I was so sure that other couple was sent there to kill them
This was a fantastic episode. The tension they put in the viewer's minds right from the beginning about the new smiths was the charm.
Who else skipped back to check the hands ?
The other jane/john plot was fun cause I was like they aren’t even sure they work for the same people and they are spilling all the deets, and then I was maybe they are rivals and they are there to kill them, so it was fun that tension and not knowing
Superb episode, loved it, one of the best so far.
Glover and Erskine befriend another undercover couple working for the same firm. The extra-bougie second Mr. & Mrs. Smith (the suave Wagner Maura & the scene-stealing Parker Posey) charm our anti-heroes' lives with flattery, marital humor and career tips. All this cheery, cynical banter underlines the show's mercenary view of modern life.
Excited to finally have friends they can open up with, Glover and Erskine miss multiple red flags, reveal too much, and are easily led toward trouble. Maura and Posey react with mild surprise when the younger couple survive the ensuing experience. The latter have a lot more to process.
Now we look at episodes 3 and 4. IMO. It's still not working as a show. But episode 3 should have replaced episode 2. I actually see them as a couple in episode 3. They bond, they do things together. I get it. I still don't think they have the chemistry of other versions of this story but it's something. It was a really good episode.
Episode 4 represents everything I had about this show. Like what on earth am I watching? Like you guys are spies right? It feels like they twisted their blasé take on man women spy nonsense and made it even more blasé. Because what I'm seeing here is the spy gig economy. Da heck am I supposed to take from this "literally everyone named john smith is a spy" nonsense. I mean part of being a spy is keeping it a secret and that tension of keeping a secret is one of the biggest problems i have with this show. There's literally no secret keeping. They lie about what they do like they're onlyfans stars. They lie about how they met like they met on Tinder. There's no intrigue do it. No guile. It's all practically white lies. Episode 4 took that up even farther. Everyone is flashing the "Org" credit card? Why does the org have such an easily identifiable credit card in the first place? Don't you know you're supplying spies? When Other John showed up I thought maybe this would be a test from the org to see if they're keeping their spy lie a secret properly. When Jane mentioned how much John loves his mom I thought maybe she's going to accidentally reveal that John is still in contact with his mom and that would be the tension with them having to kill the others so it doesn't get back to the company.
Something somewhere to build up some plot and tension. But nah. Everything in this show is just so... casual. Even the blood baths and the shootouts are so casual. I didn't have high expectations for this show but I so very much was hoping to be proven wrong. But even looking at this as it's own show completely unrelated to any previous franchise. This is not the spy romance I would have been interested in and honestly I'm putting it down the writing. I have a handful of problems with the show but the writing is the anchor. The rest I might be able to work around but this just isn't (to use the vernacular of the youth dem) hitting.
"All you have to do is Breathe"
The best episode so far. Finally the focus on their relationship and the banter between them seemed connected to the story. It still had flaws but I think those flaws are supposed to be forgiven because of the style and tone of the series. Whether they knowingly ignored certain story elements in order to rush through the character development and set up the series or whether they didn’t notice or didn’t think it mattered, is beside the point - as a viewer you take it as you find it and if they miss the mark on the subtleties then those issues might be too much for you.
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Fuck this episode for making me rewind to check her hand and then not showing both her hands.