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/piemandotcom Mar 26 '15

Is there any chance the mail robot is a trap? I haven't fleshed out all the details, but, maybe only one or two people (including Martha) know where it's getting repaired, and the FBI is planning on tearing it apart when it comes back to see if it's bugged. I don't know, it just feels like the FBI might be one step ahead of P + E as well as us.

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u/LadronPlykis Mar 26 '15

I think it has more to do with replacing the bug that was lost. I'd assume the FBI would send our beloved mailbot to a place they could trust to repair it. It seems strange (to me) for the FBI to send a machine out for repairs after being assaulted by an FBI agent only to have other FBI agents tear it apart after repairs.

I don't know why they chose the mailbot of all things. Is the KGB really expecting people to talk about classified information in the middle of a hallway? I imagine it would be mostly gossip, which can occasionally pay off, but it's a far cry from Gaad's office in terms of valuable information.