Andy73

Thank you! Amazing as usual!

I can’t believe that!!! Lol

I feel like Keri: the ending was so perfect that any sequel would be.... I can't even imagine it! I think the final told us everything. I mean, the show is a story about a marriage... and the finale tells us that despite the thousand problems they have had (and in all marriages there are a thousand problems) they are still together! I remember a great Sistermagpie’s post: when sound was on we saw spies stuff, then the music goes away, we saw the P&E…. and then the music comes back with the spies stuff. Oh yes!!!!

I think he was the exact opposite to a monster to him there. He told him his suspicions because he didn't want him to be another Martha even if he was blowing some longterm Centre operation with Renee. Stan can check if she's an Illegal or not. It wouldn't be better if he kept quiet and eventually he found out she was a spy and he just assumed Philip was in on it. Stan's been undercover himself. He's been that monster. (Even if his character as written doesn't really support it.) I agree. I don’t think Philip was a monster with Stan there. I think he was really honest with him… as a friend! Oh yes, It's likely he didn't want another Marta. Renee drives me crazy too. Sometime I think she is a KGB agent, sometimes no. Why KGB should use an illegal on ex counter-intelligence?

Good question… War…. It does not exist in nature. It is a human invention. I war there are no saints! No living being can be as atrocious with members of the same species like man can be! Yet war is part of our being. Yesterday…. Today…. In a future!

Oh yes! That is other example. Liz was in a very bad place that time!! is Elizabeth evil? I see her, and Philip too, as soldier!!! Very well trained soldier. They were fighting a war. Ok for us for wrong side but… i don’t remember them unjustified murder in a military pow… like those committed by arkan’s tiger or the nazi massacre in Europe… I don't know if I explained myself. Apologie if I offended someone!!!

I remember so well this ep. It got me a tear for both Smith and Elizabeth! This is a great example of how the show connects us with its characters, showing us their feelings. And it lays us questions: is Elizabeth an evil people as Smith said? Or not? If yes, why? Again, if no, why?

I think the second: voluntary.

Rewatched 2×04 A Little Night of Music The Americans are staging the world of human relationships! The series, we have said many times, is a very powerful magnifying glass aimed at the Family, explored in such a meticulous game of masks and lies. ‘The world of physics encompasses the microscopic, the submicroscopic, the very distant, the world of unseen things,’ says Anton Baklanov at the beginning of the episode, in a sort of manifesto of the series itself, which, in this episode, focuses on what is deepest and most invisible in the world: consciousness. I agree Claudia: Elizabeth hasn't recovered yet! I liked the scene of the first their meeting: Claudia whispers sitting behind Liz, who often reacts only with her eyes, as if talking to her was actually something much more inner. Claudia looks like her Talking Cricket... The truth, for characters forced to live in a world of lies and secrets, can only emerge in the form of pseudo-confessions, that is disguised (also) as a lie. Stan admits to having an affair, but lies about the “who”; Phillip argues with Martha without it being possible to tell how much is fake and how much real there is in his outburst. Elizabeth in disguise tells the story of the rape: I have the impression that she wasn't just acting with that boy... Page prays at the table... I loved Philip and Elizabeth in that scene... as well as their dialogue in the car. Yes guys, Page is telling lies... you are losing control over her!!! The final scene is amazing: Elizabeth is a fury (why???) Philip is as shocked like me... and the girl goes away with Anton.... Marriage is hard. Great Philip….

You are right, thank you! The doubt is still alive .... But that's the good! May be yes! Definitely she did for the child, but for business too. It’s dangerous have an upset child, who knows real ID his parents, walks in DC.

Just watched “The walk in” 2X03 People disapproved Elizabeth for burning the letter pointing out her u-turn. But honestly, what else could she have done? Here comes the flood…. I saw a tear on Liz's face... I had it too I still surprised, like first watch, how how anxious Elizabeth is: she is really afraid.

May be you are right…. I’m not so sure it was a honey-trap! Do you remember if it was before Chiacago’s or later?

Thank you for your post!!! This is the real mistery of the Americans!!! She has such long hair today too, doesn't she? We know very well that Elizabeth also has her own fragilities, even if her dedication to the Cause has always been far firmer than that of Philip . “The Midges” does nothing but confirm this her position, first in the considerations about Alexei, then in the confrontation with Paige and finally with Philip. However, the picture that emerges from this is profoundly different from what we would have had if these same scenes had been in the first or second year: we know Elizabeth’s: we know how much her apparent coldness is in fact a constant work of rationalization of emergencies, of normalization of reality, of pragmatism above all. Elizabeth brings everything back on the most practical level (“it would not be right to give him such a weight”, where the weight would be equivalent to a death sentence) and above all normalizes an issue that is anything but normal, equating the inevitable and necessary “unspoken” in any relationship to lies of this magnitude. Elizabeth is not trying to manipulate Page with false rhetoric, but this is something she has convinced herself to believe, because perhaps it is the only way to live all this without definitively splitting, losing all her humanity. At least I agree with you! I don’t agree with them. I found that scene a very romantic moment. I thought to honey-trap only once in the whole show: in S6 when she needs his help with Kimmy…. Agree! Philip’s flashback. I think Tuan and Alexei work like a trigger for him and also I think all flashback are at first related to his father and then how his family was poor. However, I find his flashbacks quite cryptic…. Also I think Philip here is understanding It is legitimate to be faithful to one's cause, it is also legitimate to ask questions where necessary, to question, even if only to emphasize then with even more conviction one's ideas. he does that especially when he is willing to draw lessons from the condition of Alexei’s family, he see what happens when personal decisions are mixed with those of his kids – if there is one thing that Pasha’s affair clearly shows is that the blood linkage is not necessarily enough to save the family one. Oh, this is really true!!!!

Just watched Cardinal 2x02 Well there is not much to say: thriller in this episode is really present: Elizabeth in every scene shows all her terror... a look at the window... her posture with which she scrutinizes the environment outside the front door... a drop of water falling from the tap... And then love: I had forgotten the relief on Elizabeth’s when Philip showed up at home unexpected. It was stunning! Elizabeth was openly happy that her husband chose her over the mission; that said everything about how much she’d come to need him at this point. That is why I love this show!!! In this ep. Elizabeth is very warried about kids… then we can see her u-turn: she is ready to involve Page in spies stuff when Mother Russia call! A connection whit START: here Philip answer to Elizabeth: we’ll get used to it. In START Elizabeth said the same. The ring closes. Spy stuff: FBI makes a good work with Dameran!

Again: thank you for your post! As usual you give me other pow that I would never have had. I agree: the entire 5th season is a path forward the end. Some line are a little bit ridiculous (US want to starve the Russians), but this is a long marathon. Tuan: for me he a “pebble in the shoe” his behavior is no so clear for me: Why is he so radical in general, especially with Pasha and then we discover him fond of his adoptive family? What is his background? Elizabeth: she is She is split: she doesn't trust Page, she would like to protect her… otho she would want Page like her… Page: she still doesn't know who she wants to be. Hard not to understand her: who would be able to handle such a thing at his age? I know: you don’t like so much Holly’s performance. It’s seems flat… I agree… but… may be JJ wants her in this way to show us she confused… I agree. In 6th season he was a breath of fresh air Totally agree!!!! I miss them, but no… I don’t want a sequel…