All season, the show has shot Nina’s Rezidentura lover Oleg (Costa Ronin) with portraits of Lenin in the background of their conversations, and that motif occurs again in a beautifully filmed, but wordless, sequence. That same portrait of Lenin is framed in the door as Nina prepares, showing great dignity as Oleg averts his eyes from her. This time, it’s Nina framed facing the same direction as Lenin, this image of the ideals of the Soviet Union acting as a terrible echo of the reality in front of him. (x)
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She does need something. She’s looking for something in her life. What if this is it?
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"I got a lot of unwanted attention"
"That's because you are..."
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