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simey
Footballguy
Oh yeah, he recruited her under his Scott alias. He was her handler. I think his Scott alias is supposed to be a Swedish Intelligence Officer.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
I got about 5/6 of the way through this episode before I totally lost interest.
jamny
Footballguy
She says, I think in the Travel Agency office, that the package that Frank Langella gave her was a recording from her Mom and that she is dying.
I think Elizabeth was recalling a real event when she threw her daughter in the pool
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
I find Keri Russell so incredibly sexy. She's not classically beautiful.... just sexy.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
I would agree but her character on this show is so broody and bleh. I know she's supposed to be conflicted and Eastern Bloc depressed but a smile every 30 minutes wouldn't kill the show.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
meh, i'm still in, but hoping for improvement
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
We'd better see some horrific rugs on Philip tonight!
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Thank goodness I'm pretty fluent in Russian. Otherwise it would get incredibly annoying "reading" this show every week.
jamny
Footballguy
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
jamny
Footballguy
That was a pretty brutal scene. I loved that they got a pic of him in the action. A little protection.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
oso diablo
Footballguy
not that i remember. little bit of a stretch, but i think the guy was just so numb from having killed the woman.
STBootleg
Footballguy
3C's
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oso diablo
Footballguy
i must have missed something in last night's ep...
how did the CIA/FBI know to tail their car?
how did the CIA/FBI know to tail their car?
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
simey
Footballguy
The CIA was watching Paaswell (Gabriel warned Phillip and Elizabeth about it), and Phillip and Elizabeth went to Paswell's house to bug it, and pretended to be potential buyers at his open house. The CIA followed P and E when they left Paaswell's house, and the FBI was watching the CIA.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
So, did the CIA follow everyone who attended the open house? I was thinking Paaswell had somehow tipped them off, but that didn't make sense either.
simey
Footballguy
They probably did follow everyone who attended the open house, but there may not have been many who came. Sometimes nobody shows up at an open house. Phillip and Elizabeth started riding around DC for a long time when they noticed they were being tailed, and that made them look even more suspicious. Didn't they have like 11 cars on them at one point?
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Yeah. And not that it matters, but they were in Frederick - about 40 miles N of DC.
Anyway, I don't usually nitpick - I can normally get from A to B, but this one mystified me
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
If they are gonna light the scene so poorly, why even bother? That ### demands good lighting!
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
It was acceptable -- not ideal.
jamny
Footballguy
I thought the butt scene was very well lit.
How do they not have dentists on the payroll?
I have a feeling the defector woman isn't who she appears to be. After Stan says to the other guy about how he got the white supremacists to trust him (Just tell them what they want to hear) he was looking really close at her TV interview. He's on to her.
How do they not have dentists on the payroll?
I have a feeling the defector woman isn't who she appears to be. After Stan says to the other guy about how he got the white supremacists to trust him (Just tell them what they want to hear) he was looking really close at her TV interview. He's on to her.
JaxBill
Footballguy
This.
I thought the dental scene was intense and got into the whole issue of trust.
Yeah, I didn't understand why they knew to follow that car either. Thanks.
My problem was that they went to that open house in the daytime and she rides around with cars tailing her well into the night? In a 1980ish GM four door? Wouldn't it run out of gas?
STBootleg
Footballguy
It could be that she fit the specific description of the woman that beat the crap out of the agents and happened to be at an open house for Paswell.
drfeelgood
Footballguy
Gabriel said that the CIA were staking out their CIA Afghan agents, and I would think they followed anyone who went to Paswell's house. Like simey said, some people don't even go to an open house, and they had plenty of agents around to follow people.
James Daulton
Footballguy
Is this show worth getting into?
jamny
Footballguy
So the babysitter is the daughter of the guy they are really hoping to get close to?
What are they hoping to get from that guy? Just bug his house for info on Afghanistan or actually grab him for interrogation?
I'm not really following the Russian consulate storyline too well this season.
What are they hoping to get from that guy? Just bug his house for info on Afghanistan or actually grab him for interrogation?
I'm not really following the Russian consulate storyline too well this season.
jamny
Footballguy
Not something I'd regularly recommend because it's not for everyone but it's pretty well done and interesting.
Not great but very good.
drfeelgood
Footballguy
Margo Martindale "Claudia" is returning to the show this season. 
She got freed up after The Millers was canceled in November.
She got freed up after The Millers was canceled in November.drfeelgood
Footballguy
Philip and Elizabeth are trying to find a way into the Afghan group. Paswell is second in command and desperate for money so they bugged his house to learn more.
jamny
Footballguy
I know but now it look like they got to the number one since it seems that the babysitter was the daughter of the higher up. I didn't hear the audio from the bug well enough, is there something going on between Paswell and the babysitter? Maybe that will be blackmail leverage.
Do they actually want to get in to the group or just get info on the group?
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I started with fairly low expectations shortly after season one, but it's one of my favorites now. Kind of odd because none of the characters -- and I mean literally zero -- are particularly well-crafted or interesting. I just like the concept and story.
drfeelgood
Footballguy
I'm not sure what exactly they want, but you are right that Paswell and the babysitter have some type of major flirting going on, and she is the daughter of the CIA higher up. There is a reason for that storyline, but we don't know where it will take us yet.
jamny
Footballguy
jamny
Footballguy
That was really good, great episode all around.
Great scene with Stan opening up to his wife too.
And example of what makes this show so good: when Nina first opens up to her cellmate as part of the plan, I was thinking that it was kinda cheesy, there's no way this other girl would buy her sudden openness. A lot of other shows would have ignored that and had the other girl fall for it right away. It was great that they had the girl roll over and not take the bait right away. The look on Nina's face when she realized she finally got the hook in her was great too. They could have gone with a wry smile but that wouldn't have fit either. The blank, knowing look was all that was needed.
And the daughter with the religious couple wouldn't be good if it was a stand-alone storyline, but it fits in with their plan for her so it's very interesting. I'd imagine the finale will culminate in some type of turning point with that.
Very good season so far.
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