We watched it last night, too. Whoa. Elizabeth keeps racking up the body count. She didn't realize Mrs. Teacup was there when she went to take out Mr. Teacup. Oops. Oh, now she's seen me, so she has to die, too. Shit. What?? The kid is here? At least she got out of there without the kid seeing her. I bet she would've killed the kid, too. No witnesses.
Philip is still the most interesting character to me, and at this point always will be. Let me see if I understand this. Philip wanted out, but they insisted he keep up the contact with Kimmy Breland because of the tapes, the info they can get through her father. She's the same age as his daughter, and he's never, ever made a move on her; in fact, The Center wanted him to, but he "found another way" to continue their relationship. Finally, The Center (or maybe just Elizabeth) insists that he set her up, so that they can get to her dad. Jim just happening to be in Europe at the same time as her trip with her friends didn't quite work. Presumably his plan was to convince her (and maybe her friends, who at that point would be collateral damage) to go on a little side trip to Bulgaria, where she gets arrested for something and Daddy has to come bail her out. Philip doesn't like that at all, but somehow Elizabeth gets him to agree. Except Kimmy doesn't want to meet up with him in Europe. So he ups the stakes by finally moving out of the friend zone and into her. It works. He now has a much better chance of meeting up with her and getting her stuck in a Bulgarian prison.
Which totally sucks, and between that and the guilt he feels for banging her, he decides that The Center can go fuck themselves, "Jim" calls Kimmy and tells her Goodbye. He does not plan to see her again, ever. He has to "move on" (which was something of a theme for the episode). Also, hey, if you're there and someone tries to get you to go to a Communist country with them... don't. Just don't. He actively warns her against what he knows they'll try to do. Philip always manages to get things done, sometimes not quite the way The Center wanted him to, but he got things done. This is the first time I remember him working directly to fuck up their plans. Good for him.
His "lesson" for Paige was amazing. "I remember the feeling" the first time he hit someone, got to use that training and pop a couple of guys. He felt good, felt invincible. He did not want Paige to feel that way, to ever feel good about that. Boom! Okay, I could have made that hurt a lot more. Wham! against the wall. I could have put you through that wall, and you couldn't do a damned thing about it. Grab! Oh look, I could break your back right now, and you can't even move. Wrench! Yeah, that's your arm. It's still attached, but I could've taken it right off. Slam! Do you get it now? You are not invincible. You have a tiny bit of skill, a tiny bit of training from Mom, that's it. Except he never said a word, put his jacket back on, and left. Damn.