I'm still on board but I wouldn't blame anyone for getting a little antsy. The pacing has slowed too far and the plotting is kind of random and uneven. The scenes themselves are great as usual but that's not enough to keep the whole thing together.

For me it was "When Gabriel was shooting people, I wonder what SHE was doing" :)

Thanks for that perspective! I think Elizabeth was probably going for more of a "you can fight through anything if you get tough enough" message, but I completely agree it will significantly deepen the human bond between her and Paige, a good thing.

I'm most confounded by Phillip's son, which was dripped and drabbed for so long only to end with nothing at all happening. At least there's still some mystery what's up with Oleg and how the current grain honeypots will pan out.

I think it was important that Elizabeth shows even Strong Superspy Mom has been vulnerable and has been in a place similar to Paige. To hold back the actual true story of that would prevent her from being able to bond over it and grow closer in their mission to fight back against the vulnerability.

I kinda doubt that will happen. This is more about her psychological state - although watching even the training choreography she's doing is pretty fun :)

I was trying to remember how exactly that wall tied into Timoshev's captivity experience, but couldn't quite place it - thanks!

I got mildly into Tai Chi in college and I smiled a little "damn right" smile when he said that haha. A slow, composed "damn right" smile, naturally. (Actually, my Tai Chi teacher was also the Kung Fu teacher.) Shit, I should get back into Tai Chi.

I agree. I think part of the reason it isn't working isn't that none of the stories are suspenseful, it's the way we're jumping around them or cutting them short. We were all about the wheat, then it turned out to be nothing. We were watching Phillip's kid's steady advance, then, whoosh, back to Russia. Every so often…

That seemed like an odd place to end it to me too.

Dennis gave the wigs a C this week but I gotta say Elizabeth's hair with those glasses was really doing it for me.

I think it was just the fence and lighting but it did create a weird effect yeah.

They do have the luxury of transforming their entire personality when the need calls for it.

Last I heard the Russian response to this show was a comedy with a bumbling American spy in Russia fucking up everything all the time. I'd say this show doesn't seem like it would appeal to the same demographic, but we can't deny the real Americans watch a ton of really, really stupid shit alongside the more…

That was a hilarious line. Elizabeth meant it, but also didn't mean it, it was a sarcastic imitation of a naive idealist rather than a pragmatist. Whereas Phillip's reaction was "……….now that you mention it, yeah, it would be nice."

Ah, "triggered", that word that means you said something dumb and then act like it's everyone else's fault. Yup, poor triggered Tsunami.

I'm still confused about that. I figured he was early 20s maybe. But he sounds so desperately-trying-to-act-casual-ly wounded about those bullies this week, it's hard not to hear him as 16 :(

Fun fact: Recently, after asking me if I grew up somewhere without fluoridated water, my new dentist next asked me if I had a history with methamphetamines. (No and no.) Fluoridation helps but has not ended cavities in America, I assure you :P

Honestly I doubt it matters much whether he's watching them do it or not.

Her unusual openness to Claudia on the subject could be read as a reaction to this "betrayal" by Phillip and Gabriel.