Episode discussion post: "The Walk In"

[jae]

Aired:
12 March 2014 in the U.S. and Canada
16 March 2014 in Israel
29 March 2014 in the UK

This is a discussion post for episode 203 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 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 two, episode three.)

Original promo trailers

"Next On: The Walk In" (Watch on YouTube)

"The Americans: Exclusive Scene from Episode 3" (Watch on YouTube)

Episode recaps

From the Washington Post
From Vulture
From Hitfix
From the AV Club
From the Huffington Post
From IGN
From Collider
From Television Without Pity
From Sound on Sight
From tv.com
From TV Ate My Wardrobe
From the Houston Chronicle
From spoilertv.com
From showratings.tv
From The Cloture Club

More to come once they're available!

Comments

Re: Alison First Thoughts

[quantumreality]

As for who would take the kids? It seems the KGB goes with the path of least resistance - letting the American foster care system do its work before trying to step in on their own, so they may reluctantly accept that Stan could get to be in charge of them. Of course, Nina would continue to be the Rezidentura's back channel source on the kids in that event.

Re: Alison First Thoughts

[katiac]

Like, although Elizabeth took Philip's answer as a snarky joke, I think there was some sincerity there too, simply because they don't have a lot of choices and at least in Sandra and Stan, they know the kids would be decently cared for. They don't have ideal options.