Question of the week #6

[treonb]

The two central elements of the show are the relationship between Philip and Elizabeth and their work. They are also parents, however. 

So here's this week's question: How do you feel about the way the show treats these elements of their lives? Which elements of it work for you, and which don't?  You can expect spoilers for the entire first season in the comments.

(There's no expiration date on these questions, so if you're reading this post months later and feel like jumping in, please do.)

Comments

[maidenjedi]

Chiming in for the first time.... :-)

I think that the awareness you talk about, about being left to fend for themselves more often, is probably about to kick in. I get the sense that Paige is about to start questioning a lot of things about her parents, if she wasn't already. So maybe we'll see this come up in season 2 directly, especially as fallout of what happened in the finale (I'm unclear about the spoiler policy for these posts, so I'll leave it at that).

[jae]

Hiiiii! *waves frantically* So fun to have you here. :) I hope you're right that this comes up in season two directly--and yeah, I do think you are.

I'm unclear about the spoiler policy for these posts, so I'll leave it at that

Oops, I suppose we should make that clearer, shouldn't we? I said something specifically about "you should expect spoilers for the whole first season in the comments" in the first one, but then we kinda forgot.

-J

[quantumreality]

I think so too. It would be fascinating to see what Paige does/doesn't do if she discovers the truth. On the one hand the Soviets are the devil incarnate according to US cultural norms at the time, but on the other, Philip and Elizabeth ARE her parents.

[treonb]

I'm hoping she'll only discover half the truth, for example that she'll only suspect Elizabeth is up to something bad, not Philip. The children are already driving a wedge between Philip and Elizabeth (fun dad vs. demanding mom), so it's right up their alley.