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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[treonb]

The artist lady's sentence really struck me: "There's someone in there who knows how to see. But you have to put in the time."

I think that Elizabeth is doing a lot of stupid things, because she doesn't have the time to stop and see. For example, her Kimmy plan is extremely complicated and dangerous. But, as always, she sees no other way. There must be many other ways. Even if she insists to go the Bulgaria abduction route, there are other ways besides Philip.

Stan was kind of a disappointment. It was way too easy to follow him. He didn't even try to lose a tail.

It was interesting, though, how things were turned around. Now it was Elizabeth who was chasing Stan (in order to catch somebody else)

Paige really needed somebody to bring her down to earth. And she really has no idea who her father is and what he's capable of.

Elizabeth is now down to seducing Philip, and Philip almost went and did the same thing to Kimmy. At least he stopped himself in time.

Re: Stan

[saraqael]

Stan was easy to follow, wasn't he. He didn't appear to even consider that he might have been followed. Everything about the FBI safety precautions around the Teacups seemed to be heavy handed and obvious to me. I suppose that if Stan had noticed that he was being tailed, the entire plot of the episode would have changed because they'd have moved the Teacups to new locations.

Re: Stan

[treonb]

Even if the plot required him to be followed, I wish he would have at least looked around and tried to avoid surveillance.

Re: Stan

[saraqael]

I agree. He never appeared to be worried that he might have been followed.