The Americans (S3E09) - "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?" - 3/25/15
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The Americans (S3E09) - "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?" - 3/25/15
Episode 9 / Production #309 - "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?" (Airs March 25, 10:00 pm e/p) - Philip and Elizabeth struggle with the gravity of unexpected collateral damage. Stan and Oleg hatch a risky plan to help save Nina. Written by Joshua Brand; directed by Stephen Williams.
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Yeah, that's Keri Russel's Emmy submission tape right there. That was very, very emotional and well done.
The bookstore kid who got shot in the face -- that wasn't much fun to watch either.
The bookstore kid who got shot in the face -- that wasn't much fun to watch either.
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considering how people at the FBI are on edge after finding the bug in the pen, isn't the first thing they do when they get the repaired mail robot back from the shop is to sweep it for bugs?
Or is that just part of the plan?
I'd have to think that a bug inside the office of a high ranking official will gather much better intelligence than a bug inside a robot that wanders the hallways. Are they just planting this bug in the hopes that the FBI finds it?
Or is that just part of the plan?
I'd have to think that a bug inside the office of a high ranking official will gather much better intelligence than a bug inside a robot that wanders the hallways. Are they just planting this bug in the hopes that the FBI finds it?
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Re: The Americans (S3E09) - "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?" - 3/25/15
A classic The Americans episode. Most of the time Philip is the one with heavy weight in these classic episodes, but it was Elizabeth turn, and she delivered! Really amazing scenes.
About the robot. The FBI needs to find someone. The KGB wants to protect Martha. If they kill Martha they lose her, and the FBI/CIA will research everything about her, getting closer to Philip. So, the FBI will find the bug in the robot, and now they will find a dead person. So, they will think that they got the person/s they were looking for.
About the robot. The FBI needs to find someone. The KGB wants to protect Martha. If they kill Martha they lose her, and the FBI/CIA will research everything about her, getting closer to Philip. So, the FBI will find the bug in the robot, and now they will find a dead person. So, they will think that they got the person/s they were looking for.
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Yup, between that and the kid getting shot, I greatly disliked this episode. Two brutal murders (following the burning tire around the neck from last week), nothing with the Paige storyline, Martha makes pasta (I can only hope she's playing Clark). Really losing me fast.
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Re: The Americans (S3E09) - "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?" - 3/25/15
that elderly murder was far worse than the tire one, if you ask me. ugh. such a brutal episode
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I almost wished they spent more time on the Stan-Oleg-defector side plot. I found the forced cooperation between the two enemies (Stan and Oleg) entertaining and interesting.
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I agree with those who liked the episode.
It's important for us to remember that Philip and Elizabeth are the enemies in this show and this is just another disturbing murder that serves to remind us that they are ruthlessly evil spies.
It's important for us to remember that Philip and Elizabeth are the enemies in this show and this is just another disturbing murder that serves to remind us that they are ruthlessly evil spies.
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Harsh stuff that needed to be explored. She's never had to speak honestly with an outsider before.
(*) If "The Americans" were a show the Emmy voters were actually aware of, this would be an easy choice for Keri Russell's submission episode.
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I don't normally yell at the TV, but when the old lady asked where Elizabeth's mother lived, I was screaming "don't say Russia, make up a lie!"
My heart just sank when she told the truth.
My heart just sank when she told the truth.
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Re: The Americans (S3E09) - "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?" - 3/25/15
You also need to be a little older, been at least a kid in the 80s to understand some things that happen in this show. It was the cold war, the world could end in any second.
Kids these days can watch that scene, Elizabeth says that she's from Russia, and don't know that the old lady is already dead.
Kids these days can watch that scene, Elizabeth says that she's from Russia, and don't know that the old lady is already dead.
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It was definitely a very powerful, intense episode. Is Martha possibly working now for the FBI as a double agent?
If anyone deserves an Emmy on The Americans, it's Matthew Rhys. He's made Philip the most believably conflicted character on television.
If anyone deserves an Emmy on The Americans, it's Matthew Rhys. He's made Philip the most believably conflicted character on television.
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I'm not saying she wasn't good, but Lois Smith was infinitely better than Keri was.
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BTW : Have any of you heard Rhys talk in his own voice? He sounds closer to the Lucky Charms leprechaun. His American accent puts Hugh Laurie and Damian Lewis to shame - and theirs are damn good.
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I haven't heard his native accent but it wouldn't surprise me. I've heard the theory that Europeans grow up with so much American television that they more easily adapt our accent than the other way around.
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I also liked that the part they bugged appeared to be a standard ATX power supply... about 13 years before such things existed. But that's overthinking it, though.
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Dexter Fletcher - probably most famous for playing "Soap" in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels - had a totally believable American accent in Band of Brothers. A few years later, he played a concierge on the BBC's Hotel Babylon. Towards the end of the show's run - when the writers were clearly running out of ideas - there was an episode where an American author (played by Fletcher) came to the hotel, and swapped jobs with the concierge (also played by Fletcher). In this episode, Fletcher used the awful "all Americans are from 1940s Brooklyn" accent that so many English actors default to. Blech.
Seems like the more likely the show is to be exported, the more willing the BBC (and\or the actors) are to come up with a believable accent. If there's no chance it'll be seen outside the UK, screw it: fake Brooklyn or Texas will do. Thankfully, the BBC usually just hires American actors to do American accents these days.
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Really enjoyed the ending at the scrabble table as well.
The end game has begun, Phillips all in to protect his family, your move handlers....
The end game has begun, Phillips all in to protect his family, your move handlers....
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Renewed for a 4th season.
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Didn't think there was a doubt, but nice to hear anyways. Hope they bring Claudia back, maybe in a struggle with Gabriel for the loyalty of the Jennings.