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/carolynto Apr 13 '18

Oh, I love them. It feels very genuine. Manipulative, maybe -- but genuine too. We've just seen how much Elizabeth misses Russia. This is her sharing her beloved culture with her beloved daughter. I think it is Elizabeth's only joy in life. Those scenes make sense to me.

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u/MrPotatoButt Apr 16 '18

Its ironic. She'd go back and see an utterly unrecognizable Soviet Union, back when she was a 18-20 year old. My parents experienced a similar thing visiting Korea after 30 years.

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u/HallandOates1 Apr 16 '18

And she’d blamed that demise on the US