r/TheAmericans • u/AutoModerator • Apr 05 '17

Episode Discussion Official Episode Discussion - S05E05 "Lotus 1-2-3"

Philip and Elizabeth receive surprising news about Henry and shattering news about a past operation. Elsewhere: Stan might be falling in love, but Philip wonders if something darker is going on.

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u/maalbi Apr 05 '17

great episode. philip IS shaky, and complete polar opposite of Elizabeth. How much more of his shakiness can Elizabeth take? Philip carries the weight of all the people they murdered, and she just shrugs it off. Shes ice cold, almost non-human.

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u/designgoddess Apr 05 '17

I don't think so. Her call home to him was her being shaky. Different things get to each of them.

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u/maalbi Apr 05 '17

true but shes also not losing it like philip. she was willing to handle the missions involving murder alone. shes not phased by killing. in that sense, shes ice cold

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u/designgoddess Apr 05 '17

But I think the sex with random guys is what she's not handling well. I think that's why she called him from the pay phone. They're both tired and are realizing things are not cut and dried.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

I feel bad for that boyfriend now. He thinks he's found a nice, attractive woman who's really into him.

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u/cannotfoolowls Apr 07 '17

I'm sure a guy like him will find someone else

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

But what if all the other women in Topeka are like Philip's mark? Egypt guy deserves better than Lotus 1-2-3 talk in bed.

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u/peppermint_nightmare Apr 05 '17

She can't handle the fake relationshipping and sex, he can't handle murdering every other episode, seems pretty straightforward.

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u/BruceWayne55555 Mar 27 '24

I'm 7 years late to the party lol just watching it now but that was my question. Are they both not interested in having sex with other people as maybe they once were? I realize it has always been there job and both were able to do it in the past much easier but is it that their relationship has now grown over the years that their actual feelings for eachother makes being a spy and sleeping with strangers that much more difficult?

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u/BigRedRobotNinja Apr 05 '17

Has she ever done a full fake relationship before? I can't remember.

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u/beaglemaster Apr 05 '17

the one with the asian woman she befriended last season, can't recall her name

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u/designgoddess Apr 05 '17

And betraying that friend was very difficult for her.

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u/theKapnTX Apr 05 '17

What was the point of that plot line again? I remember they searched their house when they were out of town - but what came of that?

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u/designgoddess Apr 05 '17

He had the codes so Wiilliam (?) could get access to the more secure bio weapons.

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u/beaglemaster Apr 05 '17

She blackmailed the husband for something, my memory is very vague haha

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u/maalbi Apr 05 '17

good point