This one went by really fast for me for some reason. Like, I looked at the clock thinking it was probably 20 minutes in, and it was nearly 40 minutes in. I'm definitely going to have to rewatch it to get everything--I'll do that this morning before work. I'll probably have more to say about it then, but here are my initial thoughts, anyway.
I found it remarkable just how much of the truth Philip was telling to Emmet's American agent while he was trying to keep from being killed. It wasn't everything, and it wasn't, you know, egregious, it was just enough. Although on Twitter, someone observed that questions about his kids were still off-limits. Also, I felt so sad for the poor agent guy! He was totally in over his head. I wonder how he was as an agent, what he did for Emmet, and how he got recruited.
I am really, really excited about Aimee Carrero's character (the Sandinista posing as a Costa Rican--not an illegal, but a similar twist on spying!): I thought this was a great introduction to her, just a teaser. She's totally going to remind Elizabeth of herself from a few decades back. It's also really interesting to me that the KGB illegals are the ones for someone like her to call when you got into a jam--like, her own country doesn't have enough of that sort of support network. I wonder if that's accurate.
The long bedroom scene between Philip and Elizabeth at the end was so lovely and so sad. They're both scared, but they're still complementing each other really well and helping prop each other up. Also their bedroom continues to be the place of intimacy for them, and not just in the sexual sense. Also, "we'll get used to it, like we've gotten used to everything else" was something that we'd heard before from the previews, but I loved how it fit into the scene, and I still find it to be truly the most Philip line ever.
Man, Martha thinking about leaving her job--that would certainly throw a wrench into things for Philip, wouldn't it? He's doing a good job manipulating her into staying so far, but I don't know how long that's going to take.
Littler things:
I loved that Philip was still obsessing over Henry's role in the mission that went bad. Elizabeth has moved on, but his head is still there, thinking about what he could have done differently.
I totally called "Cardinal" being a code name, from when we found out the episode title. It was totally a lucky guess, of course, at that point but I'm still a bit chuffed. :)
Philip in Emmet and Leanne's place, careful not to touch anything, using the screwdriver--until he got to the Playboy and he picked it up to check it with his mitts all over it. What's up with that?
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I found it remarkable just how much of the truth Philip was telling to Emmet's American agent while he was trying to keep from being killed. It wasn't everything, and it wasn't, you know, egregious, it was just enough. Although on Twitter, someone observed that questions about his kids were still off-limits. Also, I felt so sad for the poor agent guy! He was totally in over his head. I wonder how he was as an agent, what he did for Emmet, and how he got recruited.
I am really, really excited about Aimee Carrero's character (the Sandinista posing as a Costa Rican--not an illegal, but a similar twist on spying!): I thought this was a great introduction to her, just a teaser. She's totally going to remind Elizabeth of herself from a few decades back. It's also really interesting to me that the KGB illegals are the ones for someone like her to call when you got into a jam--like, her own country doesn't have enough of that sort of support network. I wonder if that's accurate.
The long bedroom scene between Philip and Elizabeth at the end was so lovely and so sad. They're both scared, but they're still complementing each other really well and helping prop each other up. Also their bedroom continues to be the place of intimacy for them, and not just in the sexual sense. Also, "we'll get used to it, like we've gotten used to everything else" was something that we'd heard before from the previews, but I loved how it fit into the scene, and I still find it to be truly the most Philip line ever.
Man, Martha thinking about leaving her job--that would certainly throw a wrench into things for Philip, wouldn't it? He's doing a good job manipulating her into staying so far, but I don't know how long that's going to take.
Littler things:
I loved that Philip was still obsessing over Henry's role in the mission that went bad. Elizabeth has moved on, but his head is still there, thinking about what he could have done differently.
I totally called "Cardinal" being a code name, from when we found out the episode title. It was totally a lucky guess, of course, at that point but I'm still a bit chuffed. :)
Philip in Emmet and Leanne's place, careful not to touch anything, using the screwdriver--until he got to the Playboy and he picked it up to check it with his mitts all over it. What's up with that?
-J