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I swear to God I think the cologne subplot might end up with Henry mistaking the vial of super-Anthrax for cologne. Also, holy poo poo this is still the best show on TV every year (except for Rectify, natch).
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precision posted:I swear to God I think the cologne subplot might end up with Henry mistaking the vial of super-Anthrax for cologne. Henry will be a real lady killer 
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TomViolence posted:Because the show has to prove itself to be gritty and real by killing off important, developed characters! This is a dumb post. The show has repeatedly ratcheted up the tension over Martha's fate only to drop it, most notably with the gun she inexplicably purchases last season. To act like killing her would be completely out of left field basically ignores her arc entirely.
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Naylenas posted:Slate's Americans podcast is still happening, (and still great). I've only listened to the first episode so far, but the new moderator is uninvolved with the show and it's really apparent. It was nice last season when it was just production folk talking shop, not some writer at Slate whose main concern is getting the producers to reveal plot points.
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I certainly expected Martha to be dead at a certain point last season, but her being around continues to be very interesting. Also count me in the camp that loves Nina's  plot with the Jew Rocket Scientist.e: oh poo poo, just consider - if Nina gets tried and executed or sent to Siberia, could that be the catalyst for Oleg to go full "gently caress the USSR"? e2: gently caress, now I really need there to be an Americans spinoff that's Stan and Oleg being buddy cops precision fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Mar 26, 2016 |
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precision posted:e: oh poo poo, just consider - if Nina gets tried and executed or sent to Siberia, could that be the catalyst for Oleg to go full "gently caress the USSR"? And right after his brother? That's some unbelievable disillusionment and disaffection right there.
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howe_sam posted:I hope Henry goes through the entire show completely unaware about what's going on around him, just having a typical 80's adolescence while all this terrible poo poo is happening just outside his field of view. Do we have an idea of the year they are in the show and ages of the kids? I just had the startling realization that I could be Henry.
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tomapot posted:Do we have an idea of the year they are in the show and ages of the kids? I just had the startling realization that I could be Henry. They're in 1983 at the moment. Henry would be in grade nine or ten, I'd say.
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Accretionist posted:And right after his brother? That's some unbelievable disillusionment and disaffection right there. I am so ready for Double Agent Oleg. As long as we get a scene of him going to a disco and grooving with the cool American cats!
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Wasn't disco dead by that point though? Maybe we'll some flashbacks to younger Philip and Elisabeth SNF-ing it to Bee Gees or something in even more ridiculous wigs.
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tomapot posted:Do we have an idea of the year they are in the show and ages of the kids? I just had the startling realization that I could be Henry. Paige is 15 or 16 and Henry's 12 or so.
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howe_sam posted:Paige is 15 or 16 and Henry's 12 or so. Wasn't Henry talking about one of his high school teachers?
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mobby_6kl posted:Wasn't disco dead by that point though? Well not literal disco but the rave scene was starting in the early 80s in Manchester and New York. e: Oleg would probably love Ecstasy
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Baronash posted:Wasn't Henry talking about one of his high school teachers? I thought Henry just said his science (math?) teacher, which wouldn't rule out middle school.
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TheCenturion posted:They're in 1983 at the moment. Henry would be in grade nine or ten, I'd say. Born in 1970, so I'd be age 12-13 / 7th - 8th grade in the show timeline. Gah.
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Baronash posted:I've only listened to the first episode so far, but the new moderator is uninvolved with the show and it's really apparent. It was nice last season when it was just production folk talking shop, not some writer at Slate whose main concern is getting the producers to reveal plot points. The latest one has an actual KGB illegal talk about his life in the US and it's very interesting. His method of quitting the KGB in the early 90's and being 100% sure he would not be sent back was brilliant, he told them he had AIDS and his handlers cut him loose immediately
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precision posted:I am so ready for Double Agent Oleg. As long as we get a scene of him going to a disco and grooving with the cool American cats! If this show could go through all the way through the decline of the Soviet Union and the rise of Oligarchs in Russia then Oleg would be an amazing story. He has the connections and the knowledge to make crazy amounts of money.
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Hopefully, in some way shape or form, we get see Elizabeth deal with the fall of the Soviet Union.
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howe_sam posted:Hopefully, in some way shape or form, we get see Elizabeth deal with the fall of the Soviet Union. Well, they're going kinda-sorta real time, so they'll have to last a while, or have a series finale epilogue. It would be pretty awesome.
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precision posted:I am so ready for Double Agent Oleg. As long as we get a scene of him going to a disco and grooving with the cool American cats! The only places still playing disco in 1983 were gay clubs. Which would be a very interesting place for Double Agent Oleg to start hanging around.
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Phillip and Elizabeth trying to rationalize their actions to Pastor Tim was pretty loving funny.
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howe_sam posted:Phillip and Elizabeth trying to rationalize their actions to Pastor Tim was pretty loving funny. "We are peacekeepers" (Pastor Tim takes a shot at the Soviet handling of Jews) Elizabeth:  e- I hate most TV commercials today, but I love the gently caress out of this Cookie Monster Apple ad.
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Elizabeth is a Mary Kay Commando
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CBJSprague24 posted:e- I hate most TV commercials today, but I love the gently caress out of this Cookie Monster Apple ad. It's a shame CTW's fallen to the point they have to resort to poo poo like that. howe_sam posted:Elizabeth is a Mary Kay Commando Is Your Avon Lady A Bolshevik?
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Visit EPCOT Center! edit: Henry loves it Zero One fucked around with this message at 03:29 on Mar 31, 2016 |
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She's gonna know, Gabriel.
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Henry is so convinced of his awesome negotiating skills. e: Cabbage Patch kids! howe_sam fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Mar 31, 2016 |
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MAIL ROBOT  Edit: I like how they keep trying to avoid saying Disney or Disney World or mention that there is the Magic Kingdom too. Zero One fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Mar 31, 2016 |
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Don't screw Henry out of his trip to Epcot.  Well gently caress 
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Oh shiiiiiiiiiiii.... 
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In weird life convergences, I too was screwed out of a trip to Disney World by a family medical emergency., at almost the exact same time in history. I feel for poor Henry.
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The pathologist running like he was on fire when Philip explained what happened shouldn't have made me laugh but drat I really did 
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DarklyDreaming posted:The pathologist running like he was on fire when Philip explained what happened shouldn't have made me laugh but drat I really did It was definitely funny.
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Elizabeth's mission against those South Koreans probably is relevant to one of the major events in 1983 involving Korea, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 or the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoon_bombing. I hope nothing happens to the family and those cute kids.
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God damnit, this show is so loving good. DarklyDreaming posted:The pathologist running like he was on fire when Philip explained what happened shouldn't have made me laugh but drat I really did That was as perfect as Phillip's handling of it
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DarklyDreaming posted:The pathologist running like he was on fire when Philip explained what happened shouldn't have made me laugh but drat I really did One of my favorite things about this show is how they're willing to cast people like Dylan Baker as Soviet spies.
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DarklyDreaming posted:The pathologist running like he was on fire when Philip explained what happened shouldn't have made me laugh but drat I really did rear end in a top hat!
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Zero One posted:MAIL ROBOT It's about time for an appearance by the real star of the show.
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Accretionist posted:That was as perfect as Phillip's handling of it The only thing that would've made it better is if Philip had hocked up a proper loogie. Of course, neither of them would've been contagious by that point if they'd been directly exposed, but it made for a funnier scene. 
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