When he last saw her, she was trying to convince him to quit the KGB and run away with her to live peacefully out of sight— she'd bought him a train ticket. Philip had no way to know whether it was a genuine offer or yet another test of loyalty, but he said no. Gabriel makes it sound like she went ahead with it on her…

I think Philip has pretty consistently been characterized as someone who directs his mistrust and anger at people, and is less concerned with what they represent. He may still believe in the USSR and Communism, but it's easy for him to conclude that the specific people they're working for are idiots and assholes, and…

You're talking to someone who has a history of proudly doing this kind of thing, and then getting all huffy about how people are being intolerant and PC on him. He's not normally trolling, but he shows up like clockwork whenever someone has taken offense at someone else's comment, especially if he thinks excessive…

Yeah, if he was playing her something earlier she probably wouldn't have recognized it. Even Dark Side of the Moon doesn't sound that much like The Wall. And from her "what is THAT?" reaction, he was probably playing some of the trippy soundscape parts rather than anything radio-friendly.

I loved that Kimmy took Philip's bullshit-based-on-truth and ran with it even further than he intended— she really got into the prayer, and her prayer was actually better than his, because he was just saying what he thought she'd want to hear (thank you God for bringing this hot girl into my life), whereas she was all…

I can kind of identify with Kimmy there (or I should say, with Julia Garner) because I also looked weirdly skinny and physically immature well into my twenties— puberty had definitely happened, but 75% of my body hadn't gotten the message yet. Awfully good casting there, and she's so good at acting the…

She does indeed have a nice face, but I also just love Seehorn's performance in this. For the character to work, you have to believe that she's got her shit together infinitely more than Jimmy, but that their connection is still real because she identifies with his smartass loser aspect on some level more than her…

If it were just an isolated comic skit I would agree with you, but I think that wouldn't have worked for the story. It's not about how bad the guy's idea is; Jimmy wouldn't care about that. The point is that the guy is so crazy that he refuses to acknowledge that every single thing his imagination produces is…

If it'd been stuff that anyone cared about, I would've thought badly of her for trying to direct everyone else's life decisions like that, but I doubt she even really believed that the prospect of Hummels would make that much difference to them— she played it more like "This may be a totally useless way of expressing…

The focus on little details of crappy jobs is totally Leonardesque. If there's ever a movie of Unknown Man #89 (my personal favorite; it's about a process server) I hope Gilligan & co. are involved.

Maybe it's just because I liked the actor playing the old lady, but I honestly didn't see that scene as "taking shots at seniors for being kind of lame and burdensome." From Jimmy's point of view she's burdensome, and if he didn't really need the money he wouldn't have been so patient, but he's also nicer to her than…

It showed up at the beginning of season 2, and it provided an easy way for Martha to steal files. Hasn't been a big presence on the show since, but the reviewers and commenters got obsessed with how goofy it is. I'm not sure if they ever call it a "mail robot" on the show, but you've definitely seen it. It just looks…

And there's something really button-pushing for me about Elizabeth using AA as her way in. I don't have personal experience with AA, but I have good friends who do. I realize many people have issues with the 12-step model and its religious aspect, but to me the basic idea of the sponsor system is one of the most…

The more I think about jobs I've worked at, the more I think Philip and Elizabeth's job is a great cover story. There are so many places where the nominal bosses are just unremarkable upper-middle-class people who enjoy the idea of having their own business, and being the public face of the company and going on trips…

Me too, and that guy was often drunk. I presume P&E have an office manager who does nearly all of the actual work; if my experience is at all typical, most small businesses either are run that way, or the opposite extreme where the boss micromanages the shit out of everything.

He wasn't exactly being subtle with the fishing, though. Casually speculating about the thoughts of a defector seems like something an officer wouldn't be doing with his boss for no reason, so I figured she was giving him an "Oookay, get to the point, what is this about" look. And then when he gets to the point, and…

I don't think they were going for "shockingly repulsive" at all. They were pretty ordinary-looking people, just people that Philip normally would've had no interest in sleeping with. Which is bad enough.

But Patrick and Agustin aren't "more or less the same type" at all. Patrick has had very little life experience and alternates between being timid and reckless. Agustin has been around enough to know better, but just doesn't give a crap. They only go together in the sense that someone more well-rounded than Patrick…

Interesting thoughts about Maurice vs. Elizabeth. I'm not entirely sure that they meant to suggest such a direct parallel— it seemed to me more like just a way to provide some depth to Lisa, and make us wonder what awful way Elizabeth will think of to exploit this unfortunate nice person— but the "I had to send the…

That is certainly true.