The fact there was a duo waiting for the Jennings also suggests that the snooping Oleg might have had a hand in it.
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In his personal life, though, he has dual allegiances, just like Stan (and Nina, and just about everyone). She rants to Philip about letting their children down when it comes to keeping them away from the indoctrination of consumerism (and religion), and later, is so overzealous in her physical attack of the duo who had been lying in wait for them that their mark, the Russian physicist Baklanov, was driven away.īaklanov's devotion to the United States was enough that the Jennings recommended he would not be able to be turned. Though Elizabeth did seem genuinely shaken up, or at least affected, in her connection with Brad (shades of Gregory?), her commitment to Russia cannot be questioned (even though with the way it played out, the writing felt uneven). But it also served a purpose: "We are trained to use everything we have," Oleg says to Nina. It was something she needed to talk about, and did. Her description of the rape seems pulled from her own experience when she was undergoing training.
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Elizabeth tried this softer approach in her seduction of Brad. After the loss of Gregory last year, she has no one. Still, Elizabeth seems somewhat resentful that Philip has both a friend and another wife he can confide in and "lazy around" with. He doesn't understand the concept of a lazy morning, though makes a valid point of Martha talking on the phone to her mother. Even Philip, as Clarke, manufactured (or let out?) marital resentments on Martha. Stan blurts out to Philip about his affair, something Elizabeth can't understand. Claudia seems genuinely relieved that the Jennings are still alive, though Elizabeth (rightfully) mistrusts her emotional fervor on the subject. But truths are bleeding out more now than ever before. Elizabeth and Philip explode over Paige lying to them, when they themselves do almost nothing but lie to their children. "A Little Night Music" traded a lot in deceit, including self-deception. unless you need a higher security clearance. No one is above the potential for treachery, but the emotions behind each case are bubbling to the surface in a way we haven't seen before. Emmett and Leanne's deaths set off a chain reaction that resonates from the Jennings to Claudia to the Center, Arkady, Stan and everyone. But Claudia is also a little off, and like everything on the show, suspicion abounds. There are several things that are haunting Philip and Elizabeth, and potentially affecting their work - something Claudia notes. "A Little Night Music" (which sounds like it should be the title of a Bob Seger song) brought another narratively and emotionally twisty hour of The Americans.