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: Who was Kelly

[lovingboth]

Who better to watch them than someone who is 'just a child' and who is not going to arouse suspicion by being anywhere that Paige is?

Re: Who was Kelly

[sistermagpie]

I think a better person to watch them is an adult who's watching them from a distance that Paige isn't going to notice, which is what Philip described.

Re: Who was Kelly

[katiac]

This is kind of the direction I'm leaning too. Plus if everyone is a KGB spy it kind of reduces the mystery of it for me. Part of the interesting contrast for me is watching the people with twisted messed up lives because of the secrets they're keeping or people are keeping from them try to interact with people who are ordinary and hiding nothing, yet also have twisted, messed up lives in different and similar ways. If too many people are secretly KGB it kind of spoils that contrast.

Except for Sandra. I can just tell she's trouble.