That makes more sense. Thank you.

I agree that he serves as a mirror and parallel to her own past, but would that be enough to make her want to take him to Moscow with them, almost as if he were family?? I found that part to be very strange.

The Soviet hockey player was still not legit and had been taught how to beat the polygraph, right? From what I've read in the past about potential defectors or moles, neither side ever took the polygraph as evidence of anything because all agents knew how to beat it through inducing stress pressure points at…

I was surprised that Elizabeth sympathized enough with Tuan to even think about taking him to Russia with them. Whether she sees him as a kid or not, she hasn't shown a truly close, deep bond with Tuan before, the sort I would expect for such a commitment. I was glad she swatted the little psychopath down later,…

Wow, what a strong episode! Much of it filled me with a sense of dread and anxiety as I waited for something terrible to happen. (I was convinced something violent was going to happen to Paige during her Yellow Brick Road walk to the car from the food pantry, boxing lessons or not.) The show masterfully set the tone…

When Mischa's supervisor told him there was someone to see him, I assumed it was Gabriel continuing his repentance tour. When it turned out to be Mischa's uncle, I assumed the same thing that you did about Gabriel setting it up. Still an act of attempted repentance or making amends, still guilt as the root cause, but…

Whatever sympathy I had for him died tonight. The casualness and indifference of his delivery regarding the artery, the timing, and other parts of the plan evaporated my few shreds of sympathy. His shrugging "And if he dies" it's still a win-win comment made me feel like reaching through my television to slap and…

That made me laugh/choke on my drink. Hilarious!

The Moscow investigation felt like the pincers were closing in on Oleg regarding the past. How typical, though, that corruption at the very top enabled the black marketers to wriggle out of the pincers surrounding them. The food investigation was doomed from the start, and I bet the boss's bosses' bosses knew that…

I wasn't crazy about the slow (very slow) burn of last week's episode. A minority opinion, I know. This week's slow burn, however, was so much more interesting to me and didn't feel painfully glacial at all. I thoroughly enjoyed all the Moscow stuff, and I completely gasped at that little sociopath's blithe…

Ha, we should form a club: people with completely screwed up accents that confuse listeners as to where they're actually from. ;)

Haha, not recently, no, but I do love them. That said, my die-hard ;) Rickman and Irons fandom stems from their body of work. And also, how they consistently conveyed so much through so little. For example, Jeremy Irons did more with his single "you have no idea" line as slimy Claus von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune…

Fair enough, and thank you for the information.

Well, he needs a Russian accent for this role. Have you seen him in other roles to assess how his accent is there?

Man, Steve McQueen was great! To me, Costa Ronin is in the same genre, physically, as Liam Neeson but, acting-wise, he reminds me a little, just a wee bit, of my beloved Alan Rickman (RIP) or Jeremy Irons in their ability to convey a lot through a single raised eyebrow or a single, slowly drawled sentence. I don't…

Perhaps, if one doesn't work at it or isn't submersed in English, but Costa Ronin was in Australia from his teenage years onwards, so it's not as though he only learnt English in the last decade. :) English isn't my first language, either, but you'd never know that if you met me. Plus, the accent that I did get when…

While I was moved by the wedding, I thought this was a slow, less juicy, or impactful episode than last week's… until the darkroom scene. That was fantastic and very nicely done from the acting to the lighting, the coolness of Paige as part of the spy gang, her admiring awe at her parents' efficient set-up of the…

Ha, loved your subtle Miracle on Ice reference! (I'm one of those saps who loved the movie, Miracle, about the US win, not to mention old footage of the actual game.)

I'm sure he could lose that with a bit of work. Think of all the Welsh, Aussie, or Irish actors that have managed to adopt neutral or even American accents. Matthew Rhys is one.

I share your hope for his future stardom. He's not only handsome and charismatic, but he also manages to imbue Oleg with layers of character and fill his actions with meaning, often simply from a tilt of the head, a sigh, a smile, or some small statement. And all of it is believable. To me, he's a significantly better…