God yes! I was just saying that to somebody. The problem isn't that Matthew's hair has to be totally in style for 1984, but there's nothing about that character that explains him having this hairstyle. In every other way he's completely bland, blend-into-the-woodwork style-wise, basically conservatively dressed but…

Whether or not Paige would be brought on board, there is no need to ship her anywhere for training. Paige is not supposed to be anything like Philip or Elizabeth. She's just supposed to be an American who helps them. The best model for her is Martha, only a Martha who knows what she's doing. They want her to get a job…

At this point I really feel like Henry has the most potential for gripping character stuff if they'd let him confront his parents. They were so interested in Paige's every move as she became suspicious of them and challenged them. Henry now has made it clear (to the audience, his parents still don't seem to get it)…

Which would actually make her a bad spy.

True. In fact, in some ways it makes more sense. Paige went after this guy because he was the one guy she actually was interested in before she decided other things were more important. She never actually wanted to mix her political church stuff with cute boys. So Matthew is an attempt to get back to the person she…

In a comment below you said that you're actually meaning to talk about their questioning their effectiveness rather than their competence, in which case I agree with you.

I don't remember them saying it. This scene closed, iirc, with Deirdre saying "Do you want to have sex?" and Philip said yes.

True, but that doesn't mean they can't form their own hunches about it.

I can't remember her reaction so you could totally be right about that, but I don't think that was Philip himself was mocking anything. He seemed more just liking the connection, like somebody cheering at the top of the Rocky steps.

Is he really mocking anything? I thought he genuinely liked the idea and thought it was fun.

Sometime last season. I think he told it to Claudia maybe?

Yeah, and I like how it reminds us that Philip and Elizabeth have never been super powered. It's not that they're so irresistible, but they choose people who are looking for something and become that thing. Neither of these people were looking for anything, they're just single. They can take it or leave it. The woman…

It's actually REALLY easy to spot if you rewatch the scene. Great detail.

I think her name's Marilyn. She's an American who works for them doing stuff like being a look out.

I agree, but Paige's love life and Matthew Beeman's girlfriend breaking up with him are two different things. Paige's love life is a big deal that affects her whole life. Matthew getting dumped by the teenage girl he's been dating for 4 months just isn't that big of a tragedy. Matthew's love life is still on track to…

They are not going to be not be told if the plant was useless or not. That's not their job. They've gotten their satisfaction just by providing something that is supposed to provide food rather than something that's going to provide death. They succeeded, and they don't have to question whether succeeding was a bad…

Yeah, he wasn't being violent in the scene at all.

What's weird is he's totally not—Pastor Tim was even kind of trying to set her up with a boy from Bible Study. (There was just a little thing where he seemed to give Paige a job with a random boy who seemed to like her.) But she was only interested in him. It's weird because you'd think a kid that obsessed with church…

LOL! That's adorable.

Well, yeah, but as collateral damage goes it's not that important. Chances were they would not have stayed together forever and gotten married and he'll probably get dumped by other girls whose parents aren't spies. Not the first or last time he'll be someone's collateral damage. Life is made up of that kind of damage.