Although I feel I must point out that "when you speak English and French, German's not that hard" is utter bullshit.

Yeah, that's sad. Makes me wonder if anyone in the writer's room speaks either French or German. Speaking as a person who learned French before she learned German (and now can speak neither, alas) knowing French doesn't help you learn German.

It seemed they were implying that the character had a natural talent for picking up languages, so maybe to Charlie learning a second new language was easier because he'd already learned one? handwave

Aldis speaking French, even imperfectly, was hot, though.

If you know any one of Spanish, French, or Italian, learning either of the others is a little easier. (Probably true of Portguese, too, but I've never studied that one.) German, not so much.

I studied Spanish and can understand Italian and Portuguese to a great degree, given how much I don't speak any language fluently anymore...not even English! BUT, having said that, studying French, after 5.5 years of Spanish nearly did me in. I could never get the sentence structure. SO frustrating. I thought it would be easy. NSM.

I can't even imagine finding a connection between French and German.

It seemed they were implying that the character had a natural talent for picking up languages, so maybe to Charlie learning a second new language was easier because he'd already learned one? handwave

It would have been more believable to talk about English/German cognates, but I guess that didn't fit the story.

I love that Covert Affairs is going to so much trouble with the languages.

I learned French, then Italian, then Romanian, then bits of Spanish. Romance languages play well together.

Memory plays tricks on people, is my handwave on that.

BUT, having said that, studying French, after 5.5 years of Spanish nearly did me in. I could never get the sentence structure. SO frustrating. I thought it would be easy. NSM.

I went from 4 years of Spanish to French, and my teacher kept catching me doing my homework in Spanish. It took a while to get my brain to switch tracks. (Interestingly, my high school French teacher apparently spoke French with a German accent, so I'm told I did too -- now I don't really speak it at all.)

I have found the random German the easiest to understand, as an English Speaker. Written. Comparatively to languages that use a different alphabet. On Bank statements. Which were labeled Der Bankstatement.

Matt Bomer looked really good this week.

I'm flipflopping on Sarah. Sometimes I think she's great, and then I remember she's not actually a criminal and I think she's being kind of weak (I guess I'd rather she'd established a more shady morality before the relationship). And the snooping thing? I forgave her for last week, and now she does it again.

I am so rooting for Neal to get his heart broken. I so do hope that's what comes of his plan to leave.

I know I might sound like a OTP slash fangirl but...more Neal/Peter time! I think that bromance can fuel the show, and they've veered away from that this season, and I miss it. I like that Peter's still on top of everything and almost totally reading Neal's mind, but I want them deliberately on the same page again.

Unrelatedly, GO MOZZIE.

Lena Headey - still a total hottie.

And the snooping thing? I forgave her for last week, and now she does it again.

I know! I was glad she admitted it, and then boom! Does it again.

I was willing to give her the safe with the passports, because Neal left it open, but she deliberately tried to crack his password. I officially don't like her.