I agree with you on this. I don't find her reaction to this traumatizing news plausible. She's not acting like a teenager in shock but like a teenager who's been told she can't go to the college she wants to go to because her parents didn't have a savings account. The two scenes (in this episode and the previous one)…

I thought a lot of fans of this show thought season 2's ending was out of character for the show as a whole and hoped things weren't going to continue in that vein.

Well, that's what happens when parents neglect their kids. Other parents don't feel the need to check with them.

No it isn't, actually. There hasn't been a single off-screen death that I can recall.

Yep. I think they planned to get rid of Nina and then decided not to. This meant that they had to put the Rezidentura action on hold until she comes back which they couldn't plausibly have happen this season. And putting the Rezidentura action on hold kind of puts the FBI action on hold too.

Part of me agrees with you but part of me is really happy to see an FX show finally not follow the FX formula that usually becomes really apparent by the third season of an FX show. That formula being: bring on a big guest star, usually to be a big bad. Get rid of the big bad by the end of the season. Have one of the…

Also what a shock that Philip "had no idea" about something to do with Henry.

Plus how would that "help to ease the transition" if they kept Philip and Elizabeth out of the loop?

That perfectly laid out breakfast table was too much. And waffles that appear as soon as the kid sits down? No putting them in the toaster, they're just ready? With two working parents who are also up all night spying? I love this show but I wish the domestic scenes had at least a touch of realism about them.

It would seem so, since absolutely zero allowances were made for them by the Centre. Which makes zero sense, but there you go.

She closed the door behind her. I mean, she kind of went back and closed the door — it was really emphasized. The impression I got was that she needs information from them about who they really are but isn't ready to acknowledge the increased intimacy that comes with that information. So, for now at least, the more…

I think she enjoyed it because the guy wanted her to enjoy it and was good at it.

I've been wondering since they first told her why they haven't taken her to see Gabriel. I wondered why they didn't immediately do that, in fact. They both know how persuasive and fatherly he is.

BUT "Elizabeth" is not her real name. Which throws a twist in things.

She had a surprised look of arousal on her face in a couple of shots where he wasn't looking at her. The line between "making it real" and "really feeling it" gets blurred. Just because she didn't feel good afterward doesn't mean she wasn't turned on. The job wouldn't be so soul-destroying if it were that easy.

She honestly didn't have time to have sex with him again but she was genuinely turned on by him when he kissed her and she lost control of herself for a second. She regained control quickly and got out of the room but it shook her up. Was how I read it.

I'm so glad someone else noticed that. It really bothered me.

Yeah, but Lisa didn't come off too well in this episode either. I wouldn't trust her idea of a "good man" after I saw her willingness to go along with the scheme over Elizabeth's warnings.

She wanted it to look that way. Nina wouldn't make a slip like that at this point. She's stone cold.

She looked too satisfied when she found the letters for that to be right. Nina may eventually regain her soul but it's not going to be anytime soon.