Also I wondered if Paige's grades had suffered due to stress.

I agree. Definitely.

They would not need to go to the elaborate trouble of putting her on a plane so Philip wouldn't know they killed her. He didn't get to say how they'd do it. Robert's wife was just killed in a car. Besides that, the real point was that we SAW them discussing exfiltration at the Rezidentura.

I don't see how her original stuff wouldn't be prosecutable if they wanted to prosecute it. Her claims that she thought she was bugging the office of the head of FBI counterintelligence—an office she would possibly have sworn to protect—because some guy told her it was from the DOJ and she didn't check might not hold…

Among other reasons this scene isn't a write him off is even here Henry's saying that if he gets into the school he'd love months in the future. Whole seasons have taken place in that time.

If they were going to kill her they wouldn't put in all the effort of getting her to that plane. So the second the Rezidentura started making plans it was a given that she was actually being extradited.

I would say it's just being part of a in a society with Christian underpinnings (as opposed to a person who might live in the society but are defined against it in this way because you're from a different religious tradition).. Because Christianity has had a huge impact on European culture and thought. The church…

Oh yes, it's totally arbitrary. This person was talking about culture anyway. Like saying that if they're Russians and they're not specifically something else then they're culturally Christian because that's the default. Just as Paige and Henry were also culturally Christian despite not being religious at all even…

Paige is still very much a potential recruit. Elizabeth and Claudia just had a conversation confirming it. The Centre told P&E to tell Paige and pressured them when they didn't. Despite her telling the pastor, things are going according to plan. That's why the pastor's still alive, because they thought his death would…

Heh, well technically it's the same God as Islam and Judaism too. But people can definitely see those values and principle as different!

I'm not saying that Paige couldn't learn to be deceptive because she thought it was worth it. That's the point of her story, isn't it? Paige's desire to believe etc. is the thing that makes her an appealing recruit. No argument from me there. I totally agree. Her mother seems to have been the same way, and she's a…

FWIW, their schedule is supposed to have gotten crazy since Reagan. It didn't used to be this bad, presumably.

What do you mean "botched effort to recruit Paige?" P&E were told to tell Paige who they really were. There's nothing else they're supposed to do yet, but Paige is slowly getting used to the whole idea of this. That effort is turning out well—it's totally proving the original thought that the Centre should leave it to…

Of course, part of what's ironic about that is that Henry's rude to his parents when told to finish his meal or clear the table. He only likes the idea of being a waiter when it's linked to boarding school tradition.

Definite understatement. Baked potatoes are worlds better than death!

True, if he was going to actually be a spy he'd need to work on that stricken expression so everyone he met would ask him what was wrong.

Martha mentioned them in the ep. Galina is her language teacher and Volodya helps her with other things she might need.

Yes, I did mean that she could have contact with Russians. Americans can be friends with Russians. Of course it's always hard to make friends, especially if her Russian is poor, but she certainly has an opening to have a social life with Russians and might have things in common with some of them when her language…

True, I just more often see him credited with raising Henry than Matthew.

They proved that with the flashbacks to Philip's childhood. That potato looks even better next to the moldy sawdust bread.