jae: (theamericansgecko)
Jae ([personal profile] jae) wrote in [community profile] theamericans2014-05-21 05:14 pm
Entry tags:

Episode discussion post: "Echo"

Aired:
21 May 2014 in the U.S. and Canada
25 May 2014 in Israel
7 June 2014 in the UK

This is a discussion post for episode 213 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 thirteen.)

Original promo trailer



Episode recaps

From Grantland
From Time
From the Washington Post
From Rolling Stone
From the AV Club
From Hitfix
From IGN
From the Huffington Post: Karen Fratti, Maureen Ryan
From Vulture
From Variety
From the Tampa Bay Times
From Sound on Sight
From Collider
From Paste Magazine
From Gawker
From the Cloture Club
From tv.com
From tvrage.com
From Headline Planet
From spoilertv.com (in French)
From TV Ate My Wardrobe
From GAMbIT Magazine
From showratings.tv
From Comments Enabled
From Boob Tube Dude
From Unreality Primetime (UK)
alisonx: (Default)

Re: Paige and Elizabeth

[personal profile] alisonx 2014-05-22 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Plus Philip's really horrified face and the way Matthew Rhys internalises "we swore. we swore...it would destroy her"

Also sistermagpie I love this!
Also it's totally in character for her to forbid something (We swore!) and then change her mind when it's more in line with her thinking.
I like the idea that this is her way of connecting with Paige and becoming closer to her. In the pilot she was saying they could be socialists, they needn't be like all the other American children, but in that conversation they both vehemently oppose a) telling their children b) involving their children in this in any way. Look at how torn Philip was at using Henry at a brush pass - the idea that they could lose their lives is not something a parent wants, even if it is for their cause. Although Elizabeth does really value Paige's "passion" ehhhh idk