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At the beginning of the series I seriously thought it was Alison's voice in the song. Something about the pronunciation and the tone and the lyrics which felt like it was written for the show.

Wasn't he the son, in the flash back scene with his father, who refused to shoot the deer and said you should not kill someone even if it save many others? I just realized my comment confused two different series. The scene I was referring to was taken from an episode of the series Condor that was broadcast on the same day. The older man was also played by a very well known veteran actor (William Hurt) in a flash back scene with his young nephew during a hunting trip.

Sort of very late to it (just decided to watch the second season) so I looked for interviews with him from that period and his speaking voice is clear and deap. SO I guess its an acting choice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc8m2T7EAsc

Wasn't he the son, in the flash back scene with his father, who refused to shoot the dear and said you should not kill someone even if it save many others?

Yes, it was the same guy. The rain in the background was really strong and distracting and as it did not seem relevant to the scene I kept wondering if they just got caught in a real rainstorm and did not have time to re-shoot.

Which, by the usual way we know these things (well known actors in seemingly trivial roles), I can assume he will have more information to give (via her visions?), in future episodes.

The only Clyde I found in the full Elementary cast list on IMDb was someone who appeared in one episode in season 4. Who is he, who did he play here and why is everyone so excited about it?

I know where I have seen her before but not sure you did too. It was in the second season of a BBC series that was also shown on Starz: The Missing. She played a complex and mysterious character in the series that until the end is not clear if she is a victim or a villain. With her very distinctive features she left quite an impression.

Since the start of the season, each episode starts with a short scene where Cole, Noah and later joined by Anton are searching for an unnamed woman (probably Alison). Its seems to be the current time while the rest of the episode happens some week before. The background is unexplained but each episode advances the scene a little. I expect this mystery will continue until both timelines converge. They may even drag it till the end of the season. In this sense its a preview, but within the story telling itself.

I suddenly realized that this is probably why they introduced the young neighbor. She seems the ideal candidate to volunteer to have Vik's baby. I hate it already.

I liked everything you said in the post. The whole thing is written with conviction and gravity and sparseness that I really appreciate. Even the way they showed the building of the solutions to a complex problem with many moving parts with just the minimum amount of clues. They moved from one part of the puzzle to the next seamlessly, trusting the viewers are intelligent enough to follow them. No direct explanation or exposition as to why they were doing each one. Its rare in most TV series. Reminded me a little, in this respect, of "Better Call Saul".

I nearly choked on this one. Brilliant :)

This.

If she followed Will's request to abort, she could have let the car back up and leave the scene, go to Broussard to explain and leave with no risk. She chose instead to continue with the plan. As she did not know the reason for the abort, it was unnecessary and too risky and based on her mistrust of Will.

I found it either strange or simply annoying (if she did not do it on purpose) that she omitted to mention that will did not just bolt, he specifically told her to tell Broussard to abort the mission. Instead she chose to improvise and not say anything.

At first I was inclined to really dislike Eden and just see her a danger to Nick & June, but than I realized this was the way the writers presented her and it was completely wrong. She is a child bride, sent away from her family to wed an older man she never met and brainwashed to see it as her religious duty. She has no adult females emotional support, no friends and a really bleak future if she does not bear a child. The fact that they chose to show her as unpleasant and sort of thick and annoying teenager keeps all our sympathies for the emotional suffering of the mature June & Nick. This is especially jaring as she does try to do her best, even if she misses the mark. In any other story, we would be outraged at Eden's fate and the fact that Nick does not even try to be nice to her and June does the absolute minimum mainly because of the perceived danger to Nick. I wonder, like several posts indicated, if this again is the male point of view coming thru. She is no less a victim of Gilead than the other female casts.

Exactly. We already know the basic backstory of Clarissa's fixation on making her father proud of her. Beyond that she is really more of a plot device, adding to the chaos and danger of too many players in this extremely complex and dangerous situation (like a lone gunman changing history). She does not bring any relevant social, psychological or philosophical issues to the table and so getting deeper into her motivation seems superfluous.

Well, he is a marathon runner in real life, so I guess they decided to take advantage of his abilities :)

The original victim (owner of the head in the bag:) did have immunity and it was indeed the motive for killing him. They did not pursue the issue of of continued research after solving the murder.

Can you elaborate a little in the hidden book spoiler? who said that to whom?

I KNOW, RIGHT? For Stan and many other people, the job always comes first. How many times did we see Matthew alone in the house while Stan was working late? But somehow because Elizabeth and Philip did it once, Stan blocked out the memory of every time he worked late. But his question did actually make sense, because it has an implicit second half. i.e.: unless their job is something more than a regular "earn a living" one. Stan did this when he was working undercover before and when on urgent counter intelligence task. but P&E are supposed to be travel agents. The fact that they did leave their children, strengthen the theory that they may be Russian agents.

In Colony :)

Several people here commented on this, but I do understand why it was needed. Philip's outlook has been very clear and consistent from day one. His main difficulty during recruitment was leaving the woman he loved but he was older, more mature and always had an open mind and self awareness. Elizabeth had a traumatic childhood and training and started at an earlier age. In a way she bought into the indoctrination in not a dissimilar way to Paige (without the spoiled American childhood), accepting the authority of the party & KGB completely. To understand her psychology and development throughout the series and especially now, they had to show us the events that led her to this point. Its not the guilt of not helping the accident victim that drove her, its what the woman said about not leaving a comrade to die in Moscow. The fact that this was a Russian on Russian assassination attempt of an innocent made in an internal matter. In a way, she was still following her training but had to somehow find her way when the source of the authority suddenly went in two opposing directions. I also felt that the time with the dying cancer painter that forced her to look inward and open up to her emotions, was catalyst this year.

Or any one of the many very good Russian actors that have lately played Russian characters. I really like how lately they use actors from the actual (or close) original country for the relevant parts. It feels so much more authentic. Lev Gorn has such a fundamentally honest face and kind eyes that I am nor sure I can see him in this role :).

Couldn't find the edit function so quoting myself:) The obvious answer just occurred to me - the guard must have done the redaction himself during the transfer stage to Johnathan (I assume anything passed on to him is checked in the prison).