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Old 04-09-14 | 05:03 PM
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The Americans - "Arpanet" - 4/9/14



Episode 7 / Production #207 - "Arpanet" (Airs April 9, 10:00 pm e/p) - Philip uses his agent Charles Duluth to help him gain access to an early precursor to the Internet so that the KGB can bug American government communications. Nina faces the threat of a potential FBI polygraph exam, bringing her closer to KGB colleague Oleg. Written by Joshua Brand; directed by Kevin Dowling.
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My wife and I laughed at the tip on how to lie to the lie detector. And of course that made us laugh again with the last scene.
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Another good episode. The show is very consistent in this regard. There has been very little dropoff from episode to episode so far to me. Interested to see where this Nina-Oleg-Stan triangle is headed if anywhere. I also laughed at the drunk guy working with Phillip. Phillip looked like he was ready to throw him off a building.

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Yeah, I wonder about Oleg and Nina, my first thought is that she's using him, of course, she's good at that. But so far he has shown to be really smart. Probably the smartest person in the show. We will see.
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Smokin' hot and smart.

Arpanet. What a stupid idea.
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Smokin' hot and smart.

Arpanet. What a stupid idea.
Have to give credit to this show by actually making the effort to make the technical talk about the Arpanet actually accurate. Such a refreshing change from the usual ridiculous way most shows handle any computer related stuff
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That was clever. Still I think they're taking these plots a little too far and it's getting pretty complicated for me. I had no idea who Phillip was working with this episode (the drunk guy). This show is getting harder to follow than Game of Thrones. That's saying something

I have a hard time believing that the "Agency" is really asking Phillip to use Larick and infiltrate the Contra training facility AND sneak into a university to hack the budding Internet AND track down the other agents's killer AND keep up a fake marriage to Martha to gain FBI intel AND run a travel agency AND keep up a normal American home life with Elizabeth as a cover. All at the same time. That seems like a pretty tall order.
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The show does give the couple too much responsibility, there is no way they could run a real travel agency, raise a family, and be top spies all at once.

This episode showed Nina is in it for herself.
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Originally Posted by johnnysd
Have to give credit to this show by actually making the effort to make the technical talk about the Arpanet actually accurate. Such a refreshing change from the usual ridiculous way most shows handle any computer related stuff
They could have done a drop in saying a young Congressman from TN invented the thing.

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