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Jae ([personal profile] jae) wrote in [community profile] theamericans2013-11-23 06:45 am
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Season one group rewatch: "The Colonel"

This is the discussion post for "The Colonel" (episode #13, the season finale) in the group rewatch of season one. When you rewatched the episode, was there anything you noticed that you didn't notice the first time (and any subsequent times) you saw it? What things about it did you perhaps view differently after having seen the later episodes?

You can expect spoilers for the entire first season in the comments. Feel free to join in even if you didn't get a chance to watch the episodes that preceded it!
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[personal profile] sistermagpie 2013-11-24 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
• I have to say, I'm still with Elizabeth on which one of them should stay with the kids if the worst were to come. I think either of them could single-parent them if they had to, but Philip would do a much better job explaining to them the kinds of things that would need to be explained to them in a situation like that. And would there ever be explaining to do!

Agreed, and I thought about this in a new light after reading wendelah's post. He's essentially giving the kids to Elizabeth, imo, more than making a true considered decision that the kids would be better with her. He's basically telling her that he believes in her and she shouldn't sell herself short as a parent, knowing that he's going to sacrifice himself. (Or at least thinks he knows he's going to sacrifice himself.)

I do love how easy it is to believe that Philip would trust Stan with the kids.

Elizabeth speaking Russian is easily one of my favorite moments in the series. I'll never forget how to say "Come home" in Russian now. (Though apparently she's literally saying something more like "Come back to us.")

[personal profile] treonb 2013-11-26 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
is actually just shy of believable, but I can still believe it if I squint.

I don't know.. they have an agent who's trusted by the FBI. That's quite an asset. A dangerous asset that should be handled carefully, but still an asset.

Philip putting Elizabeth in danger at the very time that he's trying to secretly manipulate things to keep her out of danger

What I love about this is that we know all along. It was heartbreaking.