Yeah, that is surprising, and no one else has brought it up yet. It could well be that Leanne was also ideologically very rooted and Elizabeth looked up to her for that, so she didn't feel like she could turn down a request that came from a place like that? But certainly it's a major violation of the rules (and rules that in this case have a damn good reason). It's weird that neither one of them acknowledges that at any point.
Yeah, exactly - there are possible reasons that I could buy for it, including Leanne being kind of Elizabeth's new-to-the-US "mentor", but not MENTIONING it seemed weird. Weird enough that I am wondering if that will be brought up, somehow.
I like your thoughts on Nina! I actually got more like quantumreality's impression below: I felt like at least some of her seeming satisfaction there is the satisfaction of having 'got one over' on Stan? But she's pretending so well that on reflection I think you have to be right, and there's at least a grain of truth in it somewhere, even if she's not sure how much.
(Edited for clarity about what was my opinion and what was other people's!)
Elizabeth's response to Jared's letter, and thoughts on Nina/Stan
Yeah, exactly - there are possible reasons that I could buy for it, including Leanne being kind of Elizabeth's new-to-the-US "mentor", but not MENTIONING it seemed weird. Weird enough that I am wondering if that will be brought up, somehow.
I like your thoughts on Nina! I actually got more like quantumreality's impression below: I felt like at least some of her seeming satisfaction there is the satisfaction of having 'got one over' on Stan? But she's pretending so well that on reflection I think you have to be right, and there's at least a grain of truth in it somewhere, even if she's not sure how much.
(Edited for clarity about what was my opinion and what was other people's!)