It's not a slam dunk, especially since it's not like Pasha's a doctor either and could screw up either way. But I think Tuan was speaking completely accurately when he said it would simply take him a long time to bleed out. (But he would bleed out.) Tuan wasn't working off of urban legends about warm water being…

It's not just a Russia thing. Henry's wearing a down jacket in DC. So I think we can just assume in this universe Reagan made the gaffe around the time acceptance letters for school actually go out rather than August. (No idea why they went with that particular clip since it's so memorable.)

I do remember that, you're right. I'm thinking Gabriel too. But in this context I think it's still not accurate. William was successful in that he completed all of his missions successfully until ultimately dying to protect the Cause. The fact that he didn't accomplish anything wasn't down to him being unsuccessful,…

They came across Kimmy when she was babysitting for the first CIA guy they were considering going after. She was hitting on him and they realized she'd be open to an older guy. Kimmy's mom is dead and her older siblings are out of the house.

Iirc, she's dead and maybe there's a stepmother. She has older siblings that are out of the house.

Yup, but I'm just throwing that right out. It obviously wasn't August and it wouldn't be the first time they used some clip of Reagan that was completely wrong for the timeline. It's not like Mad Men where you can always check the date by that. Which is weird given they apparently do check out exactly what was on TV…

Her going to college seems like the biggest threat to me. I can easily see Philip riding out even a serious boyfriend as a non-threatening older brother type, especially since he doesn't have to see her when the guy's around. But her going to college seems really difficult. He doesn't get access to her house in…

Just a nitpick, but Tuan works for Vietnamese intelligence, not the USSR. Not that I would expect them to be any more thrilled at him being gay.

He wasn't going to Seattle, just crossing state lines to make the phone call from Pennsylvania.

Exactly. That's why the whole thing seems so iffy to me. It's like everybody just said "We just have to get her back to Moscow!" and already it seemed like there were some possible issues they'd have to deal with. Throwing in a suicidal child just seemed like way too much weight to throw at what seemed to be a casual…

Well, yeah, I would expect Henry to be very bummed out. But to go from that to something that extreme seems a bit much. That would require him to be pretty fragile. His actual reaction seemed a lot more on point. He complained to his mother about dad's WTF? sudden reversal. Also, while I think his parents are proud of…

But that's why he was actually smart to not be her boyfriend. I think she has gone out with guys since meeting him. She doesn't have a serious boyfriend, but she and Jim are platonic (with Kimmy still holding out some hope). Jim's just been a good friend, which should last longer than the infatuation with an older guy…

Definitely he might be fine. But the fact that he started an affair with someone knowing that he was leaving for Moscow says he might not be thrilled at finding out she’s coming too. He might have been looking forward to just searching out new pie there. (Not that he couldn’t have her too.)

Gotta say, the show seems almost perversely disinterested in people being
important to Philip because they’re important to Philip. We’ve met the son, the
ex-girlfriend, the ex-girlfriend’s father, the brother, the sister-in-law and
the nephew but only two of them actually met the guy and only one of them gave
any…

LOL. "Avert your eyes, my love." Bam.

And he didn't seem to know her that much.

I think he was pretty much resigned at that point but he had to put the suggestion out there and make her reject it.

No, Philip tells her they have this new access to the head of the Soviet Division but floats the possibility of walking away from it. That's what Elizabeth can't do. "I can't go back to the USSR instead of continuing the Kimmy operation."

They did make a point of having him get back with her. Plus Elizabeth doesn't like doing it either.

Right and the fact that she was willing to walk away from the info from
before was a big deal. She was putting her life above the mission. But when the
intel became the Holy Grail of info, she couldn’t walk away from it.