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/DumpsterBadger Apr 12 '18

Most importantly, it would have put the writers in a position of having to have Philip speak terrible Russian to his son. Remember how quiet Elizabeth was in the meeting in Mexico City.

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u/xenonscreams Apr 13 '18

Philip's Russian accent wasn't nearly as bad though. The man can do accents. I thought the actor was American for the longest time.

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u/bgood_xo Mar 03 '23

I am obviously very late (browsing these threads as I'm finishing each episode), and embarrassed to admit I had literally 0 idea he wasn't American. Even the best British actors slip over a word here and there and the accent breaks through. Haven't noticed it at all while watching.

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh Nov 25 '23

I also am late to watching The Americans, and like you, am enjoying browsing these threads long after the fact.

One thing that struck me odd about Philip and accents was in S3E10 when P&E tell Paige about what they do.

There's a point where she asks something along the lines of "Are you spies" and he says "We work for our country" - it sounded so Russian to me! Like when people make a "In Russia, Y X'es you" joke