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On 10/28/2018 at 6:32 PM, Kel Varnsen said:
I am still scratching my head as to how Fisk got all charges dropped considered that in Season 1 when he escaped from custody he killed a bunch of law enforcement people.
Ben Donovan explained it before Fisk spoke. His convictions were reversed on appeal, and the government elected not to re-try him. This does happen sometimes in real life, although the vast majority of criminal convictions are affirmed (upheld) on appeal. Knowing Fisk, he probably got to at least two appellate judges (appeals are decided by three-judge panels) and the person(s) in the U.S. Attorney's office who were responsible for deciding whether to re-try him.
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Quite a few articles on season 3 have been posted in the last several days. These are some of them. Not for the spoiler-averse.
Collider: Charlie Cox Interview
Collider: Deborah Ann Woll Interview
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There's a slightly spoilery article about season 3 in Entertainment Weekly, with a couple of photos, here.
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Having June serve as her editor may have unintended consequences for Serena Joy. Reading those orders could give June useful information for an escape attempt.
I don't trust Eden, either. But who is she going to tell about the Handmaids exchanging names? Nick? Serena Joy? I suppose she might snitch to Aunt Lydia on one of her pre-natal visits. I can't help hoping that scene might be an epiphany for her - when it hits home that even the Handmaids' names have been taken from them - and she realizes what Gilead has done to them. Sadly, I suspect she is too thoroughly indoctrinated for that.
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On 5/25/2018 at 5:06 PM, Umbelina said:
They are aware of the garage, Paige's fingerprints are probably everywhere in there, as well as stray hairs attached to some of her wigs. We don't know how this will end, but Paige's actions when everything go down will probably be telling.
The main thing though? You already mentioned. Paige will not stand up to even the mildest FBI questioning. At all. No chance. If her parents or brother is killed? Even less of a chance. She WILL talk.
She also beat up two large guys in a bar where she's known. She has no record of ever taking a self defense class. Her KGB parents had to teach her that. They will be digging into everything about the entire family once this breaks, and Paige, a legal adult, will have her photo in the papers.
These are good points. I was (obviously) thinking only in terms of witnesses to her espionage activities. Physical evidence would help build a case against her, but it might not be enough by itself to convict her. That would depend on a lot of variables that we simply don't know.
If the witnesses to the bar fight come forward, that could be a problem.
I do have a question about the garages. Has the FBI located the actual garage(s) P and E were using, or are they doing surveillance on suspected locations? I thought it was the latter, based on the comment about coming up empty after reviewing 1500 hours of surveillance footage, but maybe I missed something.
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I know there is a lot of sentiment in favor of Paige spending the rest of her life in prison, or even being executed. But, realistically, how is that going to happen? The government needs evidence sufficient to prove her guilt, beyond a reasonable doubt. It's certainly possible that, if apprehended, Paige would simply confess. She's so clueless, she probably wouldn't even ask for a lawyer. And she couldn't stand up to even the mildest of questioning. But if that doesn't happen, I'm not sure where the government would get the evidence to convict her. Very few people know of her involvement in espionage. Philip and Elizabeth may be dead, fugitives, or back in Russia. If they're caught, they aren't going to give up Paige. Claudia is likely in the wind or back in Moscow. Marilyn is dead. There are some random unnamed operatives seen helping with surveillance, but their knowledge is probably limited to what they need to know. Pastor Tim knows Paige knew her parents were spies, but he doesn't know of her involvement in espionage, which occurred after he left the country. So, Paige has a good chance of walking if she keeps her mouth shut.
My vision for the end of the series: Philip or Elizabeth or both of them (depending on who survives) in a drab Moscow apartment in 1991, watching television coverage of the end of the Soviet Union.
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53 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:
Was the digging there partly what caused the collapse in the mine? I can imagine George wanting to sabotage things like that.
I wondered about that, too - especially when the diggers left, apparently without protest, after George went out and spoke to them.
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11 minutes ago, slf said:
Jamie being released from the Kingsguard would make him heir to Casterly Rock again. I haven't watched every episode from the past two seasons so I have no idea if that happened, lol, but if it did then, yes, he's heir. Tyrion is the youngest child and can't be heir because he lost his trial.
Yes, it happened. Tommen fired him in episode 6.06.
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3 hours ago, Pogojoco said:
Also, just generally, Jamie isn't heir to Casterly Rock. He's Kingsguard, which basically has the same vows as Night's Watch. Tyrion's been the heir for a while. Also, I doubt Jamie survives, but I completely see Tyrion living in both show and book.
Tommen fired Jaime from the Kingsguard. Wouldn't that release him from his vows and allow him to be the heir to Casterly Rock?
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Thanks! I (obviously) had forgotten the Three-eyed Raven's original identity.
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18 hours ago, GrailKing said:That's a bit up in the air, when he tries to communicate people hear things, but pass it off as wind or leaves,Ned, Theon thinks they hear their names called, Asha too I believe and if the
some think Bran will be more powerful then BR.
I don't know if GRRM or B & W will go there, but there are hints in the book and show that he is attempting it
Someone remind me, please: who is BR?
Why isn't it winter, except in the North and at the Wall? At the end of ADWD, it's snowing in King's Landing, and a white raven arrives from Oldtown, indicating the maesters there have determined winter has begun. But on the show, it still appears to be sunny and warm in King's Landing, with no sign of winter.
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Thanks for the links. I didn't read those before the episode. Now that I've seen them we'll have to go into spoiler code.
God damn it, not again! 5-0 does stuff on a regular basis that would have them disbanded, condemned and thrown in jail! But the idea of this team having to face some actual accountability for their endlessly questionable actions turns out to be yet another personal vengeance quest. That IA guy who got a pen in the eye died because he was an idiot! That's not on 5-0. But as I've said many many times there's all kinds of other stuff you could legitimately get them on. Damn it.
I read the linked articles, and I'm disappointed, but not surprised.
I was hoping for a righteous investigation which would result in 5-0 being disbanded, all its members permanently barred from working in law enforcement in any capacity, and Grover doing hard time for multiple felonies in Illinois. Instead, we're going to get someone with a personal vendetta, and a cliched story line about whether Abby will follow her heart or her head. Ugh.
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If they suspend or fire him, they are admitting that he did something wrong. The patient never sues just the doctor, they sue the whole hospital and everyone even vaguely associated with the case. Once the hospital suspends Halstead, they are admitting that they let an incompetent doctor work there and the settlement asked from the hospital goes way up.
I would agree, if this was an ordinary malpractice case, where there is a question about Halstead's liability. But this is not that kind of case. The hospital, which would be sued along with Halstead, can't credibly argue Halstead did nothing wrong. Halstead is clearly liable, and as his employer, the hospital is liable for his actions. If the case isn't settled, and the case goes to trial, the smart thing to do would be to admit liability and go to trial on the issue of damages only. This doesn't happen often, but it does happen sometimes in cases like this, where liability is clear. In this type of situation, there is no advantage to be gained by not suspending or firing Halstead. In fact, not firing or suspending him could backfire, by making it appear the hospital supports his actions.
As for Halstead, if he has a competent defense lawyer, there will at some point be a "let's talk turkey" kind of meeting to acquaint him with the legal realities of his situation. I know no one has sympathy for lawyers, but I do pity the poor lawyer who gets Halstead as a client. Talk about "the client from hell."
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Dr. McDouche? Still a douche, especially in his first scene. He was angry for having to be put on probation? Really? After the shit he pulled, he has no right to even raise his voice at Goodwin.
To me, the most disturbing part of the scene was his total lack of insight into how wrong he was. Incredibly, he still thinks he did nothing wrong.
And not suspending or firing Dr. McDouche to protect the hospital's position in the lawsuit makes no sense. It's not as if they have a defense. Realistically, their assessment of the case should be, "Dr. McDouche screwed up, big time, how much is it going to cost us?"
If I were in Goodwin's shoes, I wouldn't permit Dr. McDouche to be in the same ZIP code as a patient. But I get it. He's one of the leads.
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I think the planes were British. If they were German planes, the air raid sirens would have been going off, and people would have been heading for the shelter, not standing out in the open. The planes probably were heading for the coast, to provide air support for the evacuation of Dunkirk. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) retreating to Dunkirk was mentioned during the episode. Also, the RAF officer who had been staying at the vicar's house left during the episode.
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Yeah, the Big Reveal is coming soon. In fact that may be another reason Sansa is at Winterfell...she might just discover something one day in those crypts she's been visiting.
I thought I saw Sansa pick up something in the crypt, before Littlefinger arrived. But it was too dark, of course, to see what it was, or even to be sure she picked something up.
Once they heard about Jaime's arrival in Dorne, wouldn't a much better plan be to capture/kill him and turn around and accuse the Lannisters of trying declare war on Dorne? He's a much bigger prize than Myrcella is.
Actually, I think Myrcella is a bigger prize than Jaime. This is a society where alliances are made, and the balance of power is determined, by marriages. Myrcella is marriageable, as long as people don't believe (or choose not to believe) she's the daughter of Cersei and Jaime. Jaime isn't going to marry anyone, because he's a Kingsguard, among other reasons.
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I've been thinking about Paige's revelation to Pastor Tim. We the viewers think Tim will conclude that P&E are Russian spies, but we know they are spies. Tim doesn't. We heard Paige telling him her parents are liars, they aren't who they claim to be, and they're Russians. It's possible Tim could conclude, based on that information, that P&E are Russian spies. But that's not the only possible conclusion he could draw, and maybe not even the first possibility that would occur to him. For example, he might think P&E are refugees or escapees or even defectors from Russia, who would have good reasons for keeping their true identities a secret. The plight of the "refuseniks," Soviet Jews and dissenters who were not allowed to emigrate, was well-known in the West during the Cold War. It would not be a stretch for Tim to think P&E were refuseniks who had somehow managed to get out of Russia and needed to assume new identities to protect themselves and their family.
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The only thing I can think of is that Arkady is waiting for Oleg's dad to sweeten the deal somehow and specifically. A better posting for a brother, perhaps he wants to be posted to someplace more exotic (that one is doubtful because he really has a very coveted posting). Nobody in that embassy/station got there by happenstance.
I really doubt this is the case. I continue to think Arkady is just asserting his prerogative, and that he doesn't think the railroad minister is such a fearsome adversary. Note that Oleg's dad tried to be forceful at the beginning of the conversation, but quickly shifted to basically pleading with Arkady.
As I recall, Andropov did some fairly extensive house-cleaning after he came to power, getting rid of a lot of Brezhnev's cronies. I wonder if Arkady has inside information that Oleg's dad is on his way out. Or, if not, maybe he is biding his time, waiting to see if Oleg's dad stays in power. Someone in Arkady's position would be politically savvy and have good sources of information about what's going on at home.
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Just wanted to mention that The Americans is not the only show to give homage to "electric sheep" in an episode title. An episode of Fringe was titled "Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?"
FWIW, my father was born in 1905 and served in the armed forces during WWII, when he was in his late 30s and early 40s. He was not sent overseas, however. He would have been in his late 70s at the time this episode takes place. So it's not unrealistic that Betty (and her late husband, if he was still living) could be in their late 60s in 1983.
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I, too, wondered about the phone call Martha received. It reminded me of the coded phone calls P & E receive when the Centre needs to communicate with them. And Martha was a little too quick to volunteer the information about Gaad and the mailbot. So it's possible she's been flipped.
Another possibility is that the FBI has fed information to Martha and possibly the other suspects, on the theory that the person who placed the bug will pass it on to his/her handler. Then they can just wait and see whether any of the planted information is acted on.
Then there's Stan's collaboration with Oleg. If it's discovered, Stan would become the prime suspect. I wonder if the computer guy remembers printing out the surveillance logs on Oleg for Stan. If the computer guy becomes a focus of the investigation, I could see him using that information to try to save himself. If the collaboration with Stan is discovered, Oleg would likely be declared persona non grata and find himself back in Russia, whether he want to be there or not.
So many possibilities!
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S03.E11: Reunion
in Daredevil [V]
· Edited by heisey
According to Hattley, Fisk was convicted on RICO charges only. Tower or the cop or both mentioned he was a cop killer at their meeting in episode 2, but Hattley stated that wasn't proved at his trial.