There is some with Philip and Stan, it's true, but I feel like it's even more for these people who are really out in the field as spies. (In Stan's case I think some of the real understanding is a holdover from his undercover days.) It's the dishonesty and double life thing--so I don't think Philip would feel the same way with, say, Gaad. But he does somewhat with Fred, and he would with someone from, say, East Germany or Israel. It's like they're all at sea and when the meet it's like a little island has cropped up briefly where they can just dry off for a second.
In Stan's case, it's really driving him too, I think. Like it's one of the things that makes him feel he understands and connects with Nina, and it was something that Amador couldn't understand. ("It was a little deeper than that.") It's funny, of course, that he seems to want to confide in Philip about it even though for all Stan knows, Philip is just as clueless as Amador.
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In Stan's case, it's really driving him too, I think. Like it's one of the things that makes him feel he understands and connects with Nina, and it was something that Amador couldn't understand. ("It was a little deeper than that.") It's funny, of course, that he seems to want to confide in Philip about it even though for all Stan knows, Philip is just as clueless as Amador.