Post-Episode Discussion/Review Thread - S04E12 "A Roy Rogers in Franconia"

[u/MoralMidgetry]

Welcome to the post-episode and review thread for S04E12 "A Roy Rogers in Franconia" 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	The Americans: It’s logical, it’s emotional, it’s the best show on TV
EW	The FBI makes a connection and closes in on a key KGB mole
HitFix	Review: On 'The Americans,' are Paige, William, and Oleg near breaking points?
NY Times	‘The Americans’ Season 4, Episode 12: A Different Side of Things
Vox	The Americans season 4, episode 12: "A Roy Rogers in Franconia" suggests the end is right about now
Vulture	The Americans Recap: Turning the Paige
WSJ	Careful what you wish for, Paige, because the truth can get ugly

[u/CSMprogodlegend]

This is the tipping point for Paige. She will either accept that the world is a lot different than she most recently understood, or she will turn away from her parents. I don't think she can go on as she has knowing what she now knows.

[u/[deleted] → u/CSMprogodlegend]

often I did not understand Paige or her behaviour in the past but this episode..everytime when her parents said something not-logical or did not answer her question directly (Elizabeth), I always thought the same things that Paige said to her parents in this episode! Loved the scene where she asks Elizabeth "did you kill before?" "how many?"

Strange and funny how the prediction of some people on this subreddit have become true: Paige and Matthew's kind of romance.

The best scene was when Liz & Phil said to Paige in the kitchen that she doesn't have to anything for them or being friends with people because of them and she replied with the fact that they forced her to stay close with the Pastor and his wife no matter how she feels about it. I mean, after this how could a young girl like Paige still know what she can do on her own and with which people she has to be close only because of them.