Promo discussion: Episode 4x02

[treonb]

This post is intended to allow discussion of the upcoming episode, as reflected in the official show promos.

Please keep the comments spoiler free from anything not mentioned in the promos (interviews, articles etc).

"The Americans 4x02 Promo "Pastor Tim" (HD)" (Watch on YouTube)

"The Americans 4x02 Promo "Pastor Tim" (HD)" (Watch on YouTube)

Philip tries with increasing desperation to get rid of a sensitive and dangerous package as family tensions in the Jennings House reach a boiling point when Paige shares a secret of her own.

Comments

[quantumreality]

Oh lord, please don't let the precious cinnamon rolls get killed off :O

*rushes to put Paige and Henry in bubble packaging*

confused

[theplatonicnonyeah]

Um, what? I don't think I understand now.

Re: confused

[quantumreality]

"in the promo it looked like it could have been Paige and Henry dead"

In reference to that.

deliberately misleading editing

[theplatonicnonyeah]

Yes, the promo from season 2 with the episode where the other KGB couple was killed made it look like Paige and Henry had been killed. It was edited to be deliberately misleading, which is something they always do (with this show?). Hence my apprehension at jumping to conclusions about who is on the plane. Just because the Rezidentura talks about extracting someone it doesn't have to mean the Jennings, especially considering that it seems like Tatiana is running a secret operation of her own.

Re: deliberately misleading editing

[saraqael]

Since we've seen Gabriel all bloody on the floor, it could be that the Rezidentura needs to extract him immediately in order to get him to a hospital. We all just assume that he's dead. He could be 'merely' dying. :o

Re: deliberately misleading editing

[sistermagpie]

Just saw a commercial for the show in general that had a couple of other quick clips. One looked like Elizabeth and Philip leaning down to the floor--I assumed it was them kneeling over Gabriel on the floor. But it looked like Philip was aggressively touching him and Elizabeth was trying to pull him away, like she didn't want him to touch him.

Which could be about her wanting him to be careful not to hurt him, but I also wondered if they didn't think Gabriel had been felled by a bio-hazard thing and she was worried he might catch it.

Re: deliberately misleading editing

[(Anonymous)]

That is entirely possible since they're dealing with bio weapons this season. That would be terrible. It would also account for him being the person that the Rezidentura needs to extract in a hurry, not the Jennings as the promo clip would have us believe.

Re: deliberately misleading editing

[saraqael]

That was me, btw. I thought I was logged in when I replied.

who is on the plane speculation

[theplatonicnonyeah]

That is a good call! Although, to be fair he looked rather un-alive there on the floor.

Re: who is on the plane speculation

[(Anonymous)]

True. He was looking pretty dead in that clip.

Re: who is on the plane speculation

[sistermagpie]

He totally did--but then, that might be what he's supposed to look like. I seem to remember somebody commenting on exactly that on Twitter and Joel saying something like "things are not as they seem!" which could just mean anything.

They're definitely not hiding the discovery of the body--they did a whole teaser about it (without showing what they were looking at, but they looked pretty obviously like they were seeing a body). That's a bit similar to the S2 promos with the Connors, but we didn't know the Connors so the misdirect was us thinking it could be someone important we already knew. In this case since they're highlighting the body and it seems pretty clearly Gabriel, maybe the misdirect is about exactly what state he's in.

Or not!