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[KC native]

So who breaks down first, Phillip or Elizabeth?

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by KC native

So who breaks down first, Phillip or Elizabeth?

Elizabeth never breaks. That is a stone cold bitch for mother Russia. She's views her entire existence as an assignment in hell for the greater good. Phillip thinks there is a reality to the life they've created.

Elizabeth would kill Paige with her bare hands and fold her up in plastic if the mission called for it. She'd probably do the same to Phillip if need be.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Elizabeth never breaks. That is a stone cold bitch for mother Russia. She's views her entire existence as an assignment in hell for the greater good. Phillip thinks there is a reality to the life they've created.

Elizabeth would kill Paige with her bare hands and fold her up in plastic if the mission called for it. She'd probably do the same to Phillip if need be.

I would agree with that in the past, but she is beginning to show cracks this season. The legitimate bonding between Phillip and Paige is really starting to get to her.

I also think Phillip would kill her in a heartbeat if Elizabeth broaches the spy subject before he feels she is ready to at least have the conversation.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by KC native

I would agree with that in the past, but she is beginning to show cracks this season. The legitimate bonding between Phillip and Paige is really starting to get to her.

I also think Phillip would kill her in a heartbeat if Elizabeth broaches the spy subject before he feels she is ready to at least have the conversation.

I guess it means what you mean by crack, as a spy or as a parent.

I see Elizabeth as a spy who happens to have kids. I see Phillip much more ambivalent in each camp inside the home, though he is resolutely a spy outside the home.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I guess it means what you mean by crack, as a spy or as a parent.

I see Elizabeth as a spy who happens to have kids. I see Phillip much more ambivalent in each camp inside the home, though he is resolutely a spy outside the home.

Definitely as a parent.

Both Phillip and Elizabeth are great spies. The question is when does the home life boil over and prevent them from being good spies (for me at least). Or when does Phillip decide to embrace the "easy American" life with his kids and defect.