Americans season 1 episode 8

The KGB changed their minds on the mission, but give Philip and Elizabeth no information on what he looks like or who revdl will kill first. Philip and Elizabeth monitor the house of one of the scientists.

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Americans season 1 episode 8

This is one of the many things that The Americans has gotten right in its increasingly exceptional freshman season. The pastels are kept to a minimum. The mom jeans are correctly worn only by moms. Instead what creator Joe Weisberg has given us is a damp and drab decade only just beginning. The colors are muted, the mood tense. People of any era rarely notice the changes coming to disrupt them. Over the course of its eight episodes, The Americans has been very clever in considering the Jenningses marriage in much the same way. No, let me rephrase that: This is true especially in a relationship as intimate as marriage. Philip and Elizabeth have attempted multiple reboots: first under the glowering gaze of General Zhukov and then, 15 years later, under the watchful eyes of a slowly growing television audience. But the changes of the last few weeks, an unusually affecting, deeply romantic Glasnost in suburbia, are proving to be no match for the original sin of their pairing. Even though Philip and Elizabeth lie, cheat, and manipulate for a living, they can never forgive each other for forgetting where the office ends and home begins. And though the walls are closing in on all sides, a toxic cocktail of pride, stubbornness, and resentment continue to push them further apart. The title of the episode referred to the Jenningses, of course, not warring superpowers. If Philip or Elizabeth goes down — and not in the usual, information-pumping way — the other is doomed as well.

Which are, as ever, frustratingly drawn out. Paige Jennings. Goofs When the arms dealer goes to the stairs to retrieve his hidden camera for Elizabeth and Phillip, the lower half of crew member in black is clearly visible behind him.

Grannie shocks Elizabeth with the truth of what happened between Phili Nina Krilova : What do you want with us? One day, with Arkady and the others at the Rezidentura? Do you want to put them in jail? That's how policeman thinks, not how spies think. We want everyone to stay right where they are, and bleed everything they know out of them.

Do not read on if you haven't watched episode eight — and please do not post spoilers if you've seen further in the series. Vicky Frost's episode seven blog. It feels rather like we're stuck in a mid-season rut here. Elizabeth and Philip blowing hot and cold non-stop, and sent off on missions that barely connect, the main story arch inching forward too slowly for my liking. Like the on-screen momentum, I fear I'm starting to flag. This week's mission, seemingly plucked out of thin air, involves Elisabeth and Philip stopping a KGB-employed assassin doing any assassinating after the Centre decide that killing a bunch of important American scientists on home turf is perhaps not such a good idea after all. Having tracked down Mr Assassin via his explosive dealer — and terrifying, gun-toting child — the Jennings cleverly manouvre their "6ft4, little chubby, friendly guy" into the bathroom, which he is soon decorating with his own internal organs. The twist comes with the ingenious plot he'd already laid: turning an FBI radio into a deadly weapon and taking out one of the 14 scientists on his list, along with three FBI officers; the Jennings failing to check whether anything is already in train, so caught up are they in their own relationship woes. Which are, as ever, frustratingly drawn out. While Claudia's "friendly" advice to Elisabeth is designed solely to keep her agents on track, it has the useful addition of being based on a truth: Philip betrayed Elizabeth by sleeping with Irene, and again by lying about what he'd done.

Americans season 1 episode 8

The title for The Americans really said it all this week, didn't it? There is a secret war going on that no one wants to become full-fledged combat, regarding both the U. That being said, the Jennings' marriage one of the strangest yet most honestly portrayed ones on TV went to some dark, sad places this week whereas the rest of us got a history lesson. This week, the show did a good job of having the characters ask some pretty straight-forward questions about why the U.

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She could keep Stan on the hook indefinitely while feeding him KGB-approved misinformation and, ahem, pumping him for tidbits on whatever the FBI is up to. Philip returns home from playing racquetball with Stan to be told by Elizabeth that they have a new mission, stopping a contract assassin who has been hired by the KGB to kill American scientists. The "This will not stand" line slightly jarred with me. Can Democrats Make the Abortion Election? Elisabeth is of course perpetually kick-ass on missions, Nina has nerves of steel, and Claudia is a truly formidable force — but I'd like to see them leading the action a bit more. Philip Jennings. Philip apologizes and asks for a second chance, but Elizabeth declines. Share this page:. He gives Stan the keys to a safe house so that he and Nina Annet Mahendru can meet in private. This password will be used to sign into all New York sites. Sandra Beeman. The actions are R-rated, verging on X, but the visuals are almost PG Arkady Zotov. Russian English.

Grannie shocks Elizabeth with the truth of what happened between Phili Nina Krilova : What do you want with us? One day, with Arkady and the others at the Rezidentura?

While it was enjoyable, it didn't hold my attention as much as previous hours of The Americans. Philip and Elizabeth have the "nonchalent walk out of a burning building" thing down pat. But boy did I feel terrible for Philip. Philip and Elizabeth monitor the house of one of the scientists. Though Elizabeth claims that her own work was compromised by problems at home, I failed to see how. Start a Wiki. Series 1 Episode 7. As the assassin is attempting to detonate the bomb, Elizabeth tosses it into the bathroom where the assassin is hiding; he accidentally blows himself up. Emily St. Contents move to sidebar hide. Instead what creator Joe Weisberg has given us is a damp and drab decade only just beginning.