It feels like the pace is finally picking up a bit! I’m sure the earlier seasons used to be more eventful.
I think part of the problem is there's a lot of business that goes no where--on purpose, to a point. Elizabeth seems to have these new missions every week but she never gets what she's going for. They just take up a lot of screentime to establish.
Totally agree on Paige's Russia lessons. They almost feel like Granny fan service to me some of the time and don't seem to do anything for Paige, who the showrunners continue to insulting describe as having "a Russian soul."
I actually like the travel agency storyline. Philip’s quit the spy life but the cover life he used to enjoy is going as well – the kids moved out, Stan apparently stopped having beer with him once he met Renee, the business is failing and now he has to fire Stavros and the others he’s been working with for decades – probably they’re the main Americans he knows outside of spying. That might affect his choices later on.
There was a quote from MR that made me wish this story worked better for me. He said Philip's always chased this dream of being a success outside of spying and now he's realizing it *wasn't* his dream. I see how all his troubles add up to that but I wish they'd made stronger choices character-wise about it. That is, to show that emphasized Philip recognizing that this isn't who he is rather than him just realizing this sucks too/he's not good at this.
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Re: Late thoughts
Date: 2018-05-08 06:59 pm (UTC)I think part of the problem is there's a lot of business that goes no where--on purpose, to a point. Elizabeth seems to have these new missions every week but she never gets what she's going for. They just take up a lot of screentime to establish.
Totally agree on Paige's Russia lessons. They almost feel like Granny fan service to me some of the time and don't seem to do anything for Paige, who the showrunners continue to insulting describe as having "a Russian soul."
There was a quote from MR that made me wish this story worked better for me. He said Philip's always chased this dream of being a success outside of spying and now he's realizing it *wasn't* his dream. I see how all his troubles add up to that but I wish they'd made stronger choices character-wise about it. That is, to show that emphasized Philip recognizing that this isn't who he is rather than him just realizing this sucks too/he's not good at this.