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: 'Aunt Helen knew who was coming'

[katiac]

Or did she? If she's their cover aunt, enough that she has a picture of Elizabeth up, I would think they would keep her generally apprised of what's going on with the family, what the kids look like, etc.

(Or watch me be TOTALLY wrong.)

Re: 'Aunt Helen knew who was coming'

[lovingboth]

There's a difference between keeping a picture up and wandering around the house plotting the overthrow of capitalism or whatever she was doing, then suddenly being confronted by someone and instantly switching into 'Aunt Helen' mode.

If she can do that, she's a very, very good actress.

Re: 'Aunt Helen knew who was coming'

[sistermagpie]

A good enough actress to be a KGB spy!

Re: 'Aunt Helen knew who was coming'

[lovingboth]

:)