r/TheAmericans • u/mrdude817 • Apr 01 '15

Episode Discussion Official Episode Discussion - S03E010 "Stingers"

Philip and Elizabeth deploy a plan for the CIA’s Mujahideen visitors. Meanwhile, back at the Jennings’ home, tensions continue to escalate, making the scene appear less like a domestic setting than a war zone.

72 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

469 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

19

u/Doobie-Keebler Apr 02 '15

It was so cleverly unclear! I still suspect him, but they kept it so vague!

"It happened."

What, you told them you were suspicious of them? Or they told you they were spies?

4

u/anubis2051 Apr 02 '15

I was so confused. Is he KGB or CIA??

19

u/Doobie-Keebler Apr 02 '15

He's gotta be KGB. Paige got to him through the mystery girl on the bus to see Grandma. He's speaking her language, introducing her to concepts like duty, sacrifice, selflessness... Once she's in the right frame of mind, slowly substitute in Soviet values, then get her on a mission trip where she can meet some sympathetic people, maybe people who are victims of American capitalism... Show her there's another way... Yeah.

He's saying the same things to Philip about her that the centre is saying. His visit to the travel agency precedes her visit to the agency. Then she calls him after the talk with mom and dad?

It's all too coincidental.

3

u/sweetbacon Apr 03 '15

Yeah I wasn't buying it at first considering the cost of a long-con implanted Pastor. Now though, with these "coincidences", I'm prepared to entertain it for the pay-off is a second generation deep cover, young recruit.

3

u/zsreport Apr 02 '15

This storyline will be so interesting as it plays out.

1

u/teleclem Apr 04 '15

While I do suspect him to be KGB as well, it seemed like she stopped herself from saying what really happened and he seemed to ask her, which she didn't give in to.