This will from now on be my first interpretation of "us" :)

I definitely recall those instances of pulling "deals" out of their asses, sure. But that's why I'm so curious where exactly those came from. Like, do they actually spend a few hours at the office each week doing business so they know the ins and outs of how the process works? Or did they just ask their subordinates…

Yeah I got nothin for that. I suppose all the awarders may well be over 40. Or over 60, even.

Yeah I called that one wrong. It was a weird way to play out.

Yeah that's a good explanation from Philip's perspective. I'm just kind of surprised the KGB is like "sure let's evac her" and not "uh…from everything you've told us about her, Phil, this doesn't really make any sense."

When I saw this was called "Travel Agents", I was half hoping for an entire hour dedicated to the Jennings' full-time jobs maintaining their cover identities. I mean what DO their employees think they do all day, be really lazy business owners who just act busy all the time? Or are all the employees spies too?…

I have heard this theory before but I have trouble believe anyone under the age of 40 would be driven off by it. More likely it's just the pacing is too deliberate, the plotting too detail-oriented and serialized, the focus too much on the characters. You know, the same things that drive the masses off every good…

To be honest I have trouble describing to friends what makes this so good. I end up just kind of weakly babbling "it's so good…you guys, it's like…it's just so good."

With Martha having no actual loyalty to the Soviets and only recently learning who she's working for, I'm kind of surprised they'd even put her in Russia. Some banana republic under Soviet influence seems like a "neutral" destination she could go without feeling like she's betraying everything she's worked for for a…

Aw, you're fucking killing me, everyone is so damn happy here…look at Annet…

Can you explain what you meant by "KGB Phone Lady #2 was basically the precursor to all of us."? I'm confused.

BOOK MONGER! Yesss :)

Oh I loved it too. It just felt a little disconnected. (Other pieces were both filler and less funny :P)

I love that there was no follow-up to that. "Sorry, more important things to handle than the possibility of an insane commando tracing all these phone lines and blowing you away!" (That is who we were supposed to think of, right?) She also bears a slight resemblance to the blonde handler lady from season 2 who was…

Wasn't it more heartwarming? Bah, I guess on this show heartwarming and heartbreaking usually come hand in hand.

I've been impressed at her survival since season 1, but I could not fucking BELIEVE she made it past the Philip Peels His Face Off reveal at the end of last year. At the time I was a little annoyed it felt unrealistic, but watching the first half of this season, totally worth it.

Hah, I forgot that little early Adventure of Paige & Henry revolved around beer. Maybe the show's trying to say Paige SHOULD'VE smashed some bottles and gotten the F out of there, metaphorically speaking…

Agreed on everything except Henry. I absolutely LOVE this weirdass relationship he's developing with the Beemans even if I have no idea what it's for :)

Before tampons and ice drying, you have to pass Sticking Your Fingers In Electric Outlets Without Getting Fried 101.

No, Oleg couldn't get his to work out. In fact he was pretty surprised she went and found one herself, which further suggests something's up.