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

[sistermagpie]

I suspect that since we see here that Elizabeth is going to confront Paige about what she did (I assume, since it doesn't seem like that confrontation could be about something else) that Paige might actually start getting "run" by her parents with regards to Pastor Tim. Like if they're not going to kill her, it's up to her to walk back her accusations and placate him. Which would put her in the position of having to "get him to trust her" with her parents help, and eventually he might be suspicious about that.

Of course we don't know yet if she'll tell Pastor Tim that her parents know, but since she's so uncomfortable about lying about it they may see it's smarter to let her be as open as possible.

Also I wonder if, as it appears in the clip, Elizabeth confronts her alone about what she heard. It doesn't seem like something either one would usually do alone, but you'd think Philip would be visible in the scene.

[saraqael]

Hard to tell if Philip is in that scene or not. FWIW, Elizabeth is wearing different clothes than in the clip of her telling Philip that Paige told Pastor Tim about them. She's wearing a blouse with a plain round collar in the scenes where she's listening to the wiretap and then talking to Philip. When she's yelling at Paige, she's wearing some sort of v-neck blouse or jacket. Definitely time passes between these sequences. Maybe Philip isn't home when Elizabeth confronts Paige.

[sistermagpie]

Yes, I was looking at the clothes too just now. It looks like she's wearing the same blue sweater when she listens to the tape as when she tells Philip. Then she's wearing something else when she talks to Paige, and maybe that's the same scene where Paige says "What's wrong?"

It will be interesting if Philip isn't in that scene (but of course he might be and we just don't see him. In that case it might be something like Philip is out trying to get rid of that vial and Elizabeth confronts her. Or maybe they've already confronted her together and this is a second argument without Philip there.

Btw, I noticed in my original post I mentioned the possibility of killing *her* and I meant to write *him* of course, meaning Pastor Tim. They're not thinking of killing Paige.