Well. Philip sure had a hell of a day. He was (IMO) honeypotted by his own wife which was followed the next morning by her telling him that he had to set up an innocent kid to be kidnapped and threatened/condemned to a life in a Communist prison (and more likely just killed). Then his own arrogant, idiot daughter implied that he’s a loser who couldn’t handle the rough stuff, prompting him to pick her up and slam her into a wall in the hopes of knocking some sense into her (nope!), and then, on top of all of that, he found out that his wife just slaughtered two people and left their bloody corpses to be found by a 7 year old child. Somewhere during all of that -- and I think it was Stan telling him about the 7 year old finding his dead bloody parents -- Philip finally found the line that he would not cross and made his decision to oppose Elizabeth and put a stop to whatever it is that she is doing. He chose the side of decency. Maybe he managed to save Kimmy when he told her goodbye. I’m doubtful that he managed to save Paige.
And speaking of Paige, I’m so glad that Philip knocked her down several pegs and showed her just how ridiculously self-deluded she has become but without actually saying so in words. “You’re not in to what me and Mom do, but I am,” she says. Wow, Paige. How cool you and Mom are! You’re like the coolest Soviet spy BFFs! And when you’re not out spying for the Motherland you’ve never seen, you get to hang around with your cool Mom and your other granny girlfriend and drink and giggle about having sex! What a great life! I know it’s what every young woman dreams of doing…when they’re not flipping out and beating up gross boys at the bar. Ugh. [I noted with some evil glee that when Claudia and Elizabeth were doing their level best to impart another history lesson about the bad old days in the Soviet Union – Millions killed! We traded sex for food! We ate rats! – all Paige wanted to do was drink and giggle about sex. All those lessons about dear old Russia are so, so not sinking in. Paige just wants to be cool like her cool Mom. The end.]
Sadly, I think the show meant for the bar scene to be some sort of empowering, Me Too type girl power moment for Paige, but that entire scene made me cringe. Paige isn’t a badass just because she’s been taught how to fight. She’s an incredibly messed up young woman who doesn’t know how to function in a normal life.
Sorry Teacups! You were a quirky, sometimes endearing, sometimes annoying couple, but now you’re just roadkill. I hope their fate isn’t meant to foreshadow the fate of the Jennings. Speaking of the Teacups…the agent that was guarding Gennady sure did get a good look at Elizabeth. Wonder if we’re going to see another suspect sketch of Elizabeth hanging on the wall at the FBI any time soon?
Am now officially worried about Oleg. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Tatjana was mightily scorned.
Random thought: I loved that when “Jim” called Kimmy to tell her that it was all over, Philip wasn’t wearing the Jim wig and disguise. It reminded me a lot of when he took off the Clark wig and showed Martha his true (Soviet spy) face. Of course, with Martha he did that in order to bind her to him even more tightly than before. This time, he unmasked himself to set Kimmy free, just as he set himself free.
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Date: 2018-04-26 05:45 am (UTC)And speaking of Paige, I’m so glad that Philip knocked her down several pegs and showed her just how ridiculously self-deluded she has become but without actually saying so in words. “You’re not in to what me and Mom do, but I am,” she says. Wow, Paige. How cool you and Mom are! You’re like the coolest Soviet spy BFFs! And when you’re not out spying for the Motherland you’ve never seen, you get to hang around with your cool Mom and your other granny girlfriend and drink and giggle about having sex! What a great life! I know it’s what every young woman dreams of doing…when they’re not flipping out and beating up gross boys at the bar. Ugh. [I noted with some evil glee that when Claudia and Elizabeth were doing their level best to impart another history lesson about the bad old days in the Soviet Union – Millions killed! We traded sex for food! We ate rats! – all Paige wanted to do was drink and giggle about sex. All those lessons about dear old Russia are so, so not sinking in. Paige just wants to be cool like her cool Mom. The end.]
Sadly, I think the show meant for the bar scene to be some sort of empowering, Me Too type girl power moment for Paige, but that entire scene made me cringe. Paige isn’t a badass just because she’s been taught how to fight. She’s an incredibly messed up young woman who doesn’t know how to function in a normal life.
Sorry Teacups! You were a quirky, sometimes endearing, sometimes annoying couple, but now you’re just roadkill. I hope their fate isn’t meant to foreshadow the fate of the Jennings. Speaking of the Teacups…the agent that was guarding Gennady sure did get a good look at Elizabeth. Wonder if we’re going to see another suspect sketch of Elizabeth hanging on the wall at the FBI any time soon?
Am now officially worried about Oleg. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Tatjana was mightily scorned.
Random thought: I loved that when “Jim” called Kimmy to tell her that it was all over, Philip wasn’t wearing the Jim wig and disguise. It reminded me a lot of when he took off the Clark wig and showed Martha his true (Soviet spy) face. Of course, with Martha he did that in order to bind her to him even more tightly than before. This time, he unmasked himself to set Kimmy free, just as he set himself free.