"The Americans" IHOP (TV Episode 2017) Poster

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(2017)

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8/10
Strong episode with some great scenes in the Soviet Union
snoozejonc15 March 2021
Tuan goes walkabout and makes the KGB suspicious.

This is a strong episode that increases the tension slightly from the last few more reflective character focussed episodes and includes a number of quite memorable scenes.

The story feels like it's starting to set the scene for the overarching plot to move on and it throws in a few unexpected moments for good measure. Parent-Child relationships are at the heart of many scenes and there are some good parallels between characters.

One of my favourite scenes is the proposal Henry makes to his parents, which is cleverly introduced to imply the conversation might be about a completely different subject. For me though, easily best scene in the episode is the visit one character pays to another in Moscow. It is such a tense and awkward sequence it's almost painful.

The episode contains excellent visuals as always. Some of the production in the Russian scenes is so well designed it works perfectly for the cold, punishing, decaying system the characters reside within.

All performances are excellent with Boris Krutonog, Frank Langella, Costa Ronin and one guest star in particular standing out.
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7/10
Picking up speed!
mm-398 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Season 5 is picking up speed. The Jennings look into what their Vietnamese agent is up to? A Break down with the manipulations with the Russian agricultural specialist family takes a nasty turn. Stan has doubts about his work. Oleg Burov is starting to have doubts about the communist system while under investigation. All the sub-stories are slowly building into bigger stories. Will Phil and Liz quit the spy games? Will there children survive in the C C C P? Will Stan quit the F B I or is there a K G B love interest who has an influence over Stan? The more one watches, the more questions the viewer has? The Americans craft the message we are machines which need stimuli to alter people's behavior. How much of the manipulation has a cost to other people's lives is a question asked about Spy games. A main theme for the Phil Jennings character. 7 out of 10
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