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sistermagpieStill not ready to stop talking about the show yet--there's so many new things to see now that it's over! I keep noticing new things. For instance, I just noticed another parallel to season 1. Back then in In Control the Russians think there's a coup going on while the Americans assume Reagan's shooter is a nutjob and Haig's just puffing himself up. Both sides are understanding the situation via patterns they're familiar with from their own history.
In S6 we *do* have a coup, and it's Russian, and Stan more than once says he doesn't care who leads the country. Again the two sides are having a very different reactions to the potential loss of one of their leaders. It seems the Russians overreact in In Control and Stan under-reacts in START.
Anyway, now that the show's over we also know that we're never going to get detailed backstory on Philip, so I was thinking about what we did get. ( Cutting here to save space... )
In S6 we *do* have a coup, and it's Russian, and Stan more than once says he doesn't care who leads the country. Again the two sides are having a very different reactions to the potential loss of one of their leaders. It seems the Russians overreact in In Control and Stan under-reacts in START.
Anyway, now that the show's over we also know that we're never going to get detailed backstory on Philip, so I was thinking about what we did get. ( Cutting here to save space... )
