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Was Renee really one of them?


In his last encounter with Stan, Phillip mentions that Renee might be working for KGB. Maybe I missed something, but this was never explicitly revealed. What do you think?

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ok I have now watched the whole thing and I think Renee is one of them. The look on her face when she watches the FBI clear out Philip and Elizabeth's house, and the way she walks as she turns and goes back into Stan's house, both make me think she is one of them. The look on her face just seemed like she recognised she had been passed the baton. I love that we're never quite allowed to know for sure.

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Agree absolutely. That look on Renee's face was not "our Renee." She watched with narrowed eyes, intent assessment, an un-recognizable expression and face, completely different from the always jovial Renee that was her cover. You could see the wheels turning.

My guess was that she may not have been taking the baton. She had to know with the Jennings' clearly gone, something went down. And that Stan would be in the Feeb cross hairs as would she.

After lingering in the driveway to assess what was happening, it looks like she had decided something. She walked back into the house, and likely was going to emerge in a few minutes, her purse in hand like she was going on an errand, to go instead to wherever her safe house was, get her bug-out bag and head for the train to Canada, too.

Stan burned? Jennings and being found out. She has to get out of there immediately, if she's one of them.

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Really good observation. I like your idea!

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Could go both ways and they did a great job in making it ambiguous. My opinion changed at various times. The one time I felt the most towards being she wasn't a spy was one time when Claudia was talking to Phil and Liz about Stan and she asked them to find out some information that she would have known if Renee was providing information. But then I also thought that Claudia wouldn't want Phil and Liz to know about Renee.

I agree that the look at the end definitely made it look like she was a spy.

I know Phil was trying to help Stan by telling him about Renee, but talk about a final kick in the nuts.

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