The Americans: The Clock (2013)
Season 1, Episode 2
9/10
pressure mounting fast causes extreme actions
8 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This episode focuses on a close to impossible mission which requires from Elizabeth and Philip to take risks they might have not taken before by asking a woman they know nothing about to put a bug in defense secretary office. Yes, they poisoned her kid, but still if she tells the cops or the secretary, they are basically screwed. So, we passed the whole episodes afraid that something bad will happen, especially in the end when she just refused to do it, even though her son is going to die. And btw she had an outstanding performance, I really felt for her. We won't see her after this episode, but still she impressed me. For this to get done Philip was ready to kill the boy even before the poison kills him, that just proves how desperate they are. The writer invested some minutes on kids issues, I don't care right now, but I am sure it will be important in the future.

On the other side, we see stan's violent side when he took information from a guy and took information as extra. He also could scare a Russian agent into flipping to Americans side, that proved how much skill he got. It also gave him appreciation form his colleagues.

As a conclusion, interesting episode that results in both sides gaining something big.

We will see what happens next.
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