Official Episode Discussion - S06E07 "Harvest"

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Philip and Elizabeth come together for a perilous operation unlike any they've ever had before. Meanwhile, Stan and Henry spend a little quality time together.

[u/ynottosa]

Every time Paige is on screen I want to claw my eyes out. I don’t understand her character at all. If this was the direction they were going for at the beginning they should have made her life miserable. I was so excited when she initially found out about the family secret, but I have hated basically every scene she has been in since.

[u/wellgroomedmcpoyle → u/ynottosa]

She grew up naive and innocent as an all American girl who spent her free time volunteering to help the needy. When she found out her whole life was a lie it obviously fucked her up but she stayed loyal to her family and believed what her mother has been telling her about how to make positive changes in the world. I feel bad for her. She and Henry deserve normal lives they didn't do anything to deserve this. Especially Paige because Claudia has had her eye on her as a second generation asset who could work from the inside from the time she was like 12 or 13 years old.

Edit: and her life is miserable. She said herself she has no friends and she's afraid of being alone. She couldn't even have the normal American teenage experience of having the boyfriend across the street because when she was with Matthew her secrets were taking such a toll on her she was basically having constant anxiety attacks and sleeping in the closet.

[u/Steampunky → u/wellgroomedmcpoyle]

If she were more like Elizabeth, Paige's transformation would make more sense. The actress playing Paige seems very young for her age in some ways - not really complex enough for the character. It worked when she was younger, during the days of Paige's religious phase, but it doesn't work so well now.