jae: (theamericansgecko)
Jae ([personal profile] jae) wrote in [community profile] theamericans2018-04-11 03:53 pm
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Episode discussion post: "Urban Transport Planning"

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.)

Original promo trailer

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[personal profile] shapinglight 2018-04-13 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure I agree that she didn't seem bothered by having to kill him. I know that over the course of the show it's been Philip that's been shown as being very affected by having to kill innocent people, but I don't think Elizabeth is unaffected (and this is quite apart from the protracted death scene with the old lady in season 4 (was it?) that still feels to me like it snuck into The Americans from another show altogether). She's businesslike for sure, but I felt she was quite rattled by having to kill the young marine in the previous episode and that she always is. It's just that she's much better at compartmentalising things than Philip is so these actions don't haunt her the way they do him.

Elizabeth & murder

[personal profile] treonb 2018-04-14 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought she was bothered, but not the way Philip is bothered. She didn't plan to kill him and will now have to take care of the body and make sure she didn't leave any fingerprints etc. She doesn't have time for any of this. There's no way she can make this not look like murder, and the same goes the marine last ep. She's leaving a trail of bodies and somebody's going to pick up on it.
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[personal profile] saraqael 2018-04-15 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
You're right. She is good at compartmentalizing all of the killings.