The NHL thing, mentioned above, I think it was just an aspect they'd never talked about before. They probably only met when they had to do joint missions and they couldn't talk to each other regularly because of secrecy, sports wouldn't be something they'd be able to bond over since months probably went by before they heard from/saw one another again. And they can trust each other without knowing too much about each other - they were fellow spies, each was just as responsible for other's life.
That was actually what I meant. Not that they don't really trust each other in some profound ways, but that they don't get to spend a lot of time together so they don't know the kinds of little quirks, details and preferences that, for instance, have become such second nature to Philip and Elizabeth. Philip's question, to me, shows that he's somebody who wants to know those kinds of things about Robert, who is interested in his friend as a person etc. but who hasn't had lots of time to just hang out with the guy. That's also reflected even in the way he's looking for ways to smooth things with Robert where he and Elizabeth have become a well-oiled machine through practice. So when he finds out that Robert had a secret life, he might be surprised at it, but he can't be too surprised that Robert hadn't confided in him, I don't think.
That just seemed important because the show's always looking at the ways that intimacy and familiarity can effect relationships or not. And seeing it again I realized that things I'd mistakenly thought were telling me these two guys were very familiar with each other were actually telling me that they weren't.
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That was actually what I meant. Not that they don't really trust each other in some profound ways, but that they don't get to spend a lot of time together so they don't know the kinds of little quirks, details and preferences that, for instance, have become such second nature to Philip and Elizabeth. Philip's question, to me, shows that he's somebody who wants to know those kinds of things about Robert, who is interested in his friend as a person etc. but who hasn't had lots of time to just hang out with the guy. That's also reflected even in the way he's looking for ways to smooth things with Robert where he and Elizabeth have become a well-oiled machine through practice. So when he finds out that Robert had a secret life, he might be surprised at it, but he can't be too surprised that Robert hadn't confided in him, I don't think.
That just seemed important because the show's always looking at the ways that intimacy and familiarity can effect relationships or not. And seeing it again I realized that things I'd mistakenly thought were telling me these two guys were very familiar with each other were actually telling me that they weren't.