- With Larrick closing in, Elizabeth rushes to exfiltrate Jared while Philip readies Fred for a crucial mission. Arkady finally plays his hand, forcing Stan to make an impossible choice.
- Previously on 'The Americans': Stan paid a visit to Jared, the son of Emmett and Leanne, meaning the FBI knows about their killings and might suspect who they are. Paige wants to go to a protest of nuclear weapons. Larrick is back in the States looking for Philip and Elizabeth, and killed Kate when she refused to tell him where they are. Arkady asked Nina to get info on Stealth from Stan, and Oleg told her that if she doesn't get it, she could be sent back to Moscow. Philip and Elizabeth decoded the message Kate left for them: "Get Jared out."
'Operation Chronicle': Elizabeth heads out to find Jared, and, assuming Kate is dead, they start to question whether Larrick is still in Nicaragua. Philip decides to stay home in order to not leave the kids there alone. Paige asks questions when Elizabeth suddenly has to rush off for a work emergency. Paige is disappointed that her mom won't be able to help her pack for her trip and asks questions about the emergency.
After the kids are asleep, Philip signals from the house. Elizabeth, meanwhile, is driving toward Jared's place. Philip comes out of the laundry room and finds Paige sitting in the dining room. Elizabeth calls Philip and tells him everything around Jared's house looks quiet. Philip tells her in slightly coded language that Jared has been told his parents were spies and that other spies have been having trouble sending messages. He tells her to get home soon. During the call, Paige momentarily picks up the phone to eavesdrop and Philip tells her to hang up or else they will take the phone out of her room.
Stan and Nina lay in bed and he tells her they'll move her to a great city and he'll visit as often as he can. He tells her he can get a car and some money and she can leave the next day.
The next morning, Elizabeth waits for Jared outside of his home and asks him to get in her car, using a coded phrase Kate taught him. He does. He knows right away that she's not a social worker. She tells him they have to take a drive and "talk about some important things." Larrick watches from a nearby window as they drive away.
Paige leaves and keeps asking questions about Elizabeth's shaky cover for having left the night before.
Elizabeth tells Jared they're concerned he's in danger and she needs to get him somewhere safe. She tells him he's not going to be able to go back to his old life. Larrick is tracking them.
Philip shows up to Martha's place and she lays out a stack of FBI folders that were left completely unsecured. He tells her the office is not secure.
Stan buys a used car for Nina, with the salesman driving a hard bargain. For $3,400 cash, Stan gets the car without filling out the registration paperwork.
Elizabeth sends Jared into a rest stop to change clothes.
After they have sex, Martha tells Philip she wants to start thinking about having kids, but he says that's not for him.
Elizabeth drops Jared off at a train station and tells him he'll get instructions soon on where he's going to end up. She tells him it won't be in the country.
Larrick follows the tracking device signal he'd planted in Jared's backpack and finds the backpack in a trash can.
Stan comes to the apartment and finds Nina on the floor, bloodied, with Arkady and two men standing over her. She tells Stan that she will be sent back to Moscow. Arkady tells Stan that he wants the Echo computer program delivered in exchange for Nina's freedom.
On the bus to the protest, Paige starts talking to the pastor about how she doesn't feel like she knows who her parents are and that she doesn't believe anything they say. He tells her that "being a parent is hard."
Elizabeth and Philip meet and wonder why Kate met Jared out of disguise and why The Center told Jared about his parents. They've also been asked to chase down samples of the paint used on Stealth planes. They try to figure out how to get to Fred, Emmett's contact, and Philip remembers the apparent connection to Jared.
Larrick heads to a train station and poses as a cop looking for a missing 16-year-old boy. The station agent tells him there was a boy traveling alone, heading to upstate New York.
Philip and Elizabeth meet Fred in the middle of nowhere and they ask him to get access to the Stealth paint and collect samples with special-soled shoes. It's a daunting task, but he agrees to try it.
Stan is working the Emmett and Leanne case, then goes and tells Gaad he's going to look into the Echo program.
Oleg checks with Arkady about how Nina did, and says he doesn't think it'd be fair to send her to Moscow for trial after what she's done. Arkady says that if Stan doesn't come through with Echo, she'll be sent back for a trial for betraying The Center. Oleg goes to Nina's room and, while telling her (and pointing to potential bugs in the room) that Arkady says the operation is going well, he hands her an envelope with a load of cash inside.
Stan tries to connect with his son at home, but his son leaves to visit a friend. Once he's gone, Stan asks his wife if she wants him to move out and she says she's going to move in with the man she's been seeing. Stan asks if he's a "good guy" and she says he is.
Elizabeth gets home and tells Philip that Jared is at the cabin awaiting the next move. She wonders where they're sending Jared. She's worried about where he'll land, and what would happen to their kids if they were left in another country to fend for themselves.
Larrick is at another train station and a man tells him he saw Jared, noting that "a lady in a truck" picked him up.
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