Maya Lahan
Date of Birth: 20.9.1975
First episode: Series 9, Episode 2 Last episode: Series 9, Episode 8 Job: Doctor Status: Deceased (Shot) Portrayed by: Laila Rouass Maya Lahan is a doctor introduced in the ninth series as the first love and former girlfriend of John Bateman (who changed his name to Lucas North) fifteen years before the events of the series. She was born in York and met John Bateman whilst at Leeds University. When John became stuck in Dakar, he worked with Vaughn Edwards as a courier in order to get back home, but Maya remained unaware of his activities. (Vaughn remembered that during their time, John would talk to him about Maya for hours at a time.) However, after he was involved in the bombing of a British Embassy in 1995, John was forced to leave Maya and murder friend Lucas North, and since started masquerading as him. Believing that John died in Dakar, Maya got on with her life, becoming a doctor. |
Fifteen years later, she is in a relationship with Vaughn, although she is unaware of his true identity. Lucas finds the hospital where she works to meet her. However, Maya coldly rejects him, stating she moved on with somebody else, and that she no longer needs him. By the end of the third episode however, Lucas invites her to his home and the two have sex on a kitchen table, thus restarting their relationship.
Over the course of the series, Vaughn manipulates Lucas, by giving him Maya back into his life, in order to get his hands on an MI5 file named Albany, which contain the blueprints for a genetic weapon. When Lucas refuses to co-operate, Vaughn abducts Maya, but Lucas finds her, after mortally wounding Vaughn. Having confessed his past crimes to his MI5 superior, Harry Pearce, Lucas intends to flee the country with Maya, and agrees to give the Chinese Albany in exchange for money, and new identities for the couple. However, Maya is approached by hired specialist, Alec White, who tells her of Lucas's past crimes. Maya turns against Lucas, and attempts to get him to surrender. However, when Beth and Dimitri arrive, Lucas takes Maya to his car and evades them. When Beth and Dimitri open fire, a bullet hits Maya in the torso, and she dies. Lucas leaves her body behind, as she has a GPS tracker on her.
Over the course of the series, Vaughn manipulates Lucas, by giving him Maya back into his life, in order to get his hands on an MI5 file named Albany, which contain the blueprints for a genetic weapon. When Lucas refuses to co-operate, Vaughn abducts Maya, but Lucas finds her, after mortally wounding Vaughn. Having confessed his past crimes to his MI5 superior, Harry Pearce, Lucas intends to flee the country with Maya, and agrees to give the Chinese Albany in exchange for money, and new identities for the couple. However, Maya is approached by hired specialist, Alec White, who tells her of Lucas's past crimes. Maya turns against Lucas, and attempts to get him to surrender. However, when Beth and Dimitri arrive, Lucas takes Maya to his car and evades them. When Beth and Dimitri open fire, a bullet hits Maya in the torso, and she dies. Lucas leaves her body behind, as she has a GPS tracker on her.