Episode discussion post: "Tchaikovsky"

[jae]

Aired:
4 April 2018 in the U.S. and Canada

This is a discussion post for episode 602 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 six, episode two.)

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Re: How would Philip feel about the collapse of the Soviet Union?

[shapinglight]

You can't make the kinds of sacrifices he's made for his country and wish to see it destroyed.

It wasn't really the Soviet Union as a country I was talking about as such. More the system that Philip works for. Or the ideology, or whatever. I'm not sure he would see them as the same thing any more.

Re: How would Philip feel about the collapse of the Soviet Union?

[sistermagpie]

I almost wonder if they lived until the present if Philip would be more bummed about it than Elizabeth. I mean, Elizabeth might get some satisfaction out of seeing how democracy crumbled as if that proved her right.

Re: How would Philip feel about the collapse of the Soviet Union?

[shapinglight]

Quite possibly. Whereas Philip might be more likely to buy into the initial optimism of Arkady and Oleg that things were going to change for the better and then be horribly disappointed.