Ok.. I'm very late to the party. It will take me a while to get through all the comments, but here's mine for now.
Based on the promo I thought we'll have a KGB-FBI showdown, so it was a bit disappointing when there wasn't :-( and whatever action there was, fizzled really fast.
1. Poor walk-in guy. Set up by the Arkady/Nina duo in order to get to a juicier target. Very nicely played.
2. The letter - I guess that was expected. For Jared's sake, it was also the more compassionate move. I can't even imagine how he would respond now to having his entire life turned upside down and sideways again. And he so much looks up to his parents.
3. 4 loads of laundry - sorry if that was already mentioned, but I figured he was wasting time in the laundromat (across the street from the hotel) to do surveillance.
4. Matthew - at least he got an honorable mention, but are we ever going to see him again?
5. Gaad is all the patriotic American, volunteering for service even when he didn't have to. Poor Stan.
6. Paige is really stepping over the line, going on an unsupervised trip on her own. It's a bit too much for me, because I don't see how they'll resolve this. Paige is getting used to lying to her parents. I'm on the "Kelli is KGB" camp, btw. Aunt Helen knew who was coming.
Was Philip just skulking there with his coffee cup? I wonder how many times he's had to refill waiting for his wayward daughter to come home. And then Philip and Paige both lying to each other about where they (or Elizabeth) were.
They let Philip handle things this time, but I wonder how Elizabeth will respond, and whether we're going to see any repercussions to Paige leaving home for the second time.
7. That factory worker taking out his kid's photos - ouch. Very smart move, though. I was sure he was gonna end up dead.
8. Nina, of course, was right about waiting for Stan to say "I love you". And she didn't say it back yet. I was waiting for the follow-up Arkady/Nina scene where they discuss that.
9. Love Oleg - and I'm sure Nina knows how to scalp tickets.
Treon's thoughts
Based on the promo I thought we'll have a KGB-FBI showdown, so it was a bit disappointing when there wasn't :-( and whatever action there was, fizzled really fast.
1. Poor walk-in guy. Set up by the Arkady/Nina duo in order to get to a juicier target. Very nicely played.
2. The letter - I guess that was expected. For Jared's sake, it was also the more compassionate move. I can't even imagine how he would respond now to having his entire life turned upside down and sideways again. And he so much looks up to his parents.
3. 4 loads of laundry - sorry if that was already mentioned, but I figured he was wasting time in the laundromat (across the street from the hotel) to do surveillance.
4. Matthew - at least he got an honorable mention, but are we ever going to see him again?
5. Gaad is all the patriotic American, volunteering for service even when he didn't have to. Poor Stan.
6. Paige is really stepping over the line, going on an unsupervised trip on her own. It's a bit too much for me, because I don't see how they'll resolve this. Paige is getting used to lying to her parents. I'm on the "Kelli is KGB" camp, btw. Aunt Helen knew who was coming.
Was Philip just skulking there with his coffee cup? I wonder how many times he's had to refill waiting for his wayward daughter to come home. And then Philip and Paige both lying to each other about where they (or Elizabeth) were.
They let Philip handle things this time, but I wonder how Elizabeth will respond, and whether we're going to see any repercussions to Paige leaving home for the second time.
7. That factory worker taking out his kid's photos - ouch. Very smart move, though. I was sure he was gonna end up dead.
8. Nina, of course, was right about waiting for Stan to say "I love you". And she didn't say it back yet. I was waiting for the follow-up Arkady/Nina scene where they discuss that.
9. Love Oleg - and I'm sure Nina knows how to scalp tickets.