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]

I don't know if Kelly is KGB or not - while watching the episode I thought she was, but now I'm on the fence.

*snerk* it seems like we're all so primed to be watching for every little detail in this show that at least four of us are guessing she's affiliated in some way with the KGB. :P

It will be so ironic if Kelli really is just another teenager who happened to cross paths with Paige and has nothing to do with anybody. :P

Re: Alison First Thoughts

[alisonx]

Yeah the more I think about it the more I don't think she's a KGB agent because idk it seems so impractical. But if this was like a low quality show or on a network she definitely would be hahha!

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.

Re: Alison First Thoughts

[treonb]

Impractical if she was 12/13.. but she doesn't look that young. In fact, even Paige is pushing it at this point, and the series is going way slower than RL (but that's a different issue)