Episode discussion post: "Rififi"
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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
Re: Late thoughts
Date: 2018-05-08 06:59 pm (UTC)I think part of the problem is there's a lot of business that goes no where--on purpose, to a point. Elizabeth seems to have these new missions every week but she never gets what she's going for. They just take up a lot of screentime to establish.
Totally agree on Paige's Russia lessons. They almost feel like Granny fan service to me some of the time and don't seem to do anything for Paige, who the showrunners continue to insulting describe as having "a Russian soul."
There was a quote from MR that made me wish this story worked better for me. He said Philip's always chased this dream of being a success outside of spying and now he's realizing it *wasn't* his dream. I see how all his troubles add up to that but I wish they'd made stronger choices character-wise about it. That is, to show that emphasized Philip recognizing that this isn't who he is rather than him just realizing this sucks too/he's not good at this.
Re: Late thoughts
Date: 2018-05-12 12:30 pm (UTC)But this is all extrapolating a bit. I think you're right that they could be a bit more character-specific about how it's shown on screen -- it's never seemed like he cared much about the travel agency per se til this season.
Re: Late thoughts
Date: 2018-05-12 03:04 pm (UTC)