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Episode discussion post: "The Deal"
Aired:
26 March 2014 in the U.S. and Canada
30 March 2014 in Israel
12 April 2014 in the UK
This is a discussion post for episode 205 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 you should also 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 five.)
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26 March 2014 in the U.S. and Canada
30 March 2014 in Israel
12 April 2014 in the UK
This is a discussion post for episode 205 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 you should also 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 five.)
Original promo trailers
Episode recaps
From Grantland
From The New York Times
From Time
From Vulture
From The Washington Post
From Rolling Stone
From The AV Club
From Hitfix
From the Huffington Post
From Collider
From Sound on Sight
From IGN
From Television Without Pity
From TV Ate My Wardrobe
From Geekbinge
From showratings.tv
From screenrant.com
From GAMbIT Magazine
From Crave Online
From spoilertv.com
From tv.com
From Unreality Primetime
From Newsmanone
Re: Post-second-viewing: Jae
Also, LOL @ swordfights with icicles! I'd forgotten about that line.
• Speaking of which, like others above, I also loved the conclusion of the Brad Mullins storyline, though I also appreciated that it took a backseat this episode after being centre stage last time. It was really interesting to me that Brad had deduced that he would never see Elizabeth's character for that mission (did she ever get a name?) again now that she had the files she needed on the other guy. I suspect the fact that she stopped him clued him in, and then she talked about her recovery being an ongoing process, and her age, at which point he saw the writing on the wall. Young and inexperienced, that one, but not dumb.
Yep. I think Brad realized that once, from his perspective, the girl he was interested in had the stuff she needed to get something on her attacker, she wasn't going to stick around to be in a relationship.
And he has plenty of reason to believe it: her skittishness at physical intimacy, her insistence that she still needs "time" (for him, as far as he knows, it's a recent thing and not something that happened in the 1960s), etc.
A small comfort will be that at least he's unlikely to get in trouble, since P & E likely have no intention of making those papers public.
Re: Post-second-viewing: Jae
My first thought after "man, poor Stan," is "so much for Sandra and Elizabeth ever being real friends!"
-J
Re: Post-second-viewing: Jae
est, Werner Erhard, etc.
-J
Re: est, Werner Erhard, etc.
That said, I love Sandra. It makes perfect sense that she's moving in some direction to try to know herself and get control of her life as she sees it, and if it's the New Age way, that's what's most convenient for her. I think Stan's going to be facing the unknown with her soon.
Plus I love the parallels between Paige/Christianity and Sandra/the things she's doing now. They're both looking for some way to feel like they know who they are and have control in their lives. Just as Philip and Elizabeth are in their own ways by connecting with feelings they've intentionally repressed.