You lied to me for months because ofGorbachev?
Any argument that contains this sentence is not one thats going to be resolved easily.
She absorbs this with a lot of heavy silence.
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What did you tell him?
I told him youre the most dedicated, loyal person ever to serve the organization.
I told him about the sensor.
I told him you were looking into one of our negotiators that you thought was a traitor.
So all those times you were pretending to be worried about me, you were actually getting information?
But before he can really explain, she adds: Go to hell, Philip.
He falls for both easily.
The Haskards prove to be a dead end.
When Elizabeth shows up to care for Glens ailing wife, she found he has botched a euthanasia attempt.
She is suffering worse than ever, hissing out ragged breaths.
I waited too long.
I had to go to my goddamn meetings, he laments.
She was hurting so much she actually said that to me.
I called my office and Im done.
I cant come in anymore.
So much for that source.
But Elizabeth urges him to leave the room.
After allowing Glen some time alone with her body, she goes through his bag snapping photos of documents.
Later, he summons her back upstairs and asks her to take one of Ericas paintings.
Whatever she takes will have to be destroyed.
She strips the canvas off and bundles it into a locker at her safe house.
Elizabeth cant bring herself to destroy something so beautiful.
No wait, yes she can.
She thinks better of it, decides the risk is ridiculous, and burns the thing to ashes.
Jackson, thinking its just documents for someone else, agrees.
But the cashier at Roy Rogers cant pinpoint Elizabeth as the woman he knew.
All he can say is she smoked like a chimney.
Thats enough to keep the ember of Stans suspicion burning hot.
Philip, feeling guilty about firing Stavos, goes to see his former employee.
But all it does is generate some anxiety.
I started working for you when the business was small.
I watched your kids grow up, Stavos tells him.
And whatever was going on in the back room, I never called the police.
I never said anything to anyone.
And I never will.
I was raised to be loyal.
Stavos…bad move, man.
Way to put a target on the back of your head.
But not this time.
This is the first episode in a while to not have a body count.
Later, Elizabeth asks Jackson to retrieve the box he planted.
The meeting, she said, had been cancelled so she needs that paperwork back.
But when he arrives with the box, its open.
He checked inside, suspicious about what she had asked him to do.
He found the recorder.
You had me bug a meeting at the State Department, he says, stricken and incredulous.
Elizabeth tries to make some excuses, but Jackson isnt buying it.
Ordinarily, hed already be dead.
But this time….Elizabeth cant burn the painting.
I want to go, he says.
And she lets him.
It all sounds very honorable to her.
So when Claudia tells her that Nestrenko needs to be assassinated anyway, she hesitates.
For the second time, she cant bring herself to kill.
He seems like a decent man.
We havent seen or heard of anything…
It needs to be done whether youre convinced or not, Claudia tells her.
Hes giving it all away.
That will give The Center the leverage it needs to oust Gorbachev.
He probably wont even come back home, Claudia says.
After all these years serving your country, dont throw it all away now, Claudia tells her.
Back home, Elizabeth finally brings up the subject of Philips betrayal again.
But now, shes on his side.
(Still pissed, though.)
I need to talk to your guy.
Just tell me how to get in touch with him.
Philip says hell deliver the message.
Tell him that what hes worried about is happening, she says.
The leaders at the Center are trying to get rid of Gorbachev.
They want me to kill that negotiator they were worried about.
But hes not bad.
Then Elizabeth is off again, now on a mission to protect Nestrenko.
Philip tells her he also got word from Father Andre.
I cant, she tells him.
Maybe hell give you absolution.
