Lucas North Speculation

[BoHenley]

HellsBells, I really like your "MI6" idea (from another thread, on 12/12/2010), and if you don't mind I'll reprint it here for those who might have missed it:

HellsBells wrote: "My theory of MI6 involvement would have started back in Dakar, when John was recruited by Vaughn, MI6 could then have used him as an asset. The bomb could have been an accident, denoted while being defused? John faked Lucas's death to keep in with Vaughn and MI6 then helped John become Lucas North (altering records etc), who remainder a sleeper for Six. When Vaughn reappeared Lucas would have been activated again. Lucas would have to fall in love with Maya because that is what Vaughn would expect. And because the Chinese were watching it had to be convincing.
There is of course a big whole in this theory......why would MI6 want the Chinese to have Albany? Could it have contained some sort of Trojan to infect Chinese computers?"

My thoughts: It's hard to know which way the writers will turn for S10 (especially after S9). It would be fairly easy to bring Lucas back, because there's no body, we heard footsteps, and no-one's actually said he's dead (yet). The Home Sec says something like "this business with your Section Chief..." And there's the 48 hours. IF Lucas comes back, I also think it'll be later in the series, and would be an affective "shock" - if they do it right (or "write it right.") Of course it depends on RA's schedule, but I'm sure Sir Peter could release RA for a few weeks filming, if necessary.

Or Lucas could be dead, mentioned once in S10.1 and forgotten (I hope not).

Or (if it's the same writers) Lucas could be alive because they didn't bother to look at S9 and wrote him in anyway. (Okay, okay, I know we're not supposed to discuss the writers...)