Episode 4 Discussion

[JHyde]

Surprisingly, there hasn't really been as much Lucas talk on this thread as I expected. I guess everyone was kinda shocked about Sarah. Now that it's worn off a little, I'd like to hear how people think this episode helps us understand Lucas. Does his mistake in trusting Sarah seem plausible, given his loneliness and exile in Russia? Did you find his flashback to attempted suicide shocking? (I found it harrowing, some of RA's best stuff on the show so far.) And I'd like to hear what people thought about Oleg, as I personally felt for him a little. Make no mistake, I think he was grotesque and did a lot of bad things, but there's a certain hypocrisy in handing him back to the FSB, which I still don't understand why they did. Why not keep him as an asset? It's not as though holding him with the FSB knowing they had him was problematic - after all, Lucas was held by the FSB and the British knew. That plot point didn't really make sense to me. The actor playing Oleg was pretty good there at the end. And was he selling the only thing in his gift by telling Lucas, even as he knew a last minute reprieve was not possible? A final gift to an honourable foe perhaps?

I ask too many questions.