It was, but I think given the situation the guy would believably think it was fine.

That's not an upward career trajectory, it's saving the world by catching such a big fish. That's why Philip knew he couldn't just throw it away.

I honestly never saw Paige as much of a protector. She did always seem to want to be more of a parent than a kid, but that seems like a different thing to me. So now it makes sense to me that Paige wouldn't want Henry to know. That she'd even be enthusiastic about sending him away to boarding school and feeling like…

And isn't Philip's family name Semenov? Not suggesting any hidden connection, it just seemed like a little symbolism possibly.

Exactly. One little moment with Elizabeth that's stayed with me all these years is when she brought beer to Philip's motel room in S1 to thank him for supporting her with her plan with the CIA guy. She hands him the beer and then realizes she hasn't brought a bottle opener. She has this moment of apologetic…

Exactly. And of course it's nonsense. In fact, Philip's been backing her up every time she claimed she didn't need it since day 1. The only new wrinkle here was her thinking that she could do spy stuff on her own and just use him for emotional support, but that's not going to work either.

That's the thing, I think we *are* supposed to see Paige as really strong at base. It just doesn't come off.

He nodded at the guy because that's what the real Brad would do. He allegedly doesn't know who this guy is, but he sees him officially helping the family, so he nodded to him to who he was glad he was there helping. The Eckerts work for an airline so they could easily move away.

And he wasn't even talking about quitting the FBI, just counterintelligence. So why should she care? You'd think a girlfriend would say that Stan could do good anywhere, so why be in the department where he felt shitty?

Why wouldn't they be a team, though? Throughout the show, Philip chooses to stick by Elizabeth's side. He hoped they'd be retiring together, but he heard the tape from Kimmy's dad, knew what that meant, brought it to her knowing she'd stay in the game. He knows she needs him and her vague ideas about going it alone…

Despite the snow, it should be some time in the spring if Henry was getting his acceptance letter.

It did seem exactly like earlier scenes of Clark and Martha with him convincing her to stay in her job. Especially since Stan's just never really been a good fit for this job as far as I can see. He immediately got himself too personally involved. He always seemed more suited to chasing criminals rather than spies.

I don't think it was just the luxuries either. Elizabeth's been happier in that house and in this life than she probably ever has been before. (I did like that she looked at "all those beautiful shoes…" that Philip encouraged her to admit she loved a couple of seasons ago).

I think that's got to have been one of those times they changed the date of something, like they did with an earlier Reagan speech. It clearly was not August. Even if we forget everyone's coats and the snow in Moscow, Henry would not be getting his acceptance letter in August.

Why would you assume Elizabeth would prefer to go back to Russia? Sure she'd have to say that because she'd never admit otherwise, but she was the one realizing how much she loved the house where she'd been happiest here, and the one who's chosen to stay in the US over and over when Philip begged to leave. She's got…

Except William being being captured put Philip and Elizabeth in direct danger. To Oleg William was just an unknown person. To Philip he's someone he knows, who's seen his and Elizabeth's faces, and who works directly with Gabriel and others. If Philip would blow him it would mean Philip was already a double agent. if…

Paige was never intending to hang herself at all. She was hanging up the bag to use as a punching bag. It's tucked away for that purpose and would not work as a counterweight.

I think that's the idea, that his identity with the foster family is like their Philip and Elizabeth personas, yes. I guess maybe he might have been sent at something like 18 but was pretending to be younger? He said he lived with the foster family for 5 years. If he came at 18 that would make him 23, an age somebody…

No, he did not indoctrinate himself. He works for Vietnamese intelligence and they apparently were the ones who sent him as a boat person. When he talks about "his people" he means Vietnamese intelligence. He doesn't work for the same people as P&E. He's working with them by agreement between the two and while he must…

No, he's Vietnamese intelligence sent to live in the US with a foster family until he got the call to go to work. And he's probably not a teenager. They discussed this on the podcast. He's working with the Soviets, but not for them. When he asks them not to tell "his people" he means Vietnamese intelligence.