Episode discussion post: "Clark's Place"
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13 April 2016 in the U.S. and Canada
This is a discussion post for episode 405 of The Americans, intended for viewers who are watching the show on the U.S./Canadian schedule. (Feel free to dive in to the discussion even if you're coming in late--and you should also feel free to start a new thread if it seems too daunting to read through what's already been posted first. If you're reading this at a point where you've already seen subsequent episodes, though, please take care to keep comments spoiler-free of anything that comes after season four, episode five.)
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13 April 2016 in the U.S. and Canada
This is a discussion post for episode 405 of The Americans, intended for viewers who are watching the show on the U.S./Canadian schedule. (Feel free to dive in to the discussion even if you're coming in late--and you should also feel free to start a new thread if it seems too daunting to read through what's already been posted first. If you're reading this at a point where you've already seen subsequent episodes, though, please take care to keep comments spoiler-free of anything that comes after season four, episode five.)
Original promo trailer
Overnight reviews
From Vulture
From the AV Club
From Hitfix
From Vox
From Entertainment Weekly
From Slate (official podcast)
From the LA Times
From the New York Times
From the Wall Street Journal
From Slant
From IGN
From tv.com
From TV Fanatic
From Den of Geek
From Geeks of Doom
People's World
From Inverse
From For the Win
From Hidden Remote
From Mstarsnews
From Mashable
From The Young Folks
From TV Over Mind
From Celebrity Dirty Laundry
Re: Arkady and Oleg
Date: 2016-04-17 03:29 pm (UTC)My takeaway from his interaction with Arkady is that Arkady had been on Nina's side. Arkady took a risk in supporting her and telling 'them' that she'd changed, but then Nina continued to screw up somehow and she paid the price for it. I don't think that he was condoning her execution so much as being realistic about the fact that they all work for a system that has zero tolerance for anyone who steps out of line. Arkady might have been worried about being associated in any way with her now, similar to what Burov Sr. had said about not wanting Oleg to try to see her and be associated with her. Arkady and Burov Sr. both were of the attitude that since Nina was tainted goods in the eyes of the Party, they had to avoid being tainted by association. Given the Party's murderous history of devouring its own and murdering anyone considered to be suspicious, I can understand why Arkady and Burov Sr. would feel this way. Oleg certainly knows this, but he also knows that Nina did not deserve to be executed. I suspect that he had hoped for a bit more bravery from Arkady. He expected Arkady to be angry at the system, not angry because Nina's execution might somehow reflect back on him.