"Courier" - he's able to use his position as a hockey player for the famed Red Army team to travel the world.

When he was introduced, it was assumed that Oleg was the pampered son of a party bigwig who got himself a cushy post in America before an eventual return to Russia to rise in the bureaucracy. It makes sense that until he met Nina and got involved with her, he was that insulated from the harsh truths of Soviet politics.

It's not his place to disobey - but he's a teenager. It's what they do. Being an agent doesn't change the fact that he's a willful teenage boy and sometimes they're going to do stupid, risky shit, even if they know better.

Modern English is derived from around equal parts German and Latin-based languages, with a small dash, maybe 10%, of words coming from other cultures in the last 150 years or so.

I haven't seen AG yet so I won't comment on that part, but Emily Browning has had a pretty fascinating career so far. She's a good actress and her choices have been pretty far from what would have been expected after her breakthrough in A Series of Unfortunate Events.

At what point did I defend him? My issue was with the original poster accusing others of looking the other way - my response pointed out that until he sexted the teen, he hadn't actually committed a crime. Creepy, stupid and unethical ≠ illegal. House Democrats forced him to resign - there's no further legal action…

The first times he did it wasn't a crime. It's stupid and unethical but not illegal to sext with adults. He paid in the loss of his job and stature. At what point did "the Democrats" look the other way? He was forced to resign by House leadership. As a private citizen, he was allowed to run for Mayor. When the scandal…

His turn as Trevor on the Good Place is peak d-bag Adam Scott.

She was originally written as "female Michael Scott" in the first season. The writers were able to pivot her annoying over-eagerness into hyper-competence so her personal foibles became endearing instead of grating.

I also shared the thought at the beginning - she wasn't Anna but she realized these two were going to kill her and her false confession was meant to get them to do it and leave before her husband came home.

She joins Black-ish's Charlie as characters who are surprisingly hardcore Meyers stans.

Well, I just went from midnight to six.

Coincidentally, there's also a Purge series on the way to explain exactly what everyone does the other 364 days of the year.

Child soldiers are specifically recognized as not legal combatants because they have no choice.

It's a stretch to call a 16 year old forced to kill by the same army that slaughtered her family an actual 'collaborator'.

That 'dinner' with Tuan couldn't have been more bloodless or rote for him at this point. No doubt he's realizing the one 'child' of the three he knows about that's doing the best is the one he interacts with least.

I knew about the clip already but now I kinda want Holly Taylor to either play Kimmy in a flashback or Ellie Kemper's sister in something.

Tuan could become like Claudia if he continues on his path but there's still a teenage need for approval and a wounded anger to him. His spy work comes from both loyalty to his (lost) country but also an envy of America that is curdling into hatred. He both hates America and deeply, even subconsciously, wants to be…

Natalie made a point of mentioning her age during her 'confession' and I doubt it was a coincidence that she was irreparably scarred for life by circumstances beyond her control at the same age Paige is now.

I second the recommendation. Slate has the best access to the cast and crew as their EIC is the brother of one of the showrunners.