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: Claudia

[shapinglight]

I like Claudia.

I wouldn't be altogether surprised if -assuming all the facts were available to her - she came down on the side of Arkady, Oleg and Philip in the KGB factional fighting about Gorbachev.

Though I wouldn't be altogether surprised if it were completely the other way around too. ;)

Re: Claudia

[sistermagpie]

I can't imagine her coming down on their side. She's already expressed the exact attitude of the other side on her own when she talked about how you can't negotiate with the Americans. Not only does she seem to have a natural war-time attitude towards the world (not surprising given her history) but she's got a consistently knee-jerk "America=bad and USSR=good" pov and there's really not much for her in Oleg's USSR.