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: Who was watching Paige
Date: 2014-03-18 12:02 pm (UTC)Though now that I think about it, it was supposed to be limited to just the time the were away. *ponder some more*
I trust the KGB are able to tail a bus, but I'd also expect the show to be fair and show it to us. Paige was off the bus and the tail would never have seen it, unless they knew which stop she planned to get off at.
I actually wish Paige would discuss this whole suspicion thing more with Henry. Maybe she's not doing it because he'll just dismiss it, or she doesn't trust him not to talk about it, but he could be her spy too.
Re: Who was watching Paige
Date: 2014-03-18 04:15 pm (UTC)While I get how she's not seeing Kelli as a tail so therefore technically not seeing "it" this still seems to completely undermine the point. Paige has been essentially assigned a bodyguard, so imo, there's little good in putting a girl right next to her to chat her up and get her attention--not so much watch her as infiltrate her life as if she's a source. If Kelli actually saw a threat to Paige and had to take the threat out she'd risk revealing herself as not a regular girl. Plus she's actually now just an inspiration for Paige to sneak out of the house and meet her rather than staying at home.
I think Kelli's got her own agenda and it's basically what we saw on the bus: she wants to make friends, she likes talking to kids who need to know other kids who "understand." She wants Paige to call her and want to hang out.
I trust the KGB are able to tail a bus, but I'd also expect the show to be fair and show it to us.
I think they were just fair enough in telling us about it in case we wondered about the kids just being left on their own. I know they had somebody set up as a cover for the Aunt Helen story just case of emergencies like this one. That covers all the bases for me.