I'm clutching wildly at straws in the hope of finding something which simply isn't there. I know the writers generally come up with a number of potential plots, and probably scripted a few different ideas before finalising on this Lucas/John rubbish, so I can only hope that there is in fact somewhere a much more intelligent and feasible script which was intended to be used, but for some reason had to be thrown aside. That's the only explanation I can think of as to why this plot was so blatantly rushed and haphazard. I just don't think the writers had enough time to explore the plot properly, as they were under pressure to complete the scripts to a deadline. Without properly evaluating the plot, they couldn't have noticed the ridiculous plot-holes. I can only surmise that they had to write something shocking yet entertaining in a very short amount of time... either that, or they were just incredibly blasé about the entire thing and thought they could get away with being a bit lazy