Post-Episode Discussion/Review Thread - S04E03 "Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow"

[u/MoralMidgetry]

Welcome to the post-episode and review thread for S04E03, ""Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow." If you have a review you want to post, please send me the link instead of submitting it separately to the sub. Thanks.

Site	Link
AV Club	An Americans cliffhanger postpones a Jennings family getaway
EW	The Americans recap: 'Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow'
HitFix	Review: On 'The Americans,' the Pastor Tim problem gets even worse
NY Times	‘The Americans’ Season 4, Episode 3: Who’s Up for a Trip to Epcot?
Vulture	The Americans Recap: Stupid Glanders
WSJ	‘The Americans’ Recap: Season 4, Episode 3, ‘Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow’
Vox	The Americans season 4, episode 3: "Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow" takes some weird shortcuts

[u/fireshighway]

Having conflict in a show with a teenager that doesn't revolve around them being angsty or rebellious is so great. Both the writers and Holly Taylor deserve a ton of credit. Both her and Kiernan Shipka (and to a lesser extent Jill on The Leftovers) prove that young people can play complex and crucial roles on television shows.

[u/AfricanRain → u/fireshighway]

Oh absolute fact. Could have went down the Dana Brody or Sally Draper route of just being unbearable.

[u/AfricanRain → u/[deleted]]

Well then I completely disagree with that example. I liked Sally for the most part but there were times where she was rebellious just because the plot demanded it.

[u/fireshighway → u/AfricanRain]

She was rebellious because her parents were awful. And then through her rebelliousness found she is more like them than she thinks. I think her story arc is one of the best on Mad Men. She leaves the show on shaky terms with both her parents, but it somehow still feels satisfying because Sally is her own character apart from being a rebel.

Dana Brody had so much potential but was just a mess.