- Philip faces a moral dilemma while developing an asset. Philip and Elizabeth's friction escalates. Stan develops a theory with serious reprecussions for national security. Paige makes a surprising birthday wish.
- Things are going to start getting uncomfortable as Philip and Elizabeth deal with a pair of underage girls -- one, their own daughter, and the other the daughter of a CIA agent -- who are making decisions that test their moral limits.
We open on Elizabeth watching Isaac Brayland's daughter buying pot at a park. That night, Philip is struggling with the idea of using her because she's so young. Paige gets home and they talk about plans for her birthday. She doesn't want a party, and when they suggest inviting friends for dinner, Paige says she'd like to have Pastor Tim and his wife over. Later, Philip and Elizabeth agree that Paige is just doing this to annoy them.
Nina is offered a chance at a more lenient sentence by getting her cellmate to talk about what kind of work she might have been doing in the Soviet Union, when she was caught making a "dead drop" and claimed she was just leaving a package for a friend of her boyfriend, who fled the country.
Philip tells Elizabeth that Martha wants to take in a foster child and Elizabeth mocks Philip for not wearing the pants in "that family."
Stan and Philip are at an EST meeting when Stan is called up and asked by the leader to picture his wife, Sandra. Stan plays along for a moment, but snaps when the leader (playing the role of Sandra) calls him an "asshole." Stan says the whole thing is "bull," using slightly more colorful language. A woman named Tori takes an interest in Stan and asks him out for drinks, giving him her number, but Stan passes. Philip urges Stan along, saying he's single, but Stan insists that he isn't.
Kimberly, Brayland's daughter, and two friends try to get into a club with fake IDs and Philip watches the scene play out. When they walk by, he tells them he can help them get real driver's licenses with fake ages. Kimberly seems taken with him as he leaves her his number so she can call him when she and her friends have new pictures for their IDs.
Elizabeth shows up at a woman named Lisa's house, going by the name of Michelle. Lisa is her sponsor and "Michelle" is drunk and needs help. Lisa's husband Maurice doesn't approve.
Philip is home with the kids when he gets a coded phone call saying his tickets to the symphony will be available the next day.
Stan tells Gaad that "something doesn't feel right" about Zinaida, the woman from the U.S.-Canada Institute, and worries that she's going to get a lot of access to a lot of important people and places. Gaad doesn't seem too concerned.
In her jail cell, Nina apologizes to her cellmate Evi for not talking more. She starts to confide in her about her own life, making up a husband and asking about Evi's boyfriend, but Evi clams up and goes to sleep.
The next morning, at Lisa's house, Maurice makes it clear to Elizabeth (as Michelle) that she's not welcome after he finds her in the kitchen looking through cabinets. Elizabeth asks Lisa why she hasn't been at meetings, and Lisa starts talking about her marriage in the past tense. He's not working and has started drinking again -- even though he got her into AA in the first place.
Kimberly brings Philip photos for the fake IDs while they all sit in a park. He claims to be a lawyer and lobbyist working to stop Congress from passing a national drinking age. Kimberly, saying her friends call her "Kimmy," starts to get a little flirtatious.
Nina starts to open up to Evi. She begins with her real story, telling her how the Americans caught her sending money home to her family, and she was forced to betray her country until confessing to the KGB.
Philip brings Paige the new Yaz album after having heard of the band from Kimmy. She is shocked and delighted, saying everyone is talking about the album.
Elizabeth and Philip argue in their bedroom about Philip's attempt to bond with Paige by giving her the album. This leads to them back into the conversation about Elizabeth's desire to bring Paige into the spy world, and she tells Philip that it's happening, with or without him.
At a diner, the very bubbly Zinaida again comments to Stan about her security and the idea that the KGB would try to kill her. Stan goes back later and ransacks the women's restroom, clearly believing that when she excused herself she was actually planting or hiding something there. He finds nothing.
Nina cries and screams "No!" in her sleep, and Evi comes over to comfort her. Nina says she should have settled for life in Mikhaylovka and had a family.
It's the night of the big dinner, and Philip has cooked steaks. Pastor Tim and his wife arrive and, after some conversation, Paige announces that she'd like to get baptized. Philip and Elizabeth are clearly surprised by this, and it leads to a fairly long, awkward silence.
Stan goes to Sandra's new house and surprises her. He tells her he had an affair and that he "loved her." He says he's trying to be honest with "the EST stuff." He tells her it's over and apologizes. She says nothing and walks away.
That night, Philip and Elizabeth agree that Paige set them up, but Philip warns Elizabeth that if she tells Paige now (about the spy stuff), it will all blow up. The phone rings, and it's Kimberly asking to see Philip -- alone. He meets up with her out in public and criticizes her pot. She plays some music and starts dancing. She says she's cold and Philip invites her to sit next to him, and puts his arm around her.
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