Good points.

I think it was supposed to be awkward. Philip was guilty about sleeping with Irina and lying about it. Elizabeth was supposed to suspect he was trying too hard. That's part of why she believed Granny.

Neither is Joe Carroll, for that matter.

She probably did when she was younger and fitter.  She doesn't strike me as what you'd call "agile" at this point.

Now that they've renewed it, they want people to catch up. Once you get past the midpoint of the season, it's a lot tougher to get people to invest the time to start from the beginning.

I think they were more worried about getting caught for hitchhiking.

I don't think that's the case, as Henry told Paige that their parents had told them to never hitch and then he at first refused to get in the car. The show made it clear that the kids had been seriously warned against it.

No, but she might be that annoyed with her mother for forgetting her, rebellious enough to not care that she wasn't supposed to do it, and immature enough to not fully realize the potential consequences.  I was about her age at that time and had it drilled into my head from kindergarten to never get in a car with a…

Except that this show doesn't play that way—it doesn't lie to you and then pull a deus ex machina. It's not "The Following".

Or losing your blowing mole.

Hard to disagree with that assessment!

Aw, the Zero Hour folks would definitely make a mistake like that!

Smash is what it is.

Everything I've ever seen about Giancarlo Esposito as a person supports his generous and spontaneous reaction to Paul's win. He sees to be a genuinely kind person and always a gentleman.

Everything I've ever seen about Giancarlo Esposito as a person supports his generous and spontaneous reaction to Paul's win. He sees to be a genuinely kind person and always a gentleman.

Ah—that I would agree with wholeheartedly.

Ah—that I would agree with wholeheartedly.

Not that there's anything wrong with being "a chick".

Not that there's anything wrong with being "a chick".

Actually as that is the LEAST obnoxious comment ever made about Anna Gunn's or Skyler's appearance, I don't see where you're getting that.