Nice cut from the grim-faced Philip in the previously to Stan laughing - and with unseen Henry. (I'd want a better agent if I were.. ah, he does actually have lines in the episode!)
If even Stan realises something's wrong - "I'm good with these things", ha.
Gosh, he's pushing, and yes, Philip talks about the money side. It's normally Elizabeth who uses some truth to tell a lie, isn't it?
Nice cold-eyed shot of Philip over Stan's shoulder, followed by a huge tease of Stan's face. No way is he thinking 'spy'. At best, it's 'what else isn't he saying?'
"I wasn't sure you'd really come" - ouch. Followed by not talking about it via going straight to "How was your flight?" chitchat.
Some more Henry-Stan bonding, complete with some more prying from Stan. More more prying, including about the family. OK, perhaps he is suspecting something is up.
Back to the central issue of trust in the hotel bedroom.
You could get down in the bus! I wonder if the five guys got paid, or are just being abandoned? Being paid would make more sense, because they're not going to make any fuss and might not talk about who hired them.
Ah ha, echoes of the end of season one! Blocked road, FBI shooting, someone getting shot.
I like the way his first message is actually to his mother, and then we get the mission message. In English. Followed by one to (about) his father. Given that the 'come with us, now' message was also in English, it's interesting he assumed Philip spoke Russian.
Was that Philip knowing he was certain to die, or letting him die via not doing enough to save him?
That was a long look between them over the axe. 'I'm thinking about what has to be done, you're not?'
Yes, they could have found a more private place to do it.
Interesting directorial choice to do one splatter shot, and only one.
And the gloves come off (unseen) - are they going to remember to wipe / burn the stolen car?
Cut to music.
And another 'he suspects' tease.
Elizabeth hasn't asked what he said before dying yet, something I'd have thought was a fairly obvious question.
I wonder if Philip and Elizabeth actually made bookings to Houston and, if they did, who took them. You wouldn't want to have leave such a gaping hole in your story as 'no, no-one of that name flew'.
Ha, echoes of the end of the first episode, with Stan having a naughty nosey!
It'd be funny if he found Henry's stained pictures of Sandra...
I wonder why they don't have anything to detect someone's been snooping around.
More art lessons. And lessons about work - she's not the only one to have the 'fuck the pain, shut up I need to work' attitude.
At what point is Stan going to look at the sketches? Are the old ones still around?
Let's talk about really secret stuff on the street, mum.
Interesting that she's being reasonably honest with Paige though.
'It doesn't happen a lot - I haven't been shot for several series!'
Ouch - in what sense did Philip make a mistake in ever choosing to do the work? Burning out after a couple of decades of extremely stressful work does not mean you were wrong to start.
Funny reaction from Paige over the internship bit. Talking about death and dying, no problem. Talking about doing some real work, problem.
Odd final scene. Yes, it's nice that it's not a cliff-hanger, but why have the echoes of their 'real' marriage ceremony now?
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Date: 2018-05-10 09:16 am (UTC)If even Stan realises something's wrong - "I'm good with these things", ha.
Gosh, he's pushing, and yes, Philip talks about the money side. It's normally Elizabeth who uses some truth to tell a lie, isn't it?
Nice cold-eyed shot of Philip over Stan's shoulder, followed by a huge tease of Stan's face. No way is he thinking 'spy'. At best, it's 'what else isn't he saying?'
"I wasn't sure you'd really come" - ouch. Followed by not talking about it via going straight to "How was your flight?" chitchat.
Some more Henry-Stan bonding, complete with some more prying from Stan. More more prying, including about the family. OK, perhaps he is suspecting something is up.
Back to the central issue of trust in the hotel bedroom.
You could get down in the bus! I wonder if the five guys got paid, or are just being abandoned? Being paid would make more sense, because they're not going to make any fuss and might not talk about who hired them.
Ah ha, echoes of the end of season one! Blocked road, FBI shooting, someone getting shot.
I like the way his first message is actually to his mother, and then we get the mission message. In English. Followed by one to (about) his father. Given that the 'come with us, now' message was also in English, it's interesting he assumed Philip spoke Russian.
Was that Philip knowing he was certain to die, or letting him die via not doing enough to save him?
That was a long look between them over the axe. 'I'm thinking about what has to be done, you're not?'
Yes, they could have found a more private place to do it.
Interesting directorial choice to do one splatter shot, and only one.
And the gloves come off (unseen) - are they going to remember to wipe / burn the stolen car?
Cut to music.
And another 'he suspects' tease.
Elizabeth hasn't asked what he said before dying yet, something I'd have thought was a fairly obvious question.
I wonder if Philip and Elizabeth actually made bookings to Houston and, if they did, who took them. You wouldn't want to have leave such a gaping hole in your story as 'no, no-one of that name flew'.
Ha, echoes of the end of the first episode, with Stan having a naughty nosey!
It'd be funny if he found Henry's stained pictures of Sandra...
I wonder why they don't have anything to detect someone's been snooping around.
More art lessons. And lessons about work - she's not the only one to have the 'fuck the pain, shut up I need to work' attitude.
At what point is Stan going to look at the sketches? Are the old ones still around?
Let's talk about really secret stuff on the street, mum.
Interesting that she's being reasonably honest with Paige though.
'It doesn't happen a lot - I haven't been shot for several series!'
Ouch - in what sense did Philip make a mistake in ever choosing to do the work? Burning out after a couple of decades of extremely stressful work does not mean you were wrong to start.
Funny reaction from Paige over the internship bit. Talking about death and dying, no problem. Talking about doing some real work, problem.
Odd final scene. Yes, it's nice that it's not a cliff-hanger, but why have the echoes of their 'real' marriage ceremony now?