Oh I think Tuan is definitely behaving in a risky manner. On top of the terrible cruelty of it, Tuan's not-so-brilliant and not-sanctioned plan could backfire horribly on the Soviet spies and the Jennings know it. That doesn't make them weak, it makes them knowledgable and good at their job. Tuan has no idea why they…

Yep. Which may be somewhat valid in terms of their weariness (although they still get the job done regardless of any reservations), but it's ignorant and foolish of Tuan to think he knows more about the spy game or thinks he's more clever or skilled than the Jennings.

Oleg might wonder if a new copy of the incriminating Beeman tape will come back to do him in. That's the only real evidence against him. Not that the KGB needs actual evidence. Hopefully they'll decide that Oleg is such a damn attractive man that of course all these women will sleep with him (without anyone sharing…

My heart ached for Oleg. The good guy who can't seem to find a place to actually do good. His realization that you can't fight the corrupt system broke my heart. And I'm pretty worried about the KGB investigation of him. Leave Oleg alone!

I sort of thought Tuan sees everybody as a lesser except for Phillip and Elizabeth. But with this insane, cruel action I think it may be worse than that. After his refusal to do what they're directing him to do, and continuing to insist that he is right even as they urgently give him orders, he seems to think he's…

It was Phillip who quickly marched out the door to go to Pasha. Liz only followed him, calling his fake-name, saying Wait! (I think), before catching up and taking his hand. Not sure she would have taken such a step had he not sprung into action… Tuan is a psycho. No empathy for anyone outside his real family. Doesn't…

Ah, tasty food for thought.

I don't recall any glitches in Sherlock's mental faculties prior to last weeks episode. Nor of course the mother hallucination. I too felt it was all too abrupt. I was so confused last week. It would've been cooler if the whole thing more slowly crept up on the viewer, at least for me.

I'm with you. His mother? What?

I'm a bit confused. Why are we supposed to think this woman is imaginary? That never occurred to me. I kept thinking there's something weird about scenes with her and who is she, but that was the extent of it. If Sherlock is imagining her, well I'm not crazy about that.

I'm so very excited about Slade's return! The finale is looking promising.

I'm not so sure Phil wanted to go back to Russia because he felt like it was home, rather than he just wanted to stop doing what he was doing.

We can live with that one.

Well, I'm not exactly a spring chicken so the older-lady-murders should make me nervous. Hope I'm not mistaken for a war criminal by those two! (User of the term "spring chicken" is definitely not one.)

Yeah I wondered about her venereal diseases maybe being the result of forced sex of the young prisoner. What happened to her was terrible.

I wasn't sure if they were wary that a boyfriend might muck up their operation with Sofia (I would be) or on the alert for a new development they might somehow use to their advantage. Sofia was so sweet and charming describing the guy, made my heart ache for her.

I dunno, I thought they carefully made it sound as if they had stopped the nonexistent plot, and in the process also got their hands on a super wheat. Heroes! Playing into Paige's natural inclination/desire to believe the best of her parents. She's still a naive kid for sure.

Paige barely has any concept of what the spy lifestyle is. And she has hardly acted like she's used to her parents' secretive ways. She's used to KNOWING about it. Of course in this episode her foolish snooping probably made her feel excited watching her dad process the film. Foolish because had she been caught by…

If Tim gets taken out, it'll be a package deal, I'm sure.

Ha ha, so true!