Philip and Elizabeth are tasked with getting a microphone planted in the home of US Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger's home. They don't like it. They think it is too risky but they find a way to make it work: they blackmail the Weinbergers' cleaning lady into doing it for them by poisoning her son. They tell her they want her to steal a clock from Weinberger's study and bring it back to them. Philip places the transmitting device in the clock and gives it back to the cleaning lady. She is supposed to put it back in the Weinberger home the next day but she starts having second thoughts even though she knows that only they have the antidote to the poison coursing through her son's veins.
FBI agents Beeman and Amador catch a woman who works at the Russian embassy exchanging expensive caviar for stereo equipment. She has been shipping the stereo equipment back to Russia. It is all for personal gain. They convince her to start working for them, by threatening to tell her boss what she was up to.
Philip has a little problem on the side. He has been pumping a US government official's wife for information. She's tired of her husband and wants to run away with Philip. Nothing too dramatic happens in this episode but she has Philip worried that she might tell her husband or some else about him. This thread is left dangling but I'm sure it won't dangle for too long.
Elizabeth faces a bit of drama of her own with Paige, her 13-year-old daughter. She's having trouble connecting with Paige. It seems like she's afraid that she's losing Paige. Elizabeth also expresses a fear that if something happened to them (such as they were killed or captured) that she doubts that Paige would be able to handle whatever came next.
In the end everything seems to work out. The maid comes returns the clock to the Weinbergers' residence. Elizabeth administers the antidote. The FBI and the Attorney General of the United States are pleased to have a mole inside the Russian Embassy.
I wasn't sucked in by this episode from the opening scenes. It started a little slower than the previous episode. As it progressed the momentum built. The layering of the different story lines was handled quite well. Music was used very effectively to heighten tension at key moments. I like that both sides of the Jennings lives factored into the story. I liked that both Elizabeth and Philip have their own emotional hurdles to navigate. I like the quiet moments that they share. Overall I am very impressed with this series so far. I hope that the quality of the show remains high.
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