re: The Americans season 4 thread

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There is something about Keri Russell that is so hot to me.

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Yeah there's "something" about very attractive women that is hot to me too.

The time jump was one of the most blatant in-your-face plot devices I've seen in a while. They didnt even try to smooth it over. But if we are to assume that they are sticking to the 5 seasons / 5 stages of plot development, I understand, and I appreciate it actually.

While it did have the feel of a season's end, and not an episode that's 3/4 the way through a season, I liked it, and I think there were a few ulterior motives

-Keri Russell's IRL pregnancy. They couldnt hide that bump any longer

-The actor playing Henry has hit a growth spurt "7 months" helps with that

-I like that they used it to reset everything, and prepare for the final act. Tie up all the loose storylines. We've established characters, and motive. Whatever happens, we, as the viewers, will have a solid understanding of each character's actions

-7 months is a length of time we can all relate to individually. More than enough time for any of us to reset, regroup, and charge our batteries, no matter what we do in life. Yet, not so long that you forget how to do your job.


I'm so glad Martha is gone. I couldnt stand her character, kinda hoped they would just kill her off. I hope they stick with the Paige struggle for the final act, that has the best potential for a killer final season.

Black can't completely hide Keri's stomach.

Well this is funny.

Poor guy...he thinks he fricked her, but will never know/remember.

I'm so confused. Can someone please remind me why she's playing that Asian couple? What's her end goal with them?

if it's the security access they did a bad job of explaining that. i think she was working the lady before that plot was introduced though

Can I tell you how much I LOVED hearing Major Tom in this episode.

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Yea I didn't remember them explaining that at all,

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They didn't.

Until last night, there had been no specifics of why she was working Young-hee. I suspected it was for the husband (despite the claims, the fate of the world does not rise and fall on Mary Kay), buut I didn't know why.

Made sense.

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Random fact that blew my mind last night. The old Russian dude Gabriel was married to whoopi Goldberg for 5 years in early 2000s.

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According to IMDB, he's only been married once. Wiki has them living together for 5 years.

Still, it's interesting that Whoopi was all about the white meat (Danson & Langella).