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They could hit a real sentimental note in the finale if they show an adult Paige staring wistfully at something while rubbing her fingers together. Mameluke posted:Jesus christ why the gently caress are you even thinking about this. The only thing your non-observation is a commentary on is your own mind. Hmm, family-time is getting intense... must be incest. The intensity made me anxious, too, but I thought it was going to be some weird depersonalizing meditative exercise. Or something off-putting about covers like, "You have to find it within yourself to make it real." I didn't expect it to be some hokey rub your fingers together and think of your parents thing. Edit: Makes me think of this show about Delta force where one of the operators was giving someone a crash course in maintaining cover. They had this fun little question-answer back-and-forth based around, "What's real is true. Cover is real. Cover is true. What is true?" "My name is [cover]." Accretionist fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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vermin posted:I was thinking of starting this series. Is there action? Is it mostly people talking about relationships? Is there a clearly marked best season and worst season? It's an espionage slow-boiler with a realistic feel and good-to-great writing throughout. The action, relationships, etc. are all in that context and it all fits together snugly. I'd rank it as one of the best shows on TV right now.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Yeah whatever did happen with that. Not much, thank God. That was a lot of edge-of-my-seat Nononononono-ing.
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vermin posted:I was expecting it to be Mad Men but with Russian accents A show podcast interviewed a KGB officer who did this poo poo for real, and he said that they do a pretty good job of showing the friction between a spy life and a cover life.
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evenworse username posted:I thought the way he got out of it was hilarious and awesome, too. JESUS SAVES Dr.Caligari posted:Can I get a link to that? Sounds interesting I'll see if I can find it later. I'm pretty sure it was the show's official podcast.
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I'm rooting for Henry to explode into the finale like, "I can hear the kitchen from my bedroom! Why do you think I'm never here!? Ahhhh!"
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Mar 22, 2017 07:21
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Earwicker posted:sure and that explains Philip just throwing on a cowboy hat in Kentucky, but the airline pilot one barely looks like a real person, like it just looks like a dude with a bad fake mustache, and that one is used close to home It's the hair color.  The hair doesn't match the side-burns, eyebrows or mustache. Mustache Macro Shot:  His cover ID is an idiot with a bad dye job.
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I can imagine someone thinking, 'The sideburns and eyebrows are a problem... I know, I'll make him an idiot. Bam. Mustache, front and center.
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Mar 23, 2017 18:49
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It really sells the hair by being terrible.
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Mar 23, 2017 18:55
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I hope it's an anti-climax where nothing's resolved and it's just uncomfortable.
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He's smart, comfortable being sneaky, etc. God drat, they picked the wrong kid. Hell, they could've pawned Paige off on the church entirely.
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I've been seeing ads for Patriot, which is on Amazon Prime Video. Anyone watching it? Would a fan of The Americans like Patriot?
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Started the pilot. It's great. Very different, though. Edit: It's like if The Americans were a decent comedy. Accretionist fucked around with this message at 03:53 on Apr 6, 2017 |
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If The Americans scratches an espionage itch for you, I'm confident you'll like Patriot. It's The Americans meets the Coen Brothers I want Philip to crack and become this guy
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I think it was the map/info sheet for meetings.
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I was actually disappointed by the season's ending: A sad, broken spy chasing a MacGuffin is a schtick that's good for one season, not two. They should've started wrapping the plot up and bringing him to catharsis 2/3 of the way through to tie it up neatly by the end. If they did that, it would've been an extremely strong show. That being said, I loved it. I thought Burn After Reading was absolutely hilarious. That's about where my sense of humor's at. Patriot is right there, too. I also didn't expect it to be 50% comedy so that was all a pleasant surprise.
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I loved Phillip's line about feeling like a guy on the posters.
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"So while he was at home shooting people, what do you think she was doing?" Haha, wow
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maskenfreiheit posted:For the record I was hoping this storyline was over I loved the giant, flaming 17 center-frame.
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maskenfreiheit posted:there are no noncreepy youth pastors I just googled, "youth pastor," and my first three results are rape, youth pastor resources and years of grooming/multiple rapes.
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Could they even defect now? Henry's ambitions would be destroyed! They should tell the center they're HIV positive and will be retiring early.
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GobiasIndustries posted:And yeah, Jesus Elizabeth, that was some cold poo poo, especially shooting the husband first. Do you think Elizabeth wanted to spare him his wife's execution? Or make Anna watch her husband's?
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May 18, 2017 03:56
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Phil claims HIV, quitting. Elizabeth goes home. The kids get normal lives. Henry joins the FBI, bonds with Phil through Phil's mysteriously canny guidance. Phil & Stan stay bros. Henry has two dads 
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May 21, 2017 04:54
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If they need more money, they should just sell crack in the inner cities.
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Holy poo poo, TuanCAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Set it to sad soviet music. Or sad violin!
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May 24, 2017 06:12
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Tuan was so intense that I forgot about Stan's asset
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May 24, 2017 06:25
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Martha's going to be a mother. Stan's going to be a paranoiac. Philip has intel which will tie them to the states. Elizabeth's having second thoughts anyways. Will they change their minds in time to spare Henry and Paige's plans? oh god I want these plot points developed
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Henchman of Santa posted:He had a conversation with Elizabeth where he explains that Kimmie's dad got promoted to head of the Soviet division and they concluded that they're stuck here Oh. It's super hosed up for Henry to not go to boarding school then. And impractical.
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Hot Take: This season was cool and good.
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