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: Bar scene

[saraqael]

Did Gennady really deserve being murdered like that? Didn't Claudia say that he had to be killed just to spare the government back home from embarrassment if people ever found out that a well liked hockey player had defected? He was killed simply to preserve the illusion that Russia is a happy, shiny place.

Re: Bar scene

[lovingboth]

I suspect the number of 'really deserve' murders in the series is rather low - there have been plenty of people in the wrong place at the wrong time, including Sofia - but Elizabeth certainly thinks killing him was justified.