But there's no reason to think this is even happening. They dealt with the risk of having their agents exposed by getting Martha out of the country.

I don't think Clark ever really did do that. When she got the gun Clark expressed nothing but nervousness—and Martha would have no reason to think Clark himself knew about firing one at that point.

I'm not sure what info an FBI secretary would have about tricks to get messages out of the USSR.

The girl with the baby was a completely different situation, which we saw when we got scenes of the people at the Rezidentura had conversations among themselves about getting Martha out and her arriving on at least one port of her journey.

I don't think anybody's forgetting about Suzanne's part in it, but he could absolutely have gotten off her and moved his knee. It wasn't that he was physically incapable, it was that he wasn't well-trained enough to be aware of what he was doing to Poussey and didn't know he was hurting her. All his focus was on…

Maybe. But then that would make sense if she was being a spy or not. It's a good skill for a woman to have. The first person to suggest it was non-spy Paige.

Ah, yes that makes sense. Yes, she's definitely a prisoner who would be relate-able to—or approved by—that audience where many other prisoner characters would not.

No, she's English. From Sunderland.

I didn't think he was trying to make excuses. I thought it was exactly what the narrator said—he's like his father. Dad had "a lot to do" back in the day, the son also has a lot to do (the kids have the flu, the new job is a hassle—nobody seems to be mentioning that part). It's just not a good time to get away and…

Honest question: what about Poussey is specifically appealing to white people and unrealistic to a black audience?

When she worked at the airport she'd feel guys up.

They're objecting to the fact that "Caucasian" from "Caucasus" is used to mean white. It is a stupid word to use for the race—and it was chosen for racist reasons, I think (the guy who made up the world thought some people there were the most beautiful or something) but the word does mean white. It's just the same…

Yeah, I don't really see that implication of lack of love either. He and the son are talking on the phone and the son is sincerely saying how much he enjoys talking to him. He just doesn't have time to get together with him, just as the father didn't have time to throw a ball around when the kid had the time. The son…

Bennett was the guard with freedom and power. He doesn't get to claim that he was lured into anything. Whatever he claimed or tried to do for a while, he left her pregnant and alone. I don't know what explanation is needed there. He couldn't deal with the situation and unlike Daya he didn't have to, so he left. Daya…

And taught all us kids that in a pinch you can drink vanilla extract.

Yeah, he already made an impression every time he showed up on shows like this.

Yes, it's almost like in both cases there's hope to root for, but in the opposite way. People are always rooting for Caputo to be more heroic in taking a stand for his good intentions (even though that might just get him fired).

He didn't actually add it himself, he just said he would recommend it be added.

This isn't something there's a right answer to, of course, since we can only speculate but I think he would have acted differently. This is exactly the kind of split second thing where unconscious racial bias might make a difference imo. I think Bayley's lizard brain would see a tiny white woman and register her as…

Also Caputo's often doing things for the sake of his own ego. He likes to think of himself as a hero by grabbing at what look like opportunities for easy heroism and gets angry when he doesn't get the glory. Philip and Elizabeth have more heroic mindsets and are willing to make hard choices that Caputo isn't. For…