Certainly felt that way! Not necessarily in terms of maturity, but out-of-touch-ness. “Früh vergreist” would be the German expression.

Eh; I chalked that up to premature dowdiness which is the fate of girls who don’t have a shot with Brendan Walsh; I wouldn’t have expected actors on a teen drama to be actual teenagers. Luke Perry must have been well into his twenties too, no? (Although certainly, every year more or less makes a huge difference at…

Gabrielle Carteris, the president of the Screen Actor’s Guild, played Andrea Zuckermann in Beverly Hills, 902010, who, for my very non-Kelly-or-Brenda-like self, was the closest thing to a relatable person on that show. (I pretty much gave up on the show when they saddled studious, ambitious Andrea with an unplanned…

Wow, turns out I watched that one too (I apparently watch more of these things than I usually want to consciously remember), but I’ve clearly surpressed the memory of it until you brought it up. Wasn’t that the one, where they not only ditch perfectly fine partners on the basis of a meet-cute, but then also make their…

I remember watching that (no idea why, maybe with someone else who had suggested it) and being so baffled that I was clearly supposed to root for this relationship. I’ve rarely seen a movie so blithly oblvious about its own upsetting implications.

But maybe you’re right and I’m just overly cynical right now because of current events and it’s actually unrealistic the center would even consider it and just plain bad writing on part of the show. Just saying, the character of Elizabeth as written is consistent.

Paige herself wouldn’t need a stolen ID. The illegals who were easily discovered were all first generation.

Yep, I thought so too. A rewatch confimed it. “The way Paige has taken to you, if something happens to me, you can finish with her. She’ll have it better. State, or, even if it’s the CIA, she’ll go to work in the morning and come home at night.” 

Good point. But they are certainly willing to take some risks, and in this case the rewards would be probably worth it.

Anway, risk or not, right now the center doesn’t contradict Liz’s belief that that’s the plan for Paige. When Liz and Claudia have their first conversation in this episode, Liz spells it out: “The…

I think Elizabeth has some not completely delusional hopes Paige could be used as a different sort of spy. Last episode someone commented that training Paige for the sort of missions Elizabeth is doing is a waste, since Paige, being born here, can be used so much more effectively in different ways. Paige wouldn’t…

She’s also a lesbian, and will probably manage to combine that with any prospective crusades just fine. I count that as a sufficient interest outside of church to keep Anne multi-dimensional.

Or CIA, as someone speculated below.

I could never stomach watching a full episode, it seemed just so thoroughly mean-spirited to me. I tried to see what others saw in it - it’s properly grotesque and that requires a wild imagination. Also, I could imagine that any sort of transgression might seem refreshing to someone who comes from a very restrictive…

Yeah, there’s an argument that a civilian American girlfriend would be more naive about the stakes involved (and even without naivity, Stan’s circumstances are admittedly less dire than Oleg’s). So the comparision to Elizabeth and Oleg’s wife (Elenna?), who are both clearly more clued in about the actual realities of…

Last season had me pretty much convinced that the girlfriend is a honeypot. It’s the moment when he tells her he wants to quit, and she gives him this pep talk, that his country needs him, etc. Everyone could see how the job was getting to Stan, and yet she tries to talk him into staying?

What kind of person really…

Oleg with the beard and the baby! I have pretty much no nesting instinct whatsoever, but I can’t lie, I’m not completely immune to that kind of thing. I will be so crushed, if something happens to him.

It’s not just tracking numbers, but becoming more self-aware about the cognitive distortions that lead to disproportionate emotional reactions and reframing thoughts in a way that puts things in perspective. That’s the equivalent of eating better in your analogy.

Fairly wide spread view, but not mine, for what it’s worth. We know for a fact that Trump gets his sexual needs met, better than most of us would like (and Stormy might soon provide additional receipts), and he’s certainly doing his fair share of damage.

That’s more true in countries where waiting actually earns you a liveable wage without tips.

But why is bisexuality considered as a “soft opening” for coming out as gay? Because being gay is often more stigmatized, or at least used to be. I think that’s changing, maybe not at the pace one would hope, but undeniably things are not as they used to be in this regard. More people are coming out a lot earlier…