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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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From:

treonb

Elizabeth finally came out and said it - she looks forward to dying for the cause. With all this talk about her going to die, I'm now 99.999% sure that it's not going to happen. But Philip should probably watch his back. Maybe the show's going to end with a showdown between those two?

Elizabeth comes to the priest - just to talk? And he finds himself in the position of marriage counselor as well. There's a big difference between Paige and the children he teaches. Russian children growing up in the US would have some notion of their parents' culture, and their connection to it. I'm not even sure how much Paige cares about all the Russian stuff. She researched KGB operations, not Russian foods.

My heart goes out to Gennadi (and Sofia too, though it's all her fault). He had to decide on a moment's notice whether to defect or not, and then he discovers he might be all alone forever.

From:

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?

From:

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.

From:

shapinglight

Elizabeth comes to the priest - just to talk? And he finds himself in the position of marriage counselor as well.

This felt scene to me like she was using the priest as her confessor, which is weird considering she's a confirmed atheist.

From:

sistermagpie

But she still basically lives by faith so she seems a more natural fit with priest. She hated Christianity like a rival faith. Philip seemed to be more naturally wary of it for the same reason.