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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Re: Treon's thoughts

[saraqael]

With all this talk about her going to die, I'm now 99.999% sure that it's not going to happen.

I think most viewers expect that Elizabeth will get some sort of exciting last minute reprieve because that's what happens in most stories. It would be a real kick in the gut if she actually does die. What if, even after realizing that she does have the option to change her fate, she chooses death?

Re: Treon's thoughts

[sistermagpie]

I think most viewers expect that Elizabeth will get some sort of exciting last minute reprieve because that's what happens in most stories. It would be a real kick in the gut if she actually does die. What if, even after realizing that she does have the option to change her fate, she chooses death?

I don't think that would be a kick in the gut, though. Because that's her planned story from the beginning. It's the solution for her, the way it was always supposed to end. The kick in the gut is that she doesn't get her heroes death. She has to live on, perhaps with somebody else dying.