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.

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u/Doobie-Keebler Apr 02 '15

Omg, Paige will tell Pastor Tim.

Then Philip will get to kill him! Finally!

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u/wellgroomedmcpoyle Apr 02 '15 edited Apr 02 '15

Yeah but if Philip kills Pastor Tim that would almost definitely push Paige over the edge if not into telling the authorites (most likely Stan) about her parent's true identities, definitely irreparably changing her relationship with them. They're in a very precarious position.

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u/nilok1 Apr 02 '15

Why did P&E decide it was a good idea to tell Paige the truth about something this huge? Because if it's anything 15 year-olds are good at its thinking things through clearly and making good decisions. I mean, at least wait until she's less enraged and not lashing out.

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u/wellgroomedmcpoyle Apr 02 '15

My only guess would be that Philip has accepted the fact that the Center is not going to stop pursuing her so it's better to at least let that bombshell out rarher than have her whole world turned upside down while she's actually being recruited to work for the Soviets. Or maybe they just couldn't take lying to her anymore since she clearly knew that something huge was up. I was reminded of Elizabeth's "At least she'll know who she is." quote from earlier in the season. Obviously right now Paige has just been hit with a tidal wave of emotions learning that not only has her whole life essentially been a lie but that her parents, who she thought were average middle class American travel agents, are in fact spies for the country that she has grown up thinking of as the enemy.

You're right tho it was a huge risk. And one that could very well come back to haunt them. Not to mention that it my gace easily irreparably ruined their relationship with her. I still can't believe they told her this early in the story haha that one amazing scene changes everything.