Yes, and Paige has the interesting aspect where they could stretch it out for a long time without completely changing the game. Like Stan discovering much of anything that made him suspicious would probably point towards a quick end, or something where one/both of the Jennings had to start spying for the US in secret. Which would be an interesting turn, but really make it where they couldn't go back to the way things are now. So I kind of suspect they'd keep going with the actual spying for the KGB as long as it's feasible from a story standpoint, only switching it up closer to the end of the series.
But Paige finding out slowly opens up so many possibilities. She probably would have no idea what was going on at first, perhaps coming to some incorrect conclusions that cause tension, getting more suspicious of her parents' activities. Which would then in turn cause things to heat up for Philip and Elizabeth having to be under the constant threat of surveillance in their own house, and from a person they can't just get rid of or disappear from if she starts getting suspicious. And if they are forced to tell her another lie, like that they work for the FBI, how much more devastating does it then become when she finds out the "truth" she was told was yet another lie?
Elizabeth finds so many convenient ways to tell herself that her lies somehow aren't as bad as Philip's or "don't count" for this reason or that. Philip generally seems to put up with this from her, perhaps understanding she simply can't empathize very well and look at it from the other side, so she really DOES believe everyone else's lies are somehow different and worse. But Paige has shown no such indulgences of her mother and tends to call it like she sees it, which we saw a lot of during the separation. I don't imagine she'd let Elizabeth get away with nearly as much hypocrisy as Philip does.
I also simply find it one of the most fascinating angles that you have two genuinely decent people, who truly love their children, and yet have carried out such a massive and devastating deception of everything about their lives down to the reason they were conceived. Such great potential for meaty issues to be raised for everyone involved.
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Date: 2013-08-28 01:40 am (UTC)But Paige finding out slowly opens up so many possibilities. She probably would have no idea what was going on at first, perhaps coming to some incorrect conclusions that cause tension, getting more suspicious of her parents' activities. Which would then in turn cause things to heat up for Philip and Elizabeth having to be under the constant threat of surveillance in their own house, and from a person they can't just get rid of or disappear from if she starts getting suspicious. And if they are forced to tell her another lie, like that they work for the FBI, how much more devastating does it then become when she finds out the "truth" she was told was yet another lie?
Elizabeth finds so many convenient ways to tell herself that her lies somehow aren't as bad as Philip's or "don't count" for this reason or that. Philip generally seems to put up with this from her, perhaps understanding she simply can't empathize very well and look at it from the other side, so she really DOES believe everyone else's lies are somehow different and worse. But Paige has shown no such indulgences of her mother and tends to call it like she sees it, which we saw a lot of during the separation. I don't imagine she'd let Elizabeth get away with nearly as much hypocrisy as Philip does.
I also simply find it one of the most fascinating angles that you have two genuinely decent people, who truly love their children, and yet have carried out such a massive and devastating deception of everything about their lives down to the reason they were conceived. Such great potential for meaty issues to be raised for everyone involved.