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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.)

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Re: Would Paige work for the KGB?

Date: 2014-05-23 03:24 am (UTC)
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Right. I really agree with all this about the context of their upbringings. I don't doubt there were second generation illegal kids but the main thing that I don't buy with Jared and definitely wouldn't buy with Paige is that there would be these ideological seeds of hatred towards America. Jared is a weird case because he is clearly manipulated by Kate and having his own psychological identity issues and so we can't really chalk that up to lack of patriotism. Paige however despite joinin a progressive activist church does not mean that after a certain period of time she could warm up to the idea of working to destroy her own country from the inside. I'm skeptical they would go this far plot wise I think this idea will open up a can of worms for p/e and maybe down the track there will be fallout when the kids find out .... But maybe my skepticism is misplaced and they will try to bring Paige in as an agent. Hmm it's just if you grow up in a Cold War and your parents do everything they can to act like normal americans to not cause suspicion, in my mind you would kinda grow up thinking of ussr as this big bad - this terrible enemy ready to destroy your freedom and livelihood in one fell swoop

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