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Jae ([personal profile] jae) wrote in [community profile] theamericans2014-03-26 07:45 pm
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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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Spotting the tail

[personal profile] treonb 2014-03-27 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
And I am wondering... did he really "spot" the tail?

He obviously knew Stan was behind him. And so lucky for him it was Stan, otherwise he'd probably be in jail right now.

It's hard for me to accept that he spotted that tail. Maybe he didn't know he was being tailed, just assumed he would be?
soupytwist: stephen fry peering round a wall (Default)

Re: Spotting the tail

[personal profile] soupytwist 2014-03-27 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
He is SO LUCKY! At some point his ability to bullshit is going to hit a brick wall!

And yeah, "assuming he was being tailed" would be my read as well, if it wasn't some sort of set-up. Because they had FOUR CARS! Four! Even two is supposed to be almost impossible to see unless you're really, really good!
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Re: Spotting the tail

[personal profile] lovingboth 2014-03-27 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
As soon as I saw the car Oleg was driving, I wondered if he was being deliberately easy to tail.
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Re: Spotting the tail

[personal profile] quantumreality 2014-03-28 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. What WAS that thing, anyway? A high-end Zhiguli?
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Re: Spotting the tail

[personal profile] lovingboth 2014-03-28 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
I am not a car expert, but it looked incredibly like a Citroën DS to me. Much more common in Europe than in the US and out of production for several years by this point in the timeline.
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Re: Spotting the tail

[personal profile] lovingboth 2014-03-28 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, when it leaves the embassy, see where the rear indicator light is, for example.

The WP page on them.