Lucas North Speculation

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(19-12-2010 12:21 AM)Byatil Wrote:  But then the issue is that if they bring Lucas back with a big 'redemption' plot... the series he appears in will once again have to focus mainly on him. I love Lucas' character, but I don't want him to be the focus of the show! If they wanted to give a proper explanation I get the feeling it would take up a lot of screentime. Unless it was a fleeting comment by a senior Chinese official (or whichever nationality you believe might have set him up); think Connie in 7.8 "It was me, Lucas". Something like that would work. But then we'd be back at square one - if we assume Lucas to be alive, we're back to the 'de-briefing' and attempts to prove his trustworthiness. If he's dead, then at least it would give fans some closure, but then again the point may be that you can't always find closure. There are some questions that are always left unanswered.

Well with these writers, I doubt closure is a word they understand.

I wouldn't want him to overtake the show again, but there are plenty of clever ways to infuse Lucas's redemption, whether posthumously or alive, into the story without it taking over all other storylines, it just takes a writer who is actually willing to put effort into making the storyline work and know how to balance the characters, which apparently these writers do not know how to do.

But in the hands of an efficient writer, it is not hard to find a good balance point to give Lucas the deserved redemption and not have it take over the story.

(19-12-2010 12:26 AM)Byatil Wrote:  It seems slightly pretentious to presume that the Russians/Chinese would be so preoccupied with 'getting rid of' Harry He's one man in a vast organisation; why would they want rid of him? And why would they construct such an elaborate plot?

Well in my view, apparently Harry is the only one with half a brain that seems to be working, I mean, have you seen those higher up at MI5? Apparently none of them have working brains, and seeing as how MI6 is always going rogue every 5 seconds, so it would not be hard to assume that the Russians/Chinese see Harry as an obstacle for them to be easily overpower MI5 or something like that.

Sure it would be an elaborate plot, but in this way, they not only remove Harry as an obstacle, they embarrass him, ruin his reputation, embarrass the UK government, and they get the satisfaction of metaphorically stabbing a knife in Harry's heart by using his star prodigy against him and have Harry realize he couldn't save his boy.

It just seems to me something that the Russians/Chinese would cook up, they are a bit sadistic like that. (no offense to the Russians/Chinese but as a Chinese person myself, I do know something about this sadistic streak when it comes to war and revenge....)