Episode discussion post: "Harvest"

[jae]

Aired:
9 May 2018 in the U.S. and Canada

This is a discussion post for episode 607 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 seven.)

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Re: Stan and STRESS

[quantumreality]

By the way, I just re-watched the Season 1 Pilot tonight, and one thing I had completely forgotten was that Philip was actually in the garage, with his gun at the ready, when Stan broke in to check the car out, and Stan just missed catching Philip with his flashlight, as well.

This definitely puts a new color on Philip's and Stan's interactions since then, since Philip (and presumably Elizabeth) have thus always known that Stan had at least some kind of gut feeling that P&E weren't on the level.

Re: Stan and STRESS

[jae]

Do you think he's been actively worried about that the whole time? I personally think he's sort of got it at the back of his mind, but he mostly stopped actively worrying about it by the end of season one.

-J