I think I didn't word my response very well... it's not that you *can't* become pregnant at that age. It's just that for most women, it takes a LOT more effort than at 20. Like you can try and try and try, and it can still be very hard. So if Martha and "Clark" were actively trying, sure, but I would assume unless Philip is the biggest idiot on the planet who doesn't care about kids (which couldn't be less like him) that he is using protection every time, having figured out over the years that his targets would love to "trap" him too. And then there's the factor that he's not over there all that often. So with those two factors, it just seems that much more unlikely. (I would assume once your family member was told she couldn't have kids, she probably wasn't protecting against it as intensively, or at least I wouldn't have, in her shoes.)
Like people have mentioned what are the chances Stan moves across the street from the Jennings when he's THE branch of the FBI looking for THEM. And that is a stretch, although one that works for dramatic purposes. But I think they can only have so many of those before it starts to feel forced. Like I thought the way they magically found Amador's ring so quickly to be off the charts in terms of luck and coincidence. I think it's stronger when they don't have to hinge plots off something like that.
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Date: 2014-03-07 10:52 pm (UTC)Like people have mentioned what are the chances Stan moves across the street from the Jennings when he's THE branch of the FBI looking for THEM. And that is a stretch, although one that works for dramatic purposes. But I think they can only have so many of those before it starts to feel forced. Like I thought the way they magically found Amador's ring so quickly to be off the charts in terms of luck and coincidence. I think it's stronger when they don't have to hinge plots off something like that.