I'm confused... Walter's not a citizen? And if that is really true and he's been working so hard for the government, don't they make exceptions in these types of cases?
I loved the twist tonight, but I'm just confused by it.
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Walter has had close ties to Homeland agent Cabe Gallo for most of his life. With that being said, I'm sure that Cabe made an exception with the government a while back.
shareAll I can figure is that him becoming a naturalized citizen was part of whatever deal was made after his arrest in Ireland. But if that does turn out to be the case, wouldn't Cabe know about it? I'm sure they'll come up with some reason why Walter has to be a citizen and wasn't given a free pass like so many have been given lately (sorry to get political but it was just sitting right there for the taking).
I'm still shocked at the one big reveal and, to be honest, pretty ticked off about the other one. I just posted in another thread how it's frankly ridiculous to think that a couple of actual geniuses wouldn't use birth control. Happy doesn't even like adults so what's she going to do with a baby? I love Toby but I can't see him as anyone's father. And a baby will take over everything because that's all Toby and Happy will talk about now and they won't be able to go on missions because they can't get a babysitter and they'll be worrying because the baby is teething and... blah blah blah. Clearly I'm not happy about this turn of events.
in regards to the pregnancy either the writers are just total morons (which tbh they are) or the actress is pregnant in real life!
shareit's frankly ridiculous to think that a couple of actual geniuses wouldn't use birth control.
what's she going to do with a baby?
I agree that Happy thinks she's pregnant and it will turn out she's not. My second guess would be the same as yours--she has a miscarriage. Just can't see them playing out a pregnancy/parenting situation here. Maybe if this wasn't an action series
shareHighly valuable government asset can't get citizenship without staying married?
shareTotal plot contrivance having Walter being married to Happy for a few reasons.
1) He shouldn't have needed to be married as he was a whiz kid working for our government that all too often opts not to deport illegal residents who are criminals aside from the illegal residency. None of the cooperative scientists liberated from the Nazis should have been at risk for deportation. Why deport geniuses who help you or are malevolent & thus might fall into the wrong hands after being deported?
2) Surely he'd have used some leverage and/ his smarts to gain citizenship. Win a huge academic prize or in a casino to hire the best immigration lawyers.
4) How was their marriage never mentioned within the group over the years? Nobody ever stumbled upon a piece of mail addressed to both of them or Happy O'Brien? No awkward glances when somebody talks about marriage? How did Toby & Sly think that Walter was legally in the country?
5) TV shows often depict people who green-card married as being subject to random visits from the INS & thus need to live together, know each other's personal habits, and have family & friends vouch for them. Does that not actually happen? Apparently they're not concerned about such scrutiny. I would hope a divorce soon after one person gets their citizenship, as Walter & Happy planned to do, would raise red flags.
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wow, so these *beep* ass writers couldnt even be bothered to do a simple google search? if they are married and living together he could apply for citizinship 3 years after getting his green card, or if they break up 5 years after the marriage started, which means their whole "been married for 6 years but need to wait for 8" is total *beep* plus toby wouldnt have flipped his *beep* *beep* like this had they just told him in the first place, hes *beep* pissed because they tried to hide it from him!
shareMost Federal government agencies have the ability to fast-track citizenship for their employees. When I moved to the US with my parents at age 13 (originally from the Philippines with a couple of years in Canada), I had to enter on a student visa even though my parents had green cards, because there was several months' delay in the quota for children of people getting green cards as new workers in the US, as opposed to the new worker himself/herself and his/her spouse. I got my green card eight months after my parents.
Fast forward five years. My parents had been eligible for citizenship for eight months and had filed the application papers accordingly, but there was a backlog at the US Immigration and Naturalization Service office for our state. At the same time, I was a 19-year old finishing up my Sophomore (second) year of college and Air Force ROTC. Normally, an Air Force ROTC cadet attends boot camp the summer between Sophomore and Junior year, but the cadet has to be a US citizen to do so. As soon as I hit the five-year anniversary of my green card, the Air Force fast-tracked my citizenship application through the same INS office where my parents' applications were stalled, and I attended boot camp on schedule. Ironically, my parents didn't get their citizenship until a year after I did, even though my dad had been an employee of the US Veterans Administration for over 20 years back in the Philippines, because he no longer worked for them.
I was a 19 year old ROTC cadet with nothing special in comparison with my peers except the timing of my naturalization. Surely the Department of Homeland Security would fast-track a supposed genius working as one of their contractors.
Seems like a total plot hole. He should've gotten his citizenship after 2 or 3 years.
He's a government contractor. He's working for he US Government doing highly classified work and he's NOT a citizen?! Scorpion shouldn't have access until/unless he is a citizen.
One plotline I see coming out this, Walter and Happy get divorced. Walter facing deportation hearing, gets married to Paige.