Oliver Dench plays Lucian Ainsworth, who has been a key character in Hotel Portofino since the start of the series. In Season 1, Cecil wanted Lucian to marry Rose Drummond-Ward that is a young lady with enough cash to fulfill his dreams. But of course, Lucian had other dreams – dreams where he could paint and choose whom to love.
In spite of this, Lucian and Rose eventually get married in the series by the end of the first season. But it does not take very long to be able to see that the two are not suited at all. It becomes even more complicated when one learns that his true love is Constance, who works at the hotel. In addition to these, Lucian still appears to be tormented by the physical and psychological effects of the World War I physical disabilities that he received from the war he silently tries to endure for his family throughout the series.
Hotel Portofino Season 3 Finale: Who Killed Lucian?
Another dramatic climax is the final episode 6 titled “Masquerades” of Hotel Portofino Season 3, which with suspense and tragedy shows the Ainsworth family fate of their son. Describing the last episode one can note a death of Lucian – one of the major character involved in love, betrayal and vengeance during the show.
Lucian is killed by Danioni, the very man he initially sought to bring to justice. This final episode focuses on suspense as different people come together with their own intentions and plans. It came through well because motivated by the need to avenge the death of his friend, Anish, Lucian has been plotting to murder the traitor Danioni. But again, something went wrong in the transfer, for Lucian is not a natural born killer and his internal battle between justice and his spirit really makes for an emotionally engaging show.
During the course of the episode, Lucian ends up embroiled in a violent fight. Cecil, the father of Lucian, tricks Danioni to meet him only to have him killed but things go wrong when . Cecil has Jack in his plan but Jack betray him and leaves him to face the wrath alone.
While pursuing his father and Danioni and to be able to witness their fight, Lucian is impaired in his resolve, and comes face to face with the desire for revenge. However, as he watches the events happen he cannot put the plan into-action and kill Danioni. But he just turns his back to his father and leaves him alone and soon things even become worse.
The episode’s climax is a rather violent and intense gun fight in the hotel which pushes each character to their limit. Lucian has a concealed gun and Virat, another avenger, aims to shoot Danioni with the same gun. As Danioni leads his blackshirt thugs through the hotel, with Cecil captured, Virat fires two shots. The first shot falls a blackshirt, and the other shot hits Danioni, but does not kill him. This results in confusion where everybody rises from their seats and in a bid to calm everybody down Danioni attempts to fire a shot which sadly finds its way to Lucian.
Lucian’s death can be seen as a turning point in the entire series of Hotel Portofino because the death not only brings the storyline about this character to its end but also triggers further action in the rest of the characters in whose lives the death has left a deep mark. Such example is evident in this scene when Revenge and Violence has double effect on the lives of the individuals and Communities that are involved.
