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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[beer_good_foamy]

Also, re: the title. Tchaikovsky's perhaps most famous work, Swan Lake, is (very simplified) about a young woman who's cursed by an evil enchanter to become an animal and can only be herself at night. In the end, both she and her prince die (or, depending on the production, break the spell and live).

Who's the animal and who's the enchanter here?

Of course, his other most famous work is about Russian triumph in the face of a seemingly superior foe, so...