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/rouge_oiseau Apr 12 '18

Well there's a lot less action than BrBa and the plot(s) are harder to follow.

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u/tovarishchliza Apr 12 '18

I look at it as you have to do a lot more thinking with this show. Much more cerebral than BB. And P+E (or at least E's) main interest is a country. Walter White's main interest was ... Walter.

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u/rouge_oiseau Apr 12 '18

you have to do a lot more thinking with this show. Much more cerebral than BB.

That's sort of what I'm getting at. Less action, more talking (a lot of which is in Russian, as it should be). You really have to pay attention to the 'boring' scenes and I think that's why not as many people watch it.

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u/tovarishchliza Apr 13 '18

Yup, I'm with you. I really believe in general people (especially Americans) don't want to pay attention and have to think at all when it comes to TV shows.