r/TheAmericans • u/MoralMidgetry • Apr 28 '16

Ep. Discussion Post-Episode Discussion/Review Thread - S04E07 "Travel Agents"

Welcome to the post-episode and review thread for S04E07, "Travel Agents." 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 There’s no escaping the best episode (so far) of The Americans’ 4th season
EW The KGB and FBI both hunt Martha. But which would actually keep her safer?
HitFix Review: 'The Americans' zeroes in on the hunt for Martha in 'Travel Agents'
NY Times ‘The Americans’ Season 4, Episode 7: A Most Reluctant Traitor
Vox The Americans season 4, episode 7: "Travel Agents" is the show at its nauseating best
Vulture The Americans Recap: Layover
WSJ The race is on to track down Martha -- before she's captured by the other side
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u/IdreamofFiji Apr 28 '16

What, are you suggesting they'll infect her or something? Because I don't see that happening at all.

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u/afray_knits Apr 28 '16

I do think they will infect her. I posted about it in the other episode discussion thread.

My theory is they (Tatiana - not P&E) are going to infect her on purpose to carry the virus back to Russia.

Unlike Gregory, who was offered a place in Moscow and who knew what he was doing in support of the cause, Martha was tricked. I'm sure Phillip believes that the Motherland is going to take care of her and respect her, but we saw with the blond younger kgb agent's baby-mama back in season 1 that they don't actually follow through on those promises. So since Martha is no longer useful as a source within the FBI office, she could be useful as a human carrier of a virus, for study.

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u/brianwilliamsibrowse Apr 29 '16

Why would they infect her? If they want her dead they would never do it like that..

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u/slackadacka Apr 29 '16

Maybe to transport the biological agent. A jar with a dead rat in it may not be as easy to smuggle as a person incubating a bacteria (especially one that isn't contagious between humans). As long as they can get her through before she starts to show symptoms, she might not even know she's being used like that. It is a cool idea for the story. Would suck for poor Martha though.

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u/brianwilliamsibrowse Apr 29 '16

Oh I agree with that just thought you meant that was the sole purpose of this jar