That last shot of him sitting alone with that horrible, hopeless expression on his face was hard to witness for me. He looked like a man who has accepted that whatever he hoped for in life is lost to him forever.
Yup. I really felt in this episode that Philip was going to die. Elizabeth has been more showy about her upcoming suicide but Philip seemed to be doing the same thing in this ep. The only time it really registered was with Stan when he hugged him.
There's probably a lot of things to pick apart as to why. He'd rebelled against Elizabeth trying to get him to kidnap Kimmie and was inspired to really help Oleg. But then Elizabeth called for help and maybe he's realizing that he's kidding himself that he's ever not going to be just following her around trying to save her from herself.
She thinks she’ll find a marvelous love of her life companion in espionage just like mom did, and Elizabeth lacked the courage to tell her that the marriage was just a sham assignment too.
Seriously, Paige seemed so doomed in this ep. She has no ability to commit to this with any real knowledge. She's desperate to be in the one relationship she has. Her attempt to talk about "The Cause" was just vague. I honestly doubt Holly Taylor even did much in the way of research on it because Paige didn't. She thinks these other kids are fooling themselves when she's actually the one deep in fantasy. Like Elizabeth she insists that she's the one living in the real world when she's actually rejecting it at every level.
Even with Philip Elizabeth can make gestures to say she appreciates him but not fully put herself into it. Plus she does it after he gets into the game for her.
The fact that she thinks this can lead to a marriage like a Elizabeth's is like the biggest tragedy of all. Paige basically started this all out by being jealous of her parents' marriage, feeling like they had a connection that was closer than any other. She thinks they found this love through the cause when it's more complicated than that. The love that Elizabeth really found through the Cause wound up dead and mistaken about the relationship as well.
I mean, it's not even down to their being paired up together. It's also that they made a good match. One of Philip's main characteristics is his ability to live on scraps. Paige isn't going to find a guy to relate to her like Philip does with Elizabeth, not without the guy probably just being dependent.
Again, you don’t have to be an FBI agent to be alarmed at the thought that your neighbors are leaving their little kids left alone in the house overnight or even for days.
FWIW, they had babysitters. We saw babysitters. They only started to be left alone when Paige was old enough to babysit, which is probably what Henry is referring to.
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Date: 2018-05-10 06:47 pm (UTC)Yup. I really felt in this episode that Philip was going to die. Elizabeth has been more showy about her upcoming suicide but Philip seemed to be doing the same thing in this ep. The only time it really registered was with Stan when he hugged him.
There's probably a lot of things to pick apart as to why. He'd rebelled against Elizabeth trying to get him to kidnap Kimmie and was inspired to really help Oleg. But then Elizabeth called for help and maybe he's realizing that he's kidding himself that he's ever not going to be just following her around trying to save her from herself.
Seriously, Paige seemed so doomed in this ep. She has no ability to commit to this with any real knowledge. She's desperate to be in the one relationship she has. Her attempt to talk about "The Cause" was just vague. I honestly doubt Holly Taylor even did much in the way of research on it because Paige didn't. She thinks these other kids are fooling themselves when she's actually the one deep in fantasy. Like Elizabeth she insists that she's the one living in the real world when she's actually rejecting it at every level.
Even with Philip Elizabeth can make gestures to say she appreciates him but not fully put herself into it. Plus she does it after he gets into the game for her.
The fact that she thinks this can lead to a marriage like a Elizabeth's is like the biggest tragedy of all. Paige basically started this all out by being jealous of her parents' marriage, feeling like they had a connection that was closer than any other. She thinks they found this love through the cause when it's more complicated than that. The love that Elizabeth really found through the Cause wound up dead and mistaken about the relationship as well.
I mean, it's not even down to their being paired up together. It's also that they made a good match. One of Philip's main characteristics is his ability to live on scraps. Paige isn't going to find a guy to relate to her like Philip does with Elizabeth, not without the guy probably just being dependent.
FWIW, they had babysitters. We saw babysitters. They only started to be left alone when Paige was old enough to babysit, which is probably what Henry is referring to.