Episode discussion post: "The Walk In"
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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!
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
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!
Re: sistermagpie's thoughts on first watch
Date: 2014-03-13 05:30 pm (UTC)Oh my god, that's exactly what he did! He didn't do it by playing her, exactly--that was definitely a Philip way of being angry and scared rather than an Elizabeth one--but the tactic was identical.
It sounds like Elizabeth is claiming, and has always claimed, that the Centre and their situation made it necessary that they not make friends and that she thinks Philip understands that, while Philip has always wanted American friends and gave that up because she insisted on it.
Yeah, this is my read too. She even tried to talk him out of getting close to Stan and it was only because he was able to make it about the work (and he could point to real intel Stan had given them as a result of that friendship) that it ended up being mostly all right. But Philip totally would have been happier having those kinds of relationships all along.
His "Are you sure?" didn't seem like concern over Elizabeth so much as concern that this was going to bite him on the ass or maybe just him hiding his own reluctance by reminding her of hers. Whatever's truly going on, he's obviously not happy about the prospect of what's going to happen. I seem to remember he sort of lets his eyes drop and sort of slides them to the side.
This was absolutely my read too. And I agree that that was obviously something Matthew Rhys thought about in playing it that way (and was probably directed to play that way). He's not all "yay, she's finally ready" at ALL. This is so clearly the first time they've had sex, and yeah, okay, he does want that to happen, but he doesn't want it to happen like THIS.
-J