2-3-4 Challenge Book Discussions #2 discussion

In an earlier story, Jonathan Paxton claimed that Hans Vigo changed Lucy’s behavioral analysis to allow her entry into the FBI Academy. What he actually did was above board, though rarely done. Your thoughts about this? Was Paxton lying or did he know something?

I still think Paxton was lying. I agree with what Hans told Lucy: there was no way she was ever going to get a fair panel after what happened with Fran. Hans went to the Assistant Director and he agreed with that assessment and that Lucy would make a good agent.

I think Paxton may have known what actually happened but lied to make it sound like Lucy didn’t qualify on her own. Hans only overruled an unfairly biased panel, which was no reflection on Lucy. This just makes Paxton even more evil than I’d imagined.

Hans did the right thing. No way should the panel have made this decision because of their allegiances to Fran. It was unfair and obviously someone on that panel has loose lips and is the source of the breach, giving even more credibility to Hans.

Paxton lied when he said that Lucy didn't qualify and Hans fixed it for her.

I would think the top brass at Quantico would be looking at the two panels that talked to Lucy and be questioning if they should really be FBI Agents. It sounds like many of the agents on these panels (if not all) think that Lucy's mentor, Fran, was right in killing the pedophiles that were released from prison instead of trying to send them back to prison. I find that alarming.

Some of the panel believed that Lucy would have a meltdown because of her past. I can understand worrying about it, but I think they would have to prove it first by seeing if she could get through the FBI program on her own.

I agree. The panel didn't give Lucy a chance. I don't know why I thought that the second panel approved Lucy's application. I missed that Hans stepped in to over rule both panels until this book.

Paxton has an ax to grind and he will be back to cause more trouble.

Hans led us to believe that the second panel approved Lucy. He didn't tell her (or us) that he had to overrule them.

Paxton is a real villain; I'm just not sure how much more he figures in this series.

I think Paxton knew something, but not everything. He just wants something to hold over Sean's head.