I believe you are correct. Twice, I think, in the pilot. Castle was handcuffed in the car the second time but escaped. Wondering why I remember this. Oh yeah, that was when that show was fun.

Much as the Soviet Union truly underestimated the resistance they would encounter in Afghanistan (and at home), as well as the USA's willingness to throw money and guns at their enemy's enemy, the show has the Center totally misreading the situation with what they'd hoped would be their American-born legacy spies.…

So true, but the likelihood was almost non-existent that Eddie would've been released after what had been said about that at the precinct.

I too do not want Tim to be a spy. (There have to be some regular, non-spy people on the show that Phil and Liz have to interact with, and there aren't very many.) This is a much more tantalizing story if they have to deal with Pastor Tim's knowing while dealing with Paige's telling him. How do they eliminate the…

Oh, there's no way a civilian is gonna get the drop on Phil or Liz. If he believes that what Paige told him is accurate, surely he knows he (and his wife) are in mortal danger. Time for a European vacation!

Yes, sitting up with a gun, if he's smart, heh heh. (Unless he's a Russian operative as some think.)

She's a child. You're blaming her for the sins of her parents because she demanded to know why they behave so strangely. Paige asking for the truth in no way makes her culpable for the answer being so terrible that it has caused her to emotionally fall apart.

She wouldn't have been okay with them being drug dealers, but that was probably on her list of dreaded possibilities. Her parents being Soviet spies who've lied to her for her whole existence was never on her radar. (I'm sure what she said in a time of extreme shock doesn't mean she'd really be okay with drug dealer…

She told Pastor Tim on the phone that she was scared, and she certainly seemed frightened to me. Just because she hasn't verbalized it onscreen doesn't she doesn't get some of the enormity of her parents being Russian spies and operatives of her country's worst enemy. She's in danger now and I think she gets at least…

The whole idea of the Center to make a child into a Soviet spy and that her parents should turn her was always ludicrous. (See the boy who slaughtered his family.) It was always talked about by Gabriel and Claudia as if it wouldn't be that hard, but it seems to me that the odds were always against it succeeding. It…

When most kids ask for their folks to tell them the truth, it's a pretty mundane truth compared to what Paige has been walloped with. She asked for it? She cannot be blamed for how awful and life-changing her parent's truth is.

Her parents in essence have said: I love you, my daughter, but I love the Soviet Union more. How terrible.

Liz turning her back on Phillip during that moment blew my mind. I agree that it was an awful betrayal. I think the hurt from that terrible gesture will add to Phillip's emotional conflict about what he's done and will do for Mother Russia.

Yes! It was all too brief - but wonderful. (Would've loved a little more Lance reaction time.)

And what's the deal with the Everyman, with his unusual appearance and amnesia?

And maybe Joe has talked Detective Lance out of the awful nasty snit he's been in on Arrow, if not with Oliver, at least with Laurel. Please let it be so.

But for me, it was gratifying when Joe and Cisco (along with Lance) discovered the truth. Now they know too. They were the smartest characters in this episode, what with all the dumb-assery on display back home. (Wells also showed his usual intelligence by seeing that "Barry" was actually Everyman, of course. )

When Iris and Caitlyn themselves tried to take Everyman to the precinct, I was annoyed. And Wells seemed okay with this. C'mon, writers! And the whole team should've been suspicious of everyone, including each other. As noted by the reviewer, Barry was particularly dopey when "Eddie" came to his door.

It was indeed odd, especially when in the Flash episode, Ray and Felicity were a totally happy couple with no tension between them. And then on Arrow the following day, apparently their last interaction had been in the hospital where Ray said I love you to Felicity, and there was awkwardness.

But he really should've taken the time (very little time) to put it on after leaving the precinct before following a man suspecting of killing four members of his own family. Like Sanctusfilius, I'm concerned about this season's slide in Reese's skills, or maybe just his focus. Things have really been weighing on the…