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

Re: Americans' children

[jae]

Hi, Nora! Welcome to the comm. As you watch, feel free to page back on the episode discussion posts and respond on the episodes in question if you'd like. :)

Your interpretation of this did occur to me: that's what I meant when I wrote "Maybe the show was just being early-80s-accurate in the fact that they found a way to get home by themselves and weren't completely freaked out by that." I mean, I was around myself and living in the U.S. at the time (Paige and I are contemporaries), so I'm aware of how different things were back then for kids! But in "Trust Me" there was more going on than just that--their mother had been due to arrive to pick them up and they simply didn't show up. At Paige's age, I wouldn't have thought a thing of being left alone at night, but if my mother had just not showed up to pick me up and left me to get home by myself, I would have been both worried and angry.

Also...I don't want to spoil for later episodes, but suffice it to say that this does come up eventually. :)

-J