1 Oh god, this show is hilarious! I cannot stop laughing at the hapless Tanya. Serebryakoff was totally great as a supporting character too, it's too bad we probably won't see any more of her. Wwwwwwwww

2 One other thing about Tanya you might find interesting is their surprisingly insightful portrayal of the early 20th Century Europe and the prevailing ideas of its ruling elite. I'm saying that because of your surprise about the roots of the European Union, which always was about "French rider mounting German draft horse" -- even after the French defeat in 1940. What Tanya gets right though is that Vishy Government, usually dismissed as traitorous nowadays, was a fully legitimate government of France and a founding member of the EU. Of course that union was terminated by Gen. Patton's tanks entering Paris, but it re-constituted itself as soon as practical. Same goes for the ideas that the war ends with the peace treaty on the other side and that only some people realized how outmoded that idea was, even under Hitler. I've read accounts of people in the street congratulating each other when Germany conquered Poland, because they thought the victory would bring the peace. Although, I am curious if these aspects of Tanya are much too subtle for Americans to grasp.

3 Frankly, considering how alternate the history was, I didn't spend much time considering the geopolitical parallels.