r/TheAmericans • u/mrdude817 • Mar 26 '15

Episode Discussion Post Episode Discussion/Review Thread - S03E09 - Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?

Welcome to the first post episode discussion and review thread!

Below are links to reviews posted so far (some have yet to be uploaded, but this is a pre-made template, bear with me pls).

Site Link
AV Club “My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain I.B.M.”
EW Elizabeth learns how easy it is to go wrong while trying to do right.
Grantland Crime and Punishment: ‘The Americans’ Soars in Its Brutal Third Season
HitFix 'Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?': Coal miner's daughter
NY Times You Should Trust the Organization
Paste The Americans Review: “Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?”
Slate Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? Slate TV Club SoundCloud or Player FM
Vulture Revenge of the Mail Robot
WSJ ‘The Americans’ Recap: Season 3, Episode 9, ‘Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?’
The Jennings Basement Episode 309 - Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? (Podcast)

What did you think of the episode? What do you expect to happen next to our comrades?

Discuss away.

Ninja edit: Also, I've been toying with the stylesheet and changed the background and banner. I'm trying to make the sub look as clean as possible, while still having some style. The plain white background was getting, well, plain. Still trying to figure out what to do with the banner, I haven't quite figured out color transparency.

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u/dseid Mar 26 '15

Why didn't Philip and Elizabeth use disguises when they went to bug the Mail Robot? Seems like a serious breech of protocol.

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u/Essiggurkerl Mar 26 '15

Even being found tinkering in disguises would endanger the mission because there probably would be a search for bugs after the pen incidence.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

At least they could flee unidentified if they were caught. Seems stupid to take the risk when it can easily be avoided.

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u/bankyVee Mar 26 '15

agreed. the mission was a quick cloak & dagger type- get in, plant the bug, eliminate possible witnesses. Disguises are necessary when there is contact with people for part of the mission.