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You lied to me.
Elizabeth and Philip were spying and sabotaging and killing for a foreign government.
However valued Elizabeth must have felt, she was always outside of the inner circle.
Theres a part of Paige, too, that treasured being in the know.
She trusted her mother to play it straight with her.
It was never going to happen.
Elizabeths response to Paige is extraordinarily powerful, both in the writing and in Keri Russells righteous fury.
I wasnt brought up like you were, she says.
I had to fight.
They died all around me.
We were proud to do whatever we could.
Sex was never something that she was privileged enough to feel precious about, and Philip understood that.
There is no Elizabeth Jennings anymore.
Its still a show about parenthood.
Its still a show about cultures in conflict.
And its still a show about political service and the bruised idealism of those who commit themselves to it.
The only difference now is that its ending and it feels like were careening toward a brick wall.
Hammers and sickles
Wonderful stuff between Oleg and Stan.
The show has been subtle this year in revealing the limitations of the FBIs thinking on its adversaries.
Do you think it doesnt matter who our leader is?
Im just going to leave that question here.
Pastor Tim is back!
It turns out there was never any reason for concern.
I had to watch the scene a couple of times to confirm, so ICYMI.
I was hoping to make it home for dinner, but things are very topsy turvy at the office.
So perfect that the code for a DEFCON 1 emergency is the blandest, most banal spouse-speak imaginable.
