Re: kids produced on demand. This episode made me wonder. Did the USSR have an official or even unofficial policy about women having children for the good of the Motherland, or was that just a Nazi thing back in the 30s? Because the way Leanne said that the Center would expect it, and just the way Elizabeth finally gives in, I wonder very much about what they would have expected to do back home.

Re: Sandra. YES.

Re: Elizabeth as good Soviet soldier in terms of the letter. I think in the end, burning it had something to do with that. But also, I think she craved Leanne's confidence, and would have promised her anything to preserve that feeling. I can see her keeping that to herself, too, and Philip having no real inkling of the depth of feeling Elizabeth had there. Like Gregory, in a way.