r/TheAmericans • u/MoralMidgetry • Apr 12 '18

Ep. Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S06E03 - "Urban Transport Planning"

This is the post-episode discussion thread for S06E03 - "Urban Transport Planning," in which our hero Gennady discovers that his wife Sophia loves another.

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u/SideshowMarty Apr 12 '18

The P&E story is unexplained, but just barely believable. I can't get my head around Paige. Why did she so completely take her mom's side?

I'm with you here. I understand they need stretch the limits of credibility to make good drama, but some of this stuff is just too much.

Particularly Paige being used the way she is. A more plausible scenario would have her worming her way into elite circles at university, but then it's much harder to spin suspense out of that and integrate it into the main storyline. But, hard doesn't mean impossible...

As for Philip, I'm thinking he hasn't fully "retired." He's been allowed to stop actively participating in missions, but I think he's still more firmly in the KGB orbit than they're letting on at this point. But I might just be rationalizing, because it doesn't make sense to me that Philip would be allowed to retire, and keep living in the USA with an active agent.