Inquisitionist

And now Katherine Helmond, age 86, is the only ELR "parent" left. Peter Boyle died in 2006 (age 71) and Robert Culp in 2010 (age 79).

Loved Doris Roberts as Flo Flotsky on Soap. In a show full of crazies, she managed to stand out. She was also Marge in Edith's Night Out on All in the Family. Always made an impression, even as a one-off guest-star. And she deserved every one of the 5 Emmy Awards she won. Just a fabulous actress, and it sounds like she was a joy to work with.

Haven't read all of it yet, but the New Yorker has a nice piece on the show and Kenya Barris.

Thank you! Word, word, word to this. ^^ Ha! Thanks for making me spew my coffee on my computer screen this morning.

Just rewatched the previous episode (4-2) in which Gabriel discussed the importance of getting William access to Level 4 at the facility where he works (William is currently cleared only to level 3). Gabriel gave Elizabeth a list of people to try to get close to for this mission. Young Hee would seem to be the avenue Elizabeth is working, but we don't get know whether the ultimate target is her husband or someone else in her immediate circle.

The portrayal of many things on this show is really weird.

Having rewatched some earlier episode recently, I can answer this one! Stan was at the shooting range with Martha when she was learning how to use her handgun. He gave her a tip about lining up the sights that greatly improved her performance. I was thinking about the double-meaning of the episode title. Yes, a lot happened at Clark's apartment, his physical "place," but Philip also seems to be struggling with Clark's "place" in Martha's life as well as his own. Is it Clark or Philip who loves and wants to protect Martha? 'Cause I'm pretty sure one of them actually does (as is Elizabeth, who could lip read Philip's statement through the phone booth).

Per Alan Sepinwall, the Reagan speech we saw last night was his SDI speech from March 23, 1983. I agree with Elizabeth: he did look like a clown. I found it kind of funny that, according to Gabriel, the USSR has been supporting William for 25 years without his doing much of anything for them, while P&E seem to carry out several missions every week. Talk about playing the long con!

Seriously. As good as Sarah Paulson was in this, I'd argue that Kirsten Dunst was in the same league for her performance in Fargo.

I thought the first episode was positively awful, and the 2nd wasn't good. I stopped watching then, until sometime into the 2nd season when my SIL told me how funny she thought the show was. When I watched the rest of S1, I thought it was OK, but not great.

Some interesting info about how Ben Schwartz was cast and other tidbits, but I still don't know who came up with the glorious name Jean-Ralphio.

From Marcia Clark's post-finale thoughts about the series:

Nice use of Lucky Number by Lene Lovich during last night's bowling scene. Although it was released in the late 1970s, it has always felt like a very '80s song to me.

Col. Flagg elevated every episode he appeared in. RIP, Edward Winter.

It's not the last name they are using: see here.

The HBO movie is actually called Confirmation, and Alison Wright plays Virginia Wright, married to Clarence. I wouldn't say Wright gave shameless plugs to her shows -- WTF else would she (or any actor) agree to do this crap? ;-)

Ah, thanks. Too much time between watching the ambush episode and the finale. ;-)

Who was Joan, who showed up 3 times last season? The actress is listed again for the next two episodes? Meanwhile, the actress who plays Pastor Tim's wife Alice does not yet have any IMDB credits for season 4.

Philip planted the recording device in the mail robot when it was in for repairs after Gaad (I think) beat it up out of frustration. Martha had told Clark where it was being worked on. I'm not aware of a recording device in the copy machine. The issue with that machine is that copies are being made without logging in -- again Martha's work for Clark.

Sorry if I missed discussion of this earlier in the thread, but I'm just now catching up on the end of S3. It was not clear to me what tipped off Oleg that Zinaida was working for the Soviets. It seemed to be tied in some way to the directive Arkady read to his staff prohibiting assassinations on American soil -- which would include Zinaida, I assume, but that doesn't seem like enough info to conclude that she's on the Soviet side. What did I miss?

LOL! But that wouldn't necessarily explain why they have no family in the U.S. I wonder what P&E told the kids about this lack in the past. That they were both orphaned only children who fell in love at a support group for orphaned only children?

The actress playing Young Hee, Ruthie Ann Miles, currently has IMDb credits for episdoes 5, 9, 10, and 11.

Thanks for pointing out who she is as I wasn't familiar with the actress. But her role doesn't strike me as generic in the least. I was impressed by how individualized and specific Young Hee came across in the few scenes Elizabeth had with her.

Did Florida secede? :-) I don't think it enhances the storytelling to give the audience no reason for Elizabeth's infiltration of Young He's Mary Kay empire.

Both flashbacks and more recent incidents have shown Alicia having a very good sexual relationship with Peter.