At first I thought he was serious, but then I figured he's speaking in code. Or not?
It definitely sounds like, if not code, just a way to sound really banal. Like Elizabeth's saying she's picking the kids up, presumably because she's too paranoid to let them take the bus? And he's cheerfully acting like that's just a nice thing to do today for perfectly ordinary reasons rather than reflecting back the fear for them?
Which leads to my question.. why did Elizabeth advise her to be the guy's girlfriend. It just doesn't seem the Elizabeth thing to do.
I think, as I said in the other thread, that she's correctly understanding what Lucia's trying to do here and expertly telling her what she's doing wrong. Especially because what she's doing is so dangerous, getting her into alleys with too much cocaine. So she's basically saying no, you want to have a place in his life with some respect, where he trusts you and has some respect for you. You don't do that by partying with him in the backseat. It's giving Lucia more control over their relationship.
Elizabeth probably would do that in many situations. It's hard for her to do it now with two kids, and it's not right for every source--probably like most spies she avoids it if she can. But clearly Lucia's already working that angle, or trying to, so if she plays her cards right she'll get into some great places doing it that way rather than being some Central American grad student he gets high with and screws.
I think she did get the number, but even if she didn't. She's home alone enough times, I'd think, to check it out.
Yeah, I definitely took it as her having found the number one way or the other--she can always call back. I guess I had a moment of thinking that there wasn't really enough time for the operator to even check and see if there was a listing for her. But that's probably just TV time where they're not going to show me 20 seconds of dead air while the operator does her thing!
Re: On rewatch
Thank you! Finally it makes sense.
It definitely sounds like, if not code, just a way to sound really banal. Like Elizabeth's saying she's picking the kids up, presumably because she's too paranoid to let them take the bus? And he's cheerfully acting like that's just a nice thing to do today for perfectly ordinary reasons rather than reflecting back the fear for them?
I think, as I said in the other thread, that she's correctly understanding what Lucia's trying to do here and expertly telling her what she's doing wrong. Especially because what she's doing is so dangerous, getting her into alleys with too much cocaine. So she's basically saying no, you want to have a place in his life with some respect, where he trusts you and has some respect for you. You don't do that by partying with him in the backseat. It's giving Lucia more control over their relationship.
Elizabeth probably would do that in many situations. It's hard for her to do it now with two kids, and it's not right for every source--probably like most spies she avoids it if she can. But clearly Lucia's already working that angle, or trying to, so if she plays her cards right she'll get into some great places doing it that way rather than being some Central American grad student he gets high with and screws.
Yeah, I definitely took it as her having found the number one way or the other--she can always call back. I guess I had a moment of thinking that there wasn't really enough time for the operator to even check and see if there was a listing for her. But that's probably just TV time where they're not going to show me 20 seconds of dead air while the operator does her thing!