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Jae ([personal profile] jae) wrote in [community profile] theamericans2014-03-12 07:45 pm
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Episode discussion post: "The Walk In"

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.)

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More to come once they're available!

[personal profile] katiac 2014-03-13 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
OMFG DED. Elizabeth griping about the rush jobs on the fake IDs and squeeking it on the rubber window edge. It's so mundane! KGB deep cover agent grousing about minor stuff - kind of surreal. :P

Loved that moment! I think my favorite scenes with her and Philip are when things I jump at and think spy! are just another day grumbling about work, or when they're having these married couple moments that everyone has with their spouse and and just seem so boring or non-spy!-ish.

I find it kind of ironic that Paige and her parents are now lying to each other. "Lying will not be tolerated." Phillip you big ol' hypocrite you.

I know, right! And it was so great how they're both big fat liars in that scene and you get to contrast Paige who was really bad at it, and Philip who was lying through his teeth and so smooth I just shivered. The way they laid that one out was just brilliant.

There was a fanfic someone on this comm wrote (Katiac, I think?) that addressed the aftermath of Elizabeth's rape and her consequent obvious reluctance to have sex or have children as a result of said sex. Her "I'm ready" and Phillip's frown fit perfectly with the "rules" Elizabeth laid down in that fic - she's obviously deviating from some set pattern he's acquiesced to, as evidenced by the "Are you sure?" - even if he doesn't know what happened, he obviously knows she doesn't just jump into the bed to hump like bunnies.

That was me, thanks for mentioning it!
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[personal profile] quantumreality 2014-03-13 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It was a great fic. :) Baaaaack story I'm such a sucker for those kinds of fics in some fandoms.
Edited 2014-03-13 15:48 (UTC)

[personal profile] treonb 2014-03-17 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
or when they're having these married couple moments

Yes! I love it when they bicker like that :-)