UMateyu Rhys njengoFilipu Jennings noKeri Russell njengoElizabeth Jennings.UPatrick Harbron / FX Ndingathanda ukubeka ukubheja okuncinci / ukuba awuyazi nentsingiselo yokuzisola / Kwaye ukuba ndiyinto nje elungileyo / ndiyathandabuza ukuba ungaze ucinge ukuhlawula ityala lakho / ndiyakrokra / Uyakrokrela.- I-Psychic TV, ekrokrelayo
Ngenxa yokuba u-paranoid ayithethi ukuba abakulandeli.- I-Nirvana, ukuPhathwa koMhlaba
Imbi kakhulu kunetyala, yimpazamo. — UJoseph Fouché, osoloko esasazwa gwenxa eTalleyrand
I-Lotus 1-2-3, isiqendu sale veki AmaMelika , ukuba ndifikelele kwincwadi yam yengqondo. (Azikho ezininzi ezomzimba ziqulathe i-Psychic TV.) Kunzima ukunciphisa ukuba leliphi kula mabinzana angentla afaka eyona nto iqhubekayo apha, ke siyakuthatha nganye nganye.
Siza kuqala ngowokugqibela, nangona sisicatshulwa endisoloko ndisithiyile. Hayi, eneneni, impazamo hayi mbi kakhulu kunolwaphulo-mthetho. A ulwaphulo-mthetho imbi ngokwaneleyo ngaphakathi kwayo. Olu luhlobo lwe-blustery yokuziphendulela kwe-bullshit eyenza ukuba abenzi ababi kwiimbambano zopolitiko kwiinkulungwane zonke batyhalele isimilo ecaleni njengoko, ukuba ayibalulekanga kwaphela, ke ubuncinci beziganeko ezithi zibaluleke kakhulu. Uyakuyibona le ngqondo kwiingxoxo zika-2016 zika-Mongameli, mhlawumbi, xa uDonald Trump waphendula kumbuzo ovela kwilungu lamaSilamsi labaphulaphuli kunye neofascism yakhe yesiqhelo ye-senile-dementia malunga nabakhohlisi abakhohlakeleyo abangamaSilamsi, kuphela ku-Hillary Clinton, ekucingelwa ukuba yi-avatar yaseMelika inkqubela phambili, ukuthi hayi, eneneni, thina imfuno ukulunga kumaSilamsi… ukuze abe nakho ukusebenza njengamehlo neendlebe zethu phakathi kwabaxhasi abakhohlakeleyo abangamaSilamsi. Uluvo lokuba ukukhuthaza i-Islamophobia ngokwayo bububi, ukuba ayilunganga kwaye iyodwa, ukuba ayilunganga ngokokuziphatha kwaye ke ukuyicutha akufuneki sizathu sisebenzayo, bekungekho ndawo.
Kule veki uPhilip Jennings udubula yonke le ndlela yokucinga phantsi ngobuso besardon kunye nesigwebo esingaqinisekanga. Kuyavela ukuba uphando lwabo kwimizamo yaseMelika yokutshabalalisa izityalo zaseSoviet lwalungasasebenzi kwaphela, kwaye uxinzelelo olubi lwee-midges abazifumeneyo zisetyenziselwa ukwenza ingqolowa Kaninzi ukumelana nezinambuzane. Oku kuthetha ukuba i-lab yobuchwephesha yomnqonqo ayibambe e-Kansas ngolwaphulo-mthetho lokujonga enye indlela ayenzanga nto kwaphela. Lo mfo uselebhu, uFilipu uthi kuElizabethe, njengoko behleli benxibe iimpahla kunye neewigi zabantu abakhohlisayo kwindlu engeyiyo. Oko ngekhe kwenzeke kwakhona. Siza kulumka ngakumbi, u-Elizabeth uyamqinisekisa. ‘Ulumke ngakumbi’? uyaphinda, inkangeleko yamehlo kunye neethoni yelizwi esenza ukuba inkxalabo nokudelela kwakhe kucace. KuFilipu, othi unengxaki zomsebenzi wokumanzi ekufuneka bewenzile ixesha elide, unonophelo alungeni kuwo. Ingxaki yayingekokuba babenobudenge, yiyo loo nto babulala umntu omsulwa . Kwakukubi kunempazamo, yayilulwaphulo-mthetho.
Oko kusikhokelela kwezinye iikowuti ezimbini, uhlobo lwe-dueling-banjos imeko malunga nokukrokrela eyona imbi kwabanye. Njengoko uElizabeth efunda (ngelixa wayenxibe ezona zinto azithandayo azifihla kwaye elukuhla eyona nto ajolise kuyo), wayengalunganga ukubona isazinzulu asiphandayo njengohanahanisayo omkhulu, ephila ubomi be-trotting do-gooder ngelixa wayesebenza ukulamba uhlanga. Wayesenza ngokuchaseneyo: nokuzabalazela isiphelo indlala. (Khumbula indlela ii-midges ezazigubungela ngayo usempilweni ingqolowa, hayi ingqolowa egulayo? Ewe akunakwenzeka ukuba umntu we-photogenic athi zonke izinto ezifanelekileyo zihambisane nobubi (kuhamba njani, u-Ivanka?) Kodwa kule meko ukunyaniseka kwakhe kufundeka njengokusemthethweni ngokupheleleyo. Njengamaxoki aphumeleleyo, uPhilip (yena ngokwakhe olukuhla inkwali yakhe kule veki, ngaphandle kokuzibandakanya ngexesha lesenzo kunye nokunyamezela intetho yomqamelo malunga neenkqubo zekhompyuter emva koko) noElizabeth bebephakama kakhulu kuncedo lwabo.
Okanye banazo? Ngaba zichanekile ukuzibuza ukuba uRenee, umhlobo omtsha omangalisayo ka-Stan Beeman, ngomnye wabo? Ngaba ezethu iingqondo ezikrokrelayo, ezilinywa ngumboniso kwisithuba seminyaka emine nangaphezulu, zichanekile ngokwandiswa? It kubonakala ngaloo ndlela, kodwa ngubani owaziyo? Ngokuqinisekileyo ayinguFilipu, ongonwabanga ngokwandayo ngendlela ulwazi aludlulisayo malunga noStan (amthanda ngokwenene, iigigs zabo ezilwayo nangona kunjalo) ufumana izixhobo. (Uyakhumbula ukuba wambulala njani uFrank Gaad kunyaka ophelileyo?) UFilipu uye waya kulungiselela iinkcukacha zokujonga ukuze abone inyani eyedwa. Iyaxela ukuba akaya kuGabriel, umphathi wakhe, neenkxalabo zakhe. Awungekhe ulumke kakhulu, akunjalo?
Hayi, awungekhe, njengoko kusenzeka. Ngelixa uPhilip noElizabeth bebandakanyekile kulungelelwaniso lwabo, olubandakanya ukungabi nalwazi lokuba umntwana wabo uHenry ungumbalo wezibalo kunokuba abe li-failson eyonqenayo, uGabriel uvimba umzamo wonyana kaFilipu olahlekileyo kudala uMischa ukuba anxibelelane naye utata wakhe. Ngokuqinisekileyo, wenza njalo ikakhulu ngokuyalelwa yintanga yakhe uClaudia, okholelwa (ngokuchanekileyo, ndiyaqikelela) ukuba ukufumanisa ukuba umntwana wakhe wayevalelwe ngokoqobo kwindawo yempambano yokukhalaza ngemfazwe eAfghanistan yayiza kumhlutha uFilipu nangakumbi. Kwaye uyayibona intlungu emehlweni akhe, yiva ukuzisola kwilizwi lakhe, njengoko ezama ukwenza lo mntwana ulihlwempu ukuba abuqonde ubungozi. Kodwa usazingxala ngokuzithandela ngobomi bomntu omthembayo, okanye ubuncinci ufuna ukumthemba. Ngamanye amagama unguye ngokwenene ukwenza oko i-CIA yazama ukwenza u-Oleg Burov akholelwe ukuba uStan Beeman wayesenza kuye, nangona okwangoku kubonakala ngathi ukungaziphathi kakuhle kuka-Stan kusindise ulusu luka-Oleg. Yintoni oyibiza ngokuba lukhetho lukaGabriel-impazamo, okanye ulwaphulo-mthetho?
