Episode discussion post: "Echo"
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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
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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
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From Unreality Primetime (UK)
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)
Re: Post-second-viewing: Jae
Date: 2014-05-22 09:33 pm (UTC)Oddly enough, I prefer my twist, especially the variant explaining the backpack, and the ending where Stan shoots Larrick thinking he's a burglar in his friends' home too :)
What they've given us is effectively psychopathic Jarred, capable of murdering his sister because she was in the way of getting what he wanted, and being more than ok with that..
.. and I wonder if this is why they try so unconvincingly to make Larrick look a little bit nicer, because two psychopathic killers is perhaps one too many.
Philip sees this with horror in Jarred because of his own behaviour this season. Would it be easier not to feel guilty about it all? This is why I am fine with the treatment of Fred's death: it's deliberately distanced from Philip and Elizabeth.
And they don't know what a purse is :)
Psychopathic Jared?
Date: 2014-05-22 09:46 pm (UTC)And they don't know what a purse is
Now, now. Different dialects sometimes have different meanings for words, and that's perfectly normal, all right? :)
-J
Re: Psychopathic Jared?
Date: 2014-05-23 12:45 am (UTC)