Episode discussion post: "The Great Patriotic War"

[jae]

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

This is a discussion post for episode 605 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 five.)

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Re: Elizabeth's Moral Event Horizon

[sistermagpie]

Elizabeth's plan was incredibly stupid. Surely it would have scuttled the entire summit. The Americans are not going to negotiate with the Soviets threatening the daughter of the head of the CIA Soviet Division, the USSR would look bad and the coup Elizabeth's been roped in would surely be exposed, right? It just made no sense.

It made more sense to me as Elizabeth desperately trying to come up with a plan to force Philip back into a partnership with her. Sort of like in S1 she always wanted to use the work to get close to him without admitting she wanted him close.