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Episode discussion post: "EST Men"
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28 January 2015 in the U.S. and Canada
This is a discussion post for episode 301 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 three, episode one.)
Original promo trailer
Episode recaps (including some early-season generalities)
From Grantland
From Vox 1 and 2
From Vulture
From Hitfix
From the Washington Post
From TIME
From the New York Times
From Slate
From Hollywood Reporter
From Slant
From Salon
From the Washington Post
From the New Republic
From Yahoo 1 and 2
From the AV Club
From the Atlantic
From the Boston Globe
From Entertainment Weekly
From TV Guide
From Spoiler TV
From theworkprint.com
From IndieWire 1 and 2
From Slant
From Variety
From thedailynews.com
From Geeks of Doom
From Starpulse
From TV Equals
From Screenrant
From We Got This Covered
28 January 2015 in the U.S. and Canada
This is a discussion post for episode 301 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 three, episode one.)
Original promo trailer
Episode recaps (including some early-season generalities)
From Grantland
From Vox 1 and 2
From Vulture
From Hitfix
From the Washington Post
From TIME
From the New York Times
From Slate
From Hollywood Reporter
From Slant
From Salon
From the Washington Post
From the New Republic
From Yahoo 1 and 2
From the AV Club
From the Atlantic
From the Boston Globe
From Entertainment Weekly
From TV Guide
From Spoiler TV
From theworkprint.com
From IndieWire 1 and 2
From Slant
From Variety
From thedailynews.com
From Geeks of Doom
From Starpulse
From TV Equals
From Screenrant
From We Got This Covered
Re: While watching thoughts
Gabriel was their longtime handler before Claudia. The ice cream is a very 80s touch--it lasted for five minutes. It was pushed as Swedish, but in fact was made in NY State or something. The name was gibberish. A character eating it major time stamping!
I think the audience always had questions raised about this, though. We were never told for sure if Nina was telling the KGB everything about Stan and several times people would ask if this was an official meeting or not. So at least it's not like we were given to believe Nina was on the up and up and now it's retconned.
I think they would be. They assume anybody *could* be the person, but they'd start off being polite either way.
He's been using that contraption all along that we've seen with A. I could believe they figured it would work just as well. He had some sort of device, after all. He didn't just have a glass to the wall. :-)
Re: While watching thoughts
If they thought Elizabeth was the one they were after, they'd have had their guns out, not an ID card.
Re: While watching thoughts
He definitely got himself more security clearance using his connections at one point, and that gave him access to Nina's files. I can't remember if that was his specific stated reason for it--it might have been.
Re: While watching thoughts
So it was left nicely open.