And Gorbachev never really recovered from the coup attempt. START was agreed in July 1991, Gorbachev dissolved the Party (and his General Chair) in August 1991 and lost the Presidency in December 1991. But in The American’s universe, Oleg’s father, and even Arcady, may have persisted and lobbied for an exchange in all…

This is what I’m wondering about too. She stayed because of Henry. Remember in Season 1 when Henry took that beer bottle and killed (or knocked out) the jerk who picked them up hitchhiking? Paige remembers. And that episode was called ‘Trust Me’.

Probabilistic events as influenced by the Shadow King...

Yes, loved the music (flashback to  10 Years After) but Dawn Upshaw’s voice welling up, with Gorecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs when Amy lost David, simply made me cry. The lament of a woman searching for some essence of her loved one in the debris of violent chaos just does that.

When I first heard this story I thought, “Are they in some odd Sharia Law sect?” And I am a western woman who has had to navigate the gender convolutions as a freelancer in Afghanistan.

My big concern is that they are armed.

The most worrisome thing is the ongoing/impending right wing invasion of both houses and all branches of government. The effect on the Supreme Court alone will last for generations. If Obama can have any influence at all on Trump before he is isolated among–and totally manipulated by–the Bannons, then that’s good for…

Class, gender, employment history, environmentalism? I was definitely thinking “Who’s gonna clean that up?” as Jordan Klepper and Hasan Minhaj trashed mobile phones on The Daily Show.

Who thinks Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy should play twins?

Yes. THIS.