Who is Elizabeth Jennings?
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He also finds nothing about Jennings, Philip.
Or their business, Dupont Circle Travel.
So shes on stakeout duty.
While she keeps her vigil, we begin to see flashbacks to her youth, as a young trainee.
A motorcyclist who collides with a man on horseback.
One of the men is still alive, begging for help, but young Elizabeth darts away.
But her trainer says that only applies in America.
You dont leave a comrade to die on the street in Moscow.
He knows their true identities, although they softballed what they really do.
Im speaking to you as a law enforcement officer now, he says.
Is there anything I should know as an FBI agent about the Jennings family?
Anything about them that concerned you?
Im not sure what youre looking for, but Ive always been impressed with them, Pastor Tim says.
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Stan persists.
Hes certain something is wrong with Philip and Elizabeth.
Left their kid here alone.
Aderholt assures him: Philip and Elizabeth Jennings are not Russian spies.
Stan still cant let it go.
They decide to pick him up and discover the document, although they cant decipher it.
This sends you to jail for 20 years, 30 years, Stan says.
Theyre going to attempt to pin it all on him.
But Oleg wont snitch, even when shown a photo of Philip and Elizabeth.
Instead, he levels with Stan: People in the KGB are trying to get rid of Gorbachev.
you oughta help me.
Your buddies want to get rid of Gorbachev, I could give a s, Stan replies.
I can spend the rest of my life here, Burov says, looking around his cell.
But think about it.
I have friends, family, my father.
My mother, my brother, who died in the war.
All of us want a future, just like you.
All the same things.
Do you think it doesnt matter who our leader is?
Im telling you this is why I am here, Burov tells him.
This is why I risked all of that.
Can you get that into your thick head?
Elizabeths mindfulness pays off.
The would-be killer is Tatiana, Oleg Burovs betrayed friend and lover.
She was never cut out for this kind of work.
She dies on the steps, her wig slipping off, her eyes staring up at the American sky.
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Elizabeth beelines straight to Claudias apartment.
Nesterenko is alive, she says.
And I also contacted Gorbachevs people.
I told them everything you were planning.
Only…she doesnt know that the message to Oleg was intercepted.
Still, this scene between Claudia and Elizabeth is a turning point that cant be reversed.
Elizabeth is now working against The Center.
Theyll take apart the Centers leadership, Claudia says.
The people who supported you all these years.
Theyll put them in jail.
Elizabeth tells her to flee, to escape while she can.
But Claudia intends to go nowhere but back to Russia, either to fight or face the consequences.
I thought I knew you, Claudia snarls.
If you knew me, youd know never to lie to me, Elizabeth says.
Claudia tries to hurt her the only way she has left.
The damage youve done is indescribable.
Far worse than all the good youve done over these years.
Elizabeth just leaves her.
And Claudia goes back to eating.
Philip has another meeting set up, this time with Father Andrei.
They talk about the tension in the Jennings house, the upheaval in the marriage.
I havent been as honest with her as I should have been, Philip says.
Ive had the privilege of talking to your wife for several years now.
She is not a person who trusts easily, the priest says.
There must be something between you she thinks is worth staying for.
Then Father Andrei tells Philip that the FBI has been questioning other clergy in the orthodox church.
He fears he may have been outed by a rival.
Father Andrei should have told him this from the start.
He is most likely under surveillance.
The conversation ends abruptly.
Buy a plane ticket if you might, Philip says.
Take care, Father.
There has never been a strolling scene as tense as this.
Philip moves steadily out of the park and down the street, staring hard at every passerby.
When he gets far enough, he breaks into a sprint.
And…he was right.
Suspect on the move!
Hes on the move!
the agents cry into their walkie-talkies as they give chase.
Philip manages to hide, then slip away, but theres nowhere for him to go.
He has no idea how much of him they saw.
They have his photo now.
Back at FBI headquarters, Aderholt says its just a matter of time before they develop it.
At the Jennings house, Paige arrives in a foul mood.
If she knew Paige, she would know not to lie to her.
Were you doing this the whole time.?
How many times, how many men?
Does Dad know he married a whore.
It doesnt mean anything to me.
I wasnt brought up like you were.
I had to fight.
Paige leaves on the same stormcloud she rode in on.
Then a phone call: Philip.
Telling her things are topsy turvy at work.
Thats the signal, one Elizabeth has been dreading for years.
She hurries to the laundry room where theres a duffel bag hidden in the wall.
Some clothes and supplies for an emergency escape.
Philip is on the run, and now she must join him.
Just before this, we saw a final flashback to the youth of Jennings, Elizabeth.
Her trainer tells her: You must make the right choices over there.
But the most important thing is, we do not want you to lose who you are.
Stan doesnt know, yet.
But Elizabeth herself is finally finding out who she truly is.
