Episode discussion post: "Cardinal"

[jae]

Aired:
5 March 2014 in the U.S. and Canada
9 March 2014 in Israel
22 March 2014 in the UK

This is a discussion post for episode 202 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 if you're reading this later and have already seen subsequent episodes, but please take care to keep comments spoiler-free of anything that comes after season two, episode two.)

Original promo trailers

"Next On: Cardinal" (Watch on YouTube)

"The Americans: Exclusive Scene from Episode 2" (Watch on YouTube)

Episode recaps

From Vulture
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From The AV Club
From The Huffington Post
From IGN
From Think Progress
From SpoilerTV
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From Television Without Pity
From TV Ate My Wardrobe
From Filmthrasher
From showratings.tv
From Newsmanone
From Screenrant
From the LA Times
From Geekbinge
From tvrage.com
From Unreality TV (UK)

Comments

[apolla_savre]

I agree - they won't kill Jared. They killed Rob's wife, but they took the baby back to Ukraine. It would have been much easier to kill the baby than take it on an 8 hour (approx) plane ride. Jared has a life, they don't need to do anything for him. Maybe they'll bribe people or threaten them to make sure he gets good scholarships/money for school? But I don't think they'll kill him.

[lovingboth]

It'd annoy the other illegals way too much to kill him, and they may not be supportive of whisking him off to the Motherland either: too much of a culture shock, and too many questions would be asked.

If it were me in charge, someone supporter would be told to turn up as a long lost relative - complete with paperwork - and adopt him.