Question of the week #58

[treonb]

Philip seems to be progressively less and less able to cope with the life that he chose, and more and more unstable as a result. It's both apparent to the viewer and commented on once in a while on the show. What are the things that have happened that have made him feel that strain in a way he hadn't before--and why those things, at those times?

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Comments

[lovingboth]

Doing very morally dubious things for very little to show for it... Having the Centre try to get the kids involved - something that's out of the question for him - isn't helping.

The kidnap at the start of S1 and the kidnap and forcible extradition more recently shows the difference.