You know what my big irritation is? "It's dumb to move the body!" Um, there's a difference between moving the body and just checking to make sure it's still there (since he's no doubt wondering *how* Michael figured it all out). He stopped digging once he found the body and then just kind of chilled for a few minutes. He pretty obviously *wasn't* moving it. Also? His yard has a big picket fence around it (check the screencaps from Otis, Subdivision and this week's episode). It's unlikely anyone could see what he was doing unless they opened the fence and walked into the yard.
Alex is smart enough to know what he can and can't get away with *at his own house*. If he felt comfortable digging during the day, that's probably because he *knew he couldn't be seen just by someone walking down the street*.
Oh, speaking of screencaps (and a little info for your series if you need it): according to one of the articles Michael found during his research, Alex had been with the FBI for eleven years at the time he was assigned to the Shales case (that certainly explains why Pam's so familiar with the background vetting process; he was with the FBI for practically the entirety of their marriage). This means it's *unlikely* the Company put him into the FBI (some people were speculating that was a possibility after Sullins' interrogation of him because large chunks of his personnel record are redacted), but rather, that he made his way into the Bureau and rose through its ranks on his own merits.
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You know what my big irritation is? "It's dumb to move the body!" Um, there's a difference between moving the body and just checking to make sure it's still there (since he's no doubt wondering *how* Michael figured it all out). He stopped digging once he found the body and then just kind of chilled for a few minutes. He pretty obviously *wasn't* moving it. Also? His yard has a big picket fence around it (check the screencaps from Otis, Subdivision and this week's episode). It's unlikely anyone could see what he was doing unless they opened the fence and walked into the yard.
Alex is smart enough to know what he can and can't get away with *at his own house*. If he felt comfortable digging during the day, that's probably because he *knew he couldn't be seen just by someone walking down the street*.
Oh, speaking of screencaps (and a little info for your series if you need it): according to one of the articles Michael found during his research, Alex had been with the FBI for eleven years at the time he was assigned to the Shales case (that certainly explains why Pam's so familiar with the background vetting process; he was with the FBI for practically the entirety of their marriage). This means it's *unlikely* the Company put him into the FBI (some people were speculating that was a possibility after Sullins' interrogation of him because large chunks of his personnel record are redacted), but rather, that he made his way into the Bureau and rose through its ranks on his own merits.