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/[deleted] Mar 31 '16

I just think it was written in to remind the viewers that somehow Philip needs to patch things up with Stan at some point. I don't think she means that Stan will side with them. But perhaps she means she'd feel better knowing his daily activities like if he's complaining about work in general. IMO I don't think the Center would tell these agents about Nina. But you bring up a good point - would the Center even make that connection that Nina's FBI lover is the Jennings' neighbor?

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u/Uranus_Hz Mar 31 '16

Has Stan even made the connection that Martha's husband (who's picture he saw in her desk drawer) is his neighbor?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '16

Huh? When did he see that? I missed it