The Old Man
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I need to be honest here: I have a love-hate relationship with the expository monologues.
They are so ridiculously obvious that they take me out of the action most of the time.
So unlikelast weeks episode, XIV wasa lotto take in.
Well, not exactly.
See, this so-called good news caused Chases carefully articulated plan to go up in smoke.
We also learned in XIV that Janet McTeer was worth the wait.
Because she wanted to cultivate the Afghan-born, U.S.-raised (and trained!)
Parwana Hamzad as a Chinese asset, of course.
Oh, yeah, this is definitely a Dan Chasepenned script.
A not-the-chief-of-station embassy official shows up.
Totes fine; thats what Chase wanted.
(Its also established that Zoe/Marcia Dixon is being watched by Pavlovichs men.)
All so he can ride off into the sunset with Zoe.
(Pavlovich is equally baffled by Chases sudden devotion to a woman who isnt Belour.)
And not a moment too soon because Chase barely still has agency over his facial muscles.
Pavlovich cuts Chases ties and hands him a phone to tell Zoe its blame time.
Naturally, Pavlovich isnt leaving Dan Chase to rot to death alone.
MeetRussian Inigo Montoya, a Pavlovich goon written in to ramp up the whole will-he-or-wont-he-survive-the-season tension.
Decades ago, Dan Chase killed Russian Goons father, a member of Pavlovichs unit in Afghanistan.
In any other situation, Russian Inigo Montoya would likely succeed in his mission.
But this isThe Old Man,and Jeff Bridges is an executive producer.
Will Zoe rescue him in time?
Well, first, shes got to rescue herself from her own set of Russian assassins.
Girl takes out a Russian assassin with a single blow to the head.
Wow, isnt it lucky she was hiding out in a police station?
And she willnotbe shaken.
But Harper isnt buying her bullshit anymore.
Angela Adams, a.k.a.
Why did Marion demand dinnerin exchange for getting Harper out of Afghanistan?
Because she wanted an introduction to his surrogate daughter.
Emily represents everything Marion needs to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world.
Like father, like daughter.
