Oh, I definitely think that if the KGB were to recruit Paige, a whole lot of manipulation would have to be involved! And like I said, it would be very Paige-specific manipulation. To me, the more likely story for next season would involve Philip and Elizabeth struggling with whether they'd be willing to agree to allow her to be open to that, though.
On this, do you mean they'd never end up telling her the truth about them, or never telling her they wanted to recruit her. Claudia's version of the orders sounded pretty firm, if the KGB had it's way.
Right, but if the KGB actually found that there was no good way in with Paige, they would kind of HAVE to abandon the possibility of her being an agent for them. They don't want an unreliable agent, they want someone they can trust. We've seen cases on the show where they've vetted people and haven't ended up recruiting them, and I can only imagine that would be the case with the children of illegals, too.
The part I find myself wondering about is what's going on within Directorate S right now in light of the loss of two of their star illegals and their more recent recruit in those illegals' son. If I put myself in the position of one of their head honchos, and I see how the recruitment of Jared played out for them, I imagine that my first concern would be figuring out what went wrong. I'd almost certainly want to put a halt to the recruitment of any more kids until they can get to the bottom of that. That's clearly not happening, though, so what does that mean? Are there different factions within Directorate S who feel differently about this programme and its likelihood of success (we've seen other examples in the past of the illegals getting caught in the middle when different people within the KGB had different ideas about how to handle a certain situation)? And perhaps most importantly, is that something a Philip who doesn't want his kid recruited in the first place could use to his advantage?
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Re: Second generation illegals
Date: 2014-05-23 01:21 pm (UTC)On this, do you mean they'd never end up telling her the truth about them, or never telling her they wanted to recruit her. Claudia's version of the orders sounded pretty firm, if the KGB had it's way.
Right, but if the KGB actually found that there was no good way in with Paige, they would kind of HAVE to abandon the possibility of her being an agent for them. They don't want an unreliable agent, they want someone they can trust. We've seen cases on the show where they've vetted people and haven't ended up recruiting them, and I can only imagine that would be the case with the children of illegals, too.
The part I find myself wondering about is what's going on within Directorate S right now in light of the loss of two of their star illegals and their more recent recruit in those illegals' son. If I put myself in the position of one of their head honchos, and I see how the recruitment of Jared played out for them, I imagine that my first concern would be figuring out what went wrong. I'd almost certainly want to put a halt to the recruitment of any more kids until they can get to the bottom of that. That's clearly not happening, though, so what does that mean? Are there different factions within Directorate S who feel differently about this programme and its likelihood of success (we've seen other examples in the past of the illegals getting caught in the middle when different people within the KGB had different ideas about how to handle a certain situation)? And perhaps most importantly, is that something a Philip who doesn't want his kid recruited in the first place could use to his advantage?
-J