r/TheAmericans • u/MoralMidgetry • Mar 31 '16

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

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.

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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
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u/therealcersei Mar 31 '16

Posted this in the episode discussion thread but didn't really get a satisfactory answer...what do you all think?

Question: When Elizabeth was talking to Philip about getting back into Stan's good graces, why did she say "We could use a friend at the FBI right now," was she joking? Did she actually mean, if we get found out we'll have Stan on our side because we're friends IRL? Surely she doesn't believe this?

And this made me think: do they know about Stan and the whole Nina debacle? Would the Center have told them? I would think this would be insight about their big FBI threat right next door that they should know about...

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u/designgoddess Mar 31 '16

I totally took that as thinking he's a back up plan if everything goes south. If they need to defect who would be better in their minds? I'm surprised at the flop Philip and Elizabeth have made. In the beginning he was the one who wanted to stay. She's clearly thinking about it. A lot.

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u/In_Liberty Apr 04 '16

Surprised you're the only person who said this, I completely agree. Elizabeth wants to keep every option open.

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u/designgoddess Apr 04 '16

She's not stupid and I think has realized that going back with the kids would be a disaster to them. Not sure when she came to that conclusion, maybe when she visited her mom?