Oh and speaking of prison
[spoiler]what do they really have on Oleg if he refuses to cooperate? Nothing right?
Also why does Philip suspect Renee of being “one of us?” Does he ever mention it before the garage scene and I missed it maybe?[/spoiler]
The supposed 10 year difference just seems so abnormal for the two main actresses. Her being 25 instead of 15 would make much more sense.
Watched the 3 available episodes of Ted Lasso.
I liked it?
Maybe because of the times?
Characters start as obvious stereotypes, but not quite?
I don’t know. Easy watch.
Charlie Kaufman levels of weirdness incoming.
This is all funny to me because among my crew of Shield fans, the people who have seen The Americans all tell me “It’s great for two seasons, then basically nothing happens and it constantly backs away from drama for three seasons, then the final season improves on that, but not enough.”
[spoiler] Oleg made the drop. They caught him red handed making a dead drop on a diplomat visa.
Renee is definitely a spy. She’s way too into Stan and his work for someone as absent as he is. She was applying to work at the Bureau.
Phillip asked (Arkady I think? Or maybe Claudia or Gabriel)) if she was a spy and they didn’t know. It’s referenced a few times over the course of her arc[/spoiler]
Don’t watch it for the purpose of seeing how they deal with the Cheshire PD. They touch upon it, and it’s very clear that a better police response would have saved lives, but it’s definitely not the focus of the doc. You would be very unsatisfied.
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I mean we know she is a spy, I’m wondering how Philip knows.
I assume because he’s been a spy for decades and sees the way their relationship started and progressed and it set off warning bells in his subconscious. I don’t remember anything explicitly tipping him off. But he and Elizabeth have made similar approaches countless times over the years (Martha et al)
I don’t know I bought the Stan thing. He was an emotional wreck, the Jennings were his only real friends, Phillip helped him through some super hard times. Like if you found out your best friend was secretly a Russian spy would you be able to damn them to possibly execution or life in prison? I can buy him just being a deer in the headlights and struggling with his emotions. Plus what it would do to the kids. Plus their cover is blown and they’re leaving, does it really make a difference now to catch them? He also had the female russian spys death on his hands, his own failures with that, not being able to help her. all that made me accept it.
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I guess when you put it like that it becomes easier to swallow but then why come to that realization in the garage? He knows they’re leaving that’s why he’s tracked them there to begin with. I dunno man. It sort of worked I guess. I found their circuitous montage back home fairly compelling.
I’m sure that’s right. I just found his line to Stan of “Don’t ask me how I know this but…” to be reminiscent of Rick telling Morty, “Don’t think about it.” It’s fine for Rick & Morty because of what it is they’re selling; it’s somewhat less satisfying with a show like this. It’s not a dealbreaker don’t get me wrong. But some little something pointing to Philip’s suspicions prior to that moment would have been nice is all.
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all of the Jaws movies are on HBO Max, watching the first one now, not sure I’ve seen it in one sitting before. Shark hunter guy GOAT
Robert Shaw, a great actor, huge drinker and total shit to his kids, one of whom I knew very well for ~10 years before he emigrated.
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I realized I had only seen bits and pieces of Jaws until last year. It was on one night while I was doing nothing, so I watched it all the way through. Holds up. Legit scary.
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Also i started watching 2001: Space Odyssey last night, kept falling asleep through the first 20 mins, i should continue right?
OMG top 10 film of all time, probably top 5.
I’m not entirely sure if I’ve ever watched an entire Jaws movie, but I’ve read the novel on which it was based.
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I didn’t ever watch Jaws because I remember growing up in the 80s and seeing all the dumb sequel Jaws movies being released and retroactively judged the first movie to be a dumb monster movie just like the sequels. Oops.
Except Stan would have to think that Phillip was only friends with him because he was a spy and Stan was a counterintelligence agent. It’s not true exactly but he’d have to suspect that.