theamericans | Picking up Henry and Stan (Reply)

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Think they'll stop and get Henry before they scram off to Canada?

That's definitely the plan! Though it seems suicidal.

I was dismayed when the FBI picked up Oleg with Philip's secret message in his pocket because Oleg no longer has the protection of his consulate job to protect him. He faces years of jail in the US for espionage, or else expelled back to Russia to an uncertain fate there. I hope that his clear, honest discussion with Stan does get through Stan's'thick head,' but there's no guarantee that it will. From Stan's perspective, one Soviet dictator is no different from any other. Only the show's Russian characters know how much is riding on Gorbachev's success. Right now, Stan is viewing the entire situation only through the filter of his job: Russian spies are the enemy, there's been a huge amount of murders lately, and he's going to take them down. He doesn't care what's going on back home in Mother Russia to cause all of this. He just wants it to stop spilling over into the US. Still, I'm hoping that his respect for Oleg motivates him to help Oleg somehow.

There's also the fact that Stan's starting to suspect he's been duped by the Jennings--and Philip--for years. So he's probably mad as hell at the Soviets and not primed to trust any of them.