User Reviews

Everyone watches 'The Day After', with Elizabeth required to step up her operation with with the Young-hee family.

This is a strong episode that effectively sets the scene following the jump forward in the previous episode.

The plot moves the spotlight slightly from Phillip to Elizabeth and how she deals with doing the terrible things she does in the line of duty. There has been a lot of focus on Phillip this series, so this is shift in focus keeps things interesting. Also the difficult situation Paige is in hangs above everything and the writers do a good job of making you feel that this is possibly going to rear its head quite soon.

One scene is particularly uncomfortable to watch, but this was set up well by scenes and reactions to the airing and viewing of 'The Day After'. Everything in this series happens for a purpose which is good writing.

As ever the production values and performances are excellent.

For me it's an 8.5/10, but I round upwards.

The series has almost always depicted people being torn between what they believe is right and what they're SUPPOSED to believe is right. This episode puts less weight on the sneaky-spy-business and characters otherwise depicted as cold blooded patriots also become torn by thinking of the possible consequences if someone uses the weapon they're trying to obtain. When Paige starts asking questions about a possible apocalyptic war the protagonists also have to ask themselves what their children will think of them. There isn't much else to say about this episode, the internal and interpersonal conflicts are gripping and realistic. However many scenes are ruined by bad music blasting in the background, often just as loud as the conversations. This breaks the tension in otherwise gripping scenes. The music doesn't enhance the mood of the scenes, it just seems like random 70:s and 80:s music from someone's old CD collection.