Question of the week #3

[jae]

Which character from The Americans is, more than any other, the one who intrigues you most? Not necessarily the one you'd want to have a beer with/befriend/sleep with, but the one whose story you're most interested in, the one you find yourself thinking about even when the show isn't on? And why? You can expect spoilers for the entire first season in the comments.

(There's no expiration date on these questions, so if you're reading this post months later and feel like jumping in, please do.)

Comments

[katiac]

Completely agree. I think we could see from that flashback to the hotel room that Philip at least found Elizabeth physically attractive from very early on. Well, I guess we know that from when he told her his impressions of their first meeting too, but in any case, I think Philip wouldn't have seen the situation as that bad, initially. The US wasn't such a bad place to get "stationed" and he was married off to a really cute girl! Given the adaptability of his personality, there was little problem. I think something closer to "love" probably took longer to form, but there seemed to be chemistry and attraction there for Philip from the start.

[jae]

I'm totally with you on all of this. I think he fell in love with her a few years in, and started calling it that in his head a few years after that.

-J