Episode discussion post: "Echo"
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21 May 2014 in the U.S. and Canada
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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.)
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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
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: Tobolsk
Date: 2014-05-23 01:37 am (UTC)Police in Russia suck. They are notoriously corrupt. The gangs probably had police who bought protection from them or something.
My question is: what kind of gangs? Do you think the show will address the Vory v zakone? I mean, there's no way that's who the gang was, but the overlap between Siberian prisons, gangs, and the Vory are fascinating.
Anyone who's interested should check out the documentary The Mark of Cain, which focuses on Russian prison tattoos. The movie Eastern Promises is also really good - graphic, but good.
Re: Tobolsk
Date: 2014-05-23 01:49 am (UTC)What's the weather/sun situation there?
Re: Tobolsk
Date: 2014-05-23 11:21 am (UTC)I would say average sun? I'm not sure what you mean by sun situation, but it isn't in the arctic circle, doesn't have a midnight sun, and kids didn't have to stand around a UV light bulb to get necessary vitamin D, like they did in some regions.
Re: Tobolsk
Date: 2014-05-23 02:15 am (UTC)Re: Tobolsk
Date: 2014-05-23 11:17 am (UTC)Philip doesn't have any tattoos, either, and every Vory has them in order to identify them. Plus, he works for the KGB, which a Vory wouldn't be inclined to do.
They might be wanna be Vory, though.
Re: Tobolsk
Date: 2014-06-01 12:37 am (UTC)