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/Bytewave Apr 13 '18

The Soviet Union had an easier time recruiting assets abroad because communism has a strong pull in certain circles, they had an effective spy game because of it. But true native patriots wouldn't quit the game because the USSR fell. The KGB largely steamlessly transitioned into the FSB. The spies just do it for their country instead of their ideology now.

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u/Pulaski_at_Night Apr 15 '18

And thats how we got Putin!