I think she hopes they'll find a way to really convince her that she's not the damned soul Pastor Tim thinks she is.

TBF, she *does* say it to them verbally often.

Yes, I thought that Pastor Tim was indulging himself in his diary because Paige is drifting away from him and he frankly enjoys thinking of her as being beyond repair because of it.

Seems very unlikely. Not only does the US honey trap less even on actual foreign targets, I believe, but I can't imagine a female CIA agent agreeing to have sex with some FBI man to keep an eye on him.

But I think Philip did get it already that it was important. That's what he was trying to talk to her about earlier. If Paige is worried that she's been ruined by them, Philip was trying to tell her that she hasn't been. If she's just trying to tell them that what they did to her sucked, she's told them that herself…

I think she was definitely giving them the diary to read because she wanted them to read those words, but I don't think she literally thinks it's true. I think she's afraid it's true and wants some reassurance that she's not damaged for life.

I always take anything Pastor Tim says with a big side of ego. Even when the guy has good intentions, he's very into himself as a savior with all the answers. The last time he and Paige were together he seemed a little disappointed that she was unenthusiastic about praying. I could believe that that sparked him to get…

I thought it was more like Philip didn't see how it mattered that there was Russian wheat in there. I mean, wheat isn't a state secret. They're experimenting with different strains and Russian wheat would likely be somewhat hardy. So trying to get them mad about the US "stealing" their wheat is incredibly lame.

LOL. I thought the same thing—Philip, he's YOUR Martha! But then I can see his point if he means that he's not actually getting Stan to do anything. Stan's not going to have to run to Russia for anything Philip's done to him. (I wonder if he knows Stan almost Martha'd himself for Nina!)

I liked how they did that with Oleg and Nina. They only ever spoke Russian together until they did that test where he taught her how to beat the lie detector. They had to do that in English, he said, because the test would be in English. After that, for the first time, they started slipping English into their…

Which is normal, because you were applying to college. This is an eighth grader applying to an expensive boarding school several states away. You don't just help ambush an eighth-grader's parents with an acceptance to an expensive boarding school several states away, especially when you have no way of knowing their…

She actually *didn't* think that—Elizabeth told Philip that he should tell her that so she'd have hope but Philip thought it was better to not leave her hanging on forever. He thought it was better if she could just start a new life without waiting for him. So she did know they were never going to see each other…

I think she meant she'd dropped her romantic fantasies about her relationship with Clark being something that wasn't supposed to happen.

Sure, it's at least as likely. It's not like anybody would have been shocked if they told Clark "We're picking her up in the car to take her to a plane that's taking her to Russia!" and then actually shot her, I agree.

Because he doesn't know if the parents are on board with their son going to boarding school at all, much less an expensive one? A parent might be very offended at somebody doing that. Especially since the guy obviously must assume (probably correctly) that Henry's whole interest in the school comes from him to begin…

Henry's always been naturally closed-mouthed about stuff. He keeps other peoples' secrets and likes people to keep his. Like this season P&E *have* been interested in Henry, but since he's not like Paige and wanting to share what's going on with him they just had to wonder about it.

I agree. I've been really impressed this season, especially, when he's walked into a scene and suddenly you feel like a real teenager walked in. Totally different energy, but very realistic. In his scene in this ep I think it makes sense that he seems a little stiff because the character is supposed to be. Henry's…

Aldrich Ames was an alcoholic who sold secrets for money. I think they would have spirited him out of the country same as Martha in this kind of situation.

Yup, they both thought the other one should take the kids at the end of S1. Philip even snuck out to take the meeting with the Colonel so he'd be the one sacrificed (he thought).

Oh yeah, I was totally relieved when he jumped in to tell her not to talk!