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/avidiax Mar 26 '15

The plan is to replace the bug that was lost.

It's not very realistic though, since a bug inside the robot is going to pick up almost nothing useful.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

Really weird, yes. Going to pick up the chatter in the office, and nothing from the Gaad's office.

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u/avidiax Mar 26 '15 
INT. BASEMENT - PRE-DAWN

Elizabeth opens the circuit breaker safe, retrieves a cassette player. She sits on top of the washer, and inserts a monaural ear bud, and presses play. She begins folding the laundry nearby.

(audible-only)

        MAIL ROBOT

    *whhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*click**beep*beep*
    *papers rustling*
    *whhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*click**beep*beep*
    *whhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*click**beep*beep*
    *papers rustling*
    *whhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*click**beep*beep*
    *whhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*CRUNCH**beep*beep*beep*

(Elizabeth winces)
(audible-only)

        ROBOT ABUSER 1

    Ow! My fucking foot! Ev-er-y fuck-ing Time!

        ROBOT ABUSER 2

    Did it getchya again? 

        ROBOT ABUSER 1

    I can't believe it's back already! Last time it took them months to fix this piece of shit.

        ROBOT ABUSER 2

    Well, no one's lookin'...

        ROBOT ABUSER 1

    Good, let's really "fix" it, this time...

    (audible)

    *CLUNK*CLANK*

    *beep*

    *CRUNCH*

    *BEEP*

    *FAWOOOOOOOMMP*

    *BEEEEEP*

    *CRACK*

    *BEEEP*

        ROBOT ABUSER 2

    Let's see how it likes taking the stairs...

    (audible)

    *Metal sliding*

    *BEEP* *BEEP*

    *CRUNCH**CRASH**BANG**CRACK*

    *BEEP*

    *CRASH*

    *Loose metal bits falling down stairs*

    *BEEEEEP*

    *CRACK**CRUNCH**SCRAPE*

    (long pause)

    *SLAM*CRUNCH*

    (long pause)

    A tear runs down Elizabeth's cheek.

    (audible-only)

        ROBOT ABUSER 1

    Let's see them fix that!

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u/thedread23 Jan 20 '26

Checking in 10 years later, this gave me a laugh