The Americans S2: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, TUSK!

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Woden: May 6, 2006

I really liked the warehouse scene, the writers trusted the audience to get what was happening without it being explicitly stated. No menacing with the crowbar, no "if you tell anyone" type speech or the like.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2014 15:51

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# ¿ Oct 14, 2024 13:11

Woden: May 6, 2006

wukkar posted:

What the hell my DVR cut off I guess several minutes? Someone recap everything after the handjob (A sentence that sounds weird). Dudes attacked Elizabeth and Phillip?

Phils second wife is about to out him to some degree, she needs to sign a form and wants to put his name down as her husband.

Liz and Phil went to capture some dude but it was a trap by a new man/woman duo. The woman drove off in their car with the dude they wanted to capture ending with Liz and Phil standing over the man from that duo with no transport.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2014 17:49

Woden: May 6, 2006

CBJSprague24 posted:

Is the "fake sub plans" story real? Because holy poo poo if it is. It's a twisted mix of and "Oh man, that sucks..."

E- Reagan's a monster because his people made fake sub plans your government wanted to steal to bolster their own Navy? Is that what Elizabeth was getting at? Because shut the gently caress up if it is.

Not sure about the sub but the US did set them up with fake plans which IIRC came to a head when the software they used to control some gas pipelines blew them up.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2014 10:00

Woden: May 6, 2006

Oleg seems to have some master plan in place that even Arkady is unaware of. Why else would he sell Nina out like he did a few episodes ago by telling Beeman they already know about her giving him intel?

Well I guess it could have been a power play to sleep with her, but he doesn't come off as that creepy.

# ¿ May 16, 2014 21:15

Woden: May 6, 2006

pseudorandom name posted:

He didn't sell her out, that was step one in turning Beeman.

Ok, but he did do it without Arkady knowing right? Same with telling Nina it was do or die and then later giving her cash.

# ¿ May 16, 2014 23:43

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# ¿ Oct 14, 2024 13:11

Woden: May 6, 2006

pentyne posted:

The strongest characterization I remember from season 1 is that Liz is a 100% true believer no matter what, and I'm glad they're driving that point home again.

This season really seemed to emphasize their marriage as a real thing and their emotional connection becoming stronger, down to Liz getting weirdly jealous and asking Phillip to bang her the same way he banged his fake wife and then breaking down in tears. So far, the whole Kate/2nd gen kid seems like a really bad play, and if season 3 is now The Center ordering its illegals to indoctrinate their kids, we're gonna see some serious poo poo go down.

I can really see season 3 mirror it in a way with Liz/Paige forming a bond over making the world a better place through crushing capitalism, but the reasoning for the 2nd gen stuff seems dubious.

I mean if they're scared about people like Phil and Liz having back stories too lovely to get a job at the CIA WTF do they think will happen when Paige applies? Of course they're going to go through the whole family looking for dirt to dredge up, only real difference I see is she wont have to make up her childhood I guess.

precision posted:

Probably. Pretty surprising if so, I had expected her to have a long arc through the series.

That scene where she got her badge from Russian Scouts or whatever it was was pretty foreboding, talking about simpler times and all that.

# ¿ May 22, 2014 13:50

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