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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Comments

[quantumreality]

I would've expected them to explain the old "eat bread with your liquor" trick.

Drinking tips

[sistermagpie]

Exactly! Eat a lot of bread and try to order things that look like alcoholic drinks but aren't.

[alley_skywalker]

Is eating bread actually a college "tip" for how not to get drunk? That's so silly. What exactly is bread supposed to do? What you need to do is eat something protein heavy.

drinking tips

[treonb]

I also had in mind eating bread (and eating in general), so I looked it up:

https://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Documents/Alcohol%20myth%20buster.htm

7) Lining your stomach with a big meal before drink can help to reduce the risk of getting drunk.

FALSE: Drinking on a full stomach before you go out will delay alcohol getting into your system, not prevent it. A meal will only delay the rate of alcohol absorption, but if you go on to drink heavily you will get drunk. However, it's still best to eat a proper meal before a night out, especially foods rich in carbohydrates and proteins.


Btw, olive oil is extremely thick. I don't think it's that easy to gulp it down like they did. I was going to test it myself, but I chickened out.

ETA: Turns out you can find anything on youtube, including ppl who drink olive oil

Re: drinking tips

[jae]

Holly Taylor said in an interview that she actually had to drink a shot of olive oil for the scene, and that it made her "almost quit her job on the spot". ;)

-J

Re: drinking tips

[treonb]

I can understand her! Though my guess is she had to do a lot of other things I'd chicken out from...

Googling around, I found a Russian guide to staying sober:
http://konstantin2005.blogspot.com/2005/09/how-to-drink-vodka-and-stay-sober.html