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theamericans2018-05-02 06:53 pm
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Episode discussion post: "Rififi"
Aired:
2 May 2018 in the U.S. and Canada
This is a discussion post for episode 606 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 six.)
Original promo trailer
2 May 2018 in the U.S. and Canada
This is a discussion post for episode 606 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 six.)
Original promo trailer
While watching thoughts
Lots of Philip's betrayal in the 'previously'.
Philip noticeably doesn't look up when Elizabeth comes in. And she doesn't think it worth mentioning.
I love the way that Elizabeth doesn't deny that she did it, just that she did it in front of the kid.
"Of course you aren't, you were never going to do it."
"You just wanted to fuck her." Wow. That would kill off some relationships. Especially as we know it's not true, but it's good writing that he doesn't say that - he knows it, we know it, and in this state, Elizabeth wouldn't acknowledge that she knows it.
Pointed shot of the family pictures in the background as Philip walks up the stairs.
"Every time I go down there, someone winds up dead."
Ha, would the mail robot be that smart? You'd have one per floor, because it can't press the buttons and doesn't know which one it's on. (It's not still bugged, is it?)
Finally a breakthrough for the FBI. (And the suggestion of some sex between men?)
Really, they couldn't scream THIS IS THE LAST SEASON louder if they tried, could they?
Insert usual 'I don't believe this plot line' for the school fees.
Henry's got the networking aspect going...
Oh, it's just that Elizabeth is going to see Rififi. With the least convincing casual 'do you mind if I sit here' for a while. Given how chatty she is, I'd want her as far away as possible in case she continues during the film :)
Gosh they've been busy in the FBI, haven't they? I wonder who is going to die.
Henry picking up on the tension at home.
(I saw a shop with an enormous slotcar racing track in Barcelona recently.)
Yes it is work. Just not the travel agency.
I am surprised she doesn't just grope him.
Ah, at some point Paige is going to be pissed that HER MOTHER is going to try shag him, isn't she?
No, it's you who drive on the wrong side of the road :)
'You wanted to see me Mr Philip?' Yes, you're fired. (I wonder if he knows too much to fire.)
Nice that some people in the room know what 'work' means and some don't.
(Ah, this is 'let's stick Elizabeth in direct peril' time for the writers.)
I wonder if we're going to see a full-on physical fight between Philip and Elizabeth at some point. Part of her wants one.
No-one's asking where Stan's son is.
Lovely set of reaction shots to Stan's 'peace through strength' speech, including one from Renee.
How naughty is Philip being, I wonder, with the message to the dead letter box. He looked like he was wondering about that too.
Elizabeth's accomplice sounds and looks far too nervous to be much use!
Ha, she's doing a drawing of the TV rather than watching it to relax.
A different bonding over food in the office.
It's a sign of how she's feeling that she calls Henry. And lies to him.
A bit too 'What did she say' from Philip, but yes Henry has that there are problems sussed.
Things are so tough between them that they're communicating again, but Philip's suggestion of forgetting about the job was always going to go down badly.
You just did ask him.
Re: Philip and Elizabeth's fight
This feels like the second (interesting!) time the show's played out a sort of classic misogynist scene with the genders reversed. That whole thing of Elizabeth performing a new emotional connection leading up to her pimping Philip out and then turning around and calling him a whore for doing it seems like something you usually see male characters doing to women in one form or another.
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