Now, her role is clear both to herself and her supervisors at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
It is time to run.
She reads the peanut butter jar label with interest during a quiet, furtive breakfast.
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You, too, he says.
Oh sure, Ill just learn Russian and… She trails off.
And she moves on.
(At first glance, I read that V as versus.
Thanks,Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice!)
Naturally, the installment is about making another big character vanish.
Henry Jennings gripes that his dad wont be around to watch because hes always away on business.
But with Martha gone, he has one less double life to live.
So Philip will be there, watching Lady Liberty disappear with the rest of the nation.
Elizabeth asks Philip about her departure.
She made it as good as she could, he answers without answering.
Hes reading, and his wife asks what he has there.
Its an EST manual.
(He shows her without answering.)
She tries to talk to him about it, but Philip is aloof.
Elsewhere, Philip is grappling with his own guilt.
(He also says his girlfriend broke up with him.)
She was a nice woman.
The more Elizabeth talks, the more irritated Philip becomes.
I dont mean simple.
I mean…easy…to talk to.
Apparently, Elizabeth says.
Philip says he wants to tell Marthas parents she is okay.
Gabriel says that will take about six months and to wait until the heat is down.
Theyll think shes dead… Philip says.
Gabriel says hell attempt to make it happen sooner, and Philip pushes.
He wants them to be reunited with her.
Thats not possible, Gabriel says.
You cant do this one on your own, and I dont see the Center agreeing.
At the Rezidentura, Oleg and Tatiana run through the success of their Martha airlift.
She got to Cuba and is awaiting a flight to Prague.
Tatiana isnt very ebullient.
He was called up, she says.
Oleg understands, having just lost his own brother in Afghanistan.
He grips her hand.
A connection between these two is strengthening.
Elizabeth decides to figure out just what Philip is into, so she attends an EST meeting.
It appears to hit home, but whenshehits home, she tells Philip she wasnt impressed.
They just try so hard to get you to sign up for more, she says.
They manipulate you to get at your wallet.
You think Im being manipulated?
She is pushing his buttons, and he has no idea.
I just think…its very American, the whole thing, she says.
He shakes his head.
You dont get it.
Thats what they say when you dont go along with it, she says.Push.Push.
So you sign up for more seminars, you spend more money, and then suddenly you get it!
I get a lot out of it.
Youre not sleeping; youre not eating.
Theres a reason for that.
Because you put Martha on a plane?
It happens, Philip.
Thats what she was.
She was a human being.
At least shes alive.
You didnt have to send her out into the street to get mowed down.
You still think about him?
Of course I still think about him.
Well, Im sorry the man you loved died and now youre stuck with me.
(The button-pushing apparently entered the nuclear codes.)
The phone rings, stopping the fallout.
Shes not sure what Lisa wants.
Gabriel detects tension, and the argument from before flares up again.
Gabriel thinks theyre acting like children.
Later, he vents with Claudia, his fellow handler.
We did what we had to do, he says.
Thats the way it was or we got killed ourselves!
He says hes losing his influence with Elizabeth and Philip.
Oh, your officers arent listening to you, Claudia says.
You dont have the answer; I dont either.
Do you think theres someone waiting in the wings who does.
Its clear: The strain has been too much on all of them.
Back home the next day, Paige comes home early, skipping her Bible study session with Pastor Tim.
it’s crucial that you maintain a consistent presence in his life, she says.
Paige says she wasnt in the mood and that would be obvious to the pastor.
Well, then you get yourself in the mood, Elizabeth says.
Paige tries to walk away, and her mother summons her back.
Because thanks to what you did, that is all that stands between us and this family being destroyed!
Another bomb just dropped.
Direct hit on Paige.
Elizabeth has her meeting with Lisa, who is drunk.
She wants to make things right by coming forward and confessing that she has been trading information for money.
We cant do that, Elizabeth says.
We have to, Lisa says.
Because I started slipping the moment I took that money.
Elizabeth tries to reason with her, but Lisa gets angry and unstable.
She begs Elizabeth to help her, to confess with her.
If not, shes doing it on her own.
Elizabeth cant stop her.
Except…
Elizabeth crashes a vodka bottle across the back of the womans head.
She holds the broken neck of the bottle and kneels.
Later, she turns up at Gabriels house with bloodstains on her neck and blouse.
Lisas done, too, she says.
Gabriel decides its too much.
Things have to change.
The Jennings family needs a break, or else theyll be broken.
Its too much, too much for anyone.
No new operations, he says.
When they get to the car, Philip says, I guess were going to be travel agents now.
You know what we should do, Elizabeth says in a broken voice.
Take the kids to EPCOT.
At home, the whole Jennings family watches Copperfield make the Statue of Liberty vanish.
Flash forward seven months.
He urges Stan to keep working Oleg Burov however he sees fit.
But he tells him not to let his conscience bother him.
You cant lose sight of who these people are.
At home, Philip is taking up street hockey with Henry and Elizabeth.
Paige gets a ride home from Pastor Tim.
They may have a break.
But Paige is on assignment.
