The Americans (S3E02) - "Baggage" - 2/4/15
02-04-15, 08:47 AM
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The Americans (S3E02) - "Baggage" - 2/4/15
Episode 2 / Production #302 - "Baggage" (Airs February 4, 10:00 pm e/p) - Elizabeth and Philip come together to deal with a mission gone wrong, but struggle to reconcile their increasingly opposing ideologies. Stan welcomes a Soviet defector, Zinaida, to America. Nina acclimates to her new living arrangements. Written by Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg; directed by Daniel Sackheim.
02-05-15, 11:38 AM
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that disposal scene was disturbing, to say the least.
02-05-15, 03:34 PM
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Yeah, Folding up Annelise was horrific and stomach-turning.
I may have been dropping off towards the end. What happened in the bar after Phillip went near the CIA meeting and snapped some pictures? I don't have a clear memory of the episode after that except that it seemed to end really suddenly and anticlimactically.
I may have been dropping off towards the end. What happened in the bar after Phillip went near the CIA meeting and snapped some pictures? I don't have a clear memory of the episode after that except that it seemed to end really suddenly and anticlimactically.
02-05-15, 04:27 PM
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Re: The Americans (S3E02) - "Baggage" - 2/4/15
at the Kornheiser cameo. Been waiting to see it - he's talked a lot about it on his radio show since it was filmed in the fall. I could not watch that suitcase 'disposal' scene. Just closed my eyes during it. Ugh.
Wonder what they are going to do with Nina.
02-05-15, 05:27 PM
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I missed Kornheiser. Where was he? On the TV right? I remember seeing someone on the TV set in the episode and thinking he was familiar.
02-05-15, 05:32 PM
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i missed the kornheiser thing myself.
02-05-15, 05:42 PM
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Re: The Americans (S3E02) - "Baggage" - 2/4/15
I read in the WP today that they wanted to use the infamous Mancini/Duk-Koo Kim fight on the TV, but they couldn't get the rights to it, so they used its undercard fight for it.
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02-05-15, 05:58 PM
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ah, ok. i remember the guy yelling at the boxing match, but i didn't even see him. cool.
02-06-15, 11:00 AM
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Watched last night. I don't think I've ever been as physically revolted by anything I've seen on television. And as brutal as the visuals were, the sound effects were even worse.
02-06-15, 12:37 PM
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02-06-15, 05:05 PM
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From a technical standpoint I was pretty impressed by that scene... it seemed very realistic (not that I'd know, I guess). But yeah, I still cringed the whole time.
02-07-15, 03:51 PM
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That suitcase scene was the most disturbing thing I have ever seen on television. I watch this show in spite of its thematic darkness. If it wasn't one of the best-written shows on television, I would have dropped it already. It's far harder to keep up with this couple's detached professionalism for their cold-blooded jobs than the serial killers that fill other shows.
02-07-15, 04:45 PM
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Re: The Americans (S3E02) - "Baggage" - 2/4/15
Just watched the episode. I told my wife: "It's great that you are short, so I wouldn't have too much trouble making you fit". 
Apparently the third episode is really great.
Apparently the third episode is really great.
02-07-15, 11:37 PM
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This is really one of the best shows on TV. Riveting. Very well acted. Good stories. FX is doing alot of the right things.
03-01-15, 09:06 PM
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We are behind on the season already.
As I think everybody in this thread already said, that suitcase scene was probably one of the worse things I've seen on TV. Sure there is first - Game of Thrones - nut that was just bone chilling. I find it interesting somebody saying they had to cover their eyes. My hands were busy covering my ears. I simply closed my eyes.
As I think everybody in this thread already said, that suitcase scene was probably one of the worse things I've seen on TV. Sure there is first - Game of Thrones - nut that was just bone chilling. I find it interesting somebody saying they had to cover their eyes. My hands were busy covering my ears. I simply closed my eyes.
03-02-15, 01:06 AM
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We are behind on the season already.
As I think everybody in this thread already said, that suitcase scene was probably one of the worse things I've seen on TV. Sure there is first - Game of Thrones - nut that was just bone chilling. I find it interesting somebody saying they had to cover their eyes. My hands were busy covering my ears. I simply closed my eyes.
As I think everybody in this thread already said, that suitcase scene was probably one of the worse things I've seen on TV. Sure there is first - Game of Thrones - nut that was just bone chilling. I find it interesting somebody saying they had to cover their eyes. My hands were busy covering my ears. I simply closed my eyes.
