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: comments subjects and spoilers

[jae]

Wait, what? As long as it's not a spoiler for a future episode, anything is fair game, right? (It's all under this episode's cut tag.)

-J

Re: comments subjects and spoilers

[treonb]

You're right - it should be fair game, technically.

BUT.. It's still a problem, and that's because I use notifications by mail, and the comment header is the subject of the email. For me this is way worse than spoilers anywhere else. I can ignore the contents of the emails, but the subject line jumps at me.

That's why this only occurred to me only once I started getting comments for an episode I haven't yet watched.

This might require further discussion..

Re: comments subjects and spoilers

[jae]

Oh, I see. But can't you just wait to activate notifications until after you've seen the episode?

-J

Re: comments subjects and spoilers

[treonb]

Hmmm.. good point. I would usually have to set up notifications for emails per post, so this might actually only be my personal problem as admin.

If it's just my problem - I don't mind fixing it on my side with filters and such. But I want to ensure it's not a problem for other people too.

Re: comments subjects and spoilers

[jae]

I really think you and I are probably the only ones nutty enough to have email notifications for every post. :)

-J

Re: comments subjects and spoilers

[treonb]

For every post, definitely :-)

The question is if people sign up for notifications before they watch the episode. It's easier for me to follow comments by email, so I might actually have signed up even if I wasn't signed up by default.

Re: comments subjects and spoilers

[treonb]

In any case, I fixed it by me now with filters.

So if this is not an issue for others, I drop my request.

Re: comments subjects and spoilers

[jae]

I really do think everyone else is staying away from this post entirely until they've seen it, so it's not a thing. So thanks!

-J