Series 9 Episode 8 discussion

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I thought my fantasy of Lucas being being aided and abetted by MI6 to fake his death so he could join them was a private one but it's nice to know others have been thinking along the same lines.
Like HellsBells I also wondered (in one of my many theories) if he was involved with MI6 back in 1995 in Dakar, but my take on it was that he was an MI6 agent, sent to Dakar to investigate Vaughan Edwards and find out what he was up to; gun-running/drug-trafficking/spying, using the cover of John Bateman, a failed drug runner short of money who works at the casino he frequents. The plan works and John is recruited by Vaughan, but before he can discover what he is up to disaster strikes when the briefcase John has left in the British Embassy blows up. In the circumstances bringing back into MI6 isn't a good idea but the security services don't want to lose what had been up to then a good operative so he joins MI5 as Lucas North, with only Harry knowing he is really seconded from 6.
So his real name is neither John Bateman or Lucas North.
Oh and I love HellsBells idea that Albany contained some sort of computer virus.