Episode discussion post: "Urban Transport Planning"

[jae]

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

This is a discussion post for episode 603 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 three.)

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[quantumreality]

What really surprised me was how paranoid P&E both got about the food. Wouldn't any visitor have just assumed it was an ordinary beef stew of some kind?

Stew

[sistermagpie]

IKR? I get why they're like that psychologically but only Claudia would think a meal like that was uniquely Russian.

Re: Stew

[treonb]

Even if people would have immediately recognized it as Russia, Elizabeth could have put it in the refrigerator just for the night.